[Hello readers, sorry it's been a while, I just needed to get back into the project. So you know, not everyone will be introduced right away, I place them based on their personalities and where I need them. Anyway, enjoy chapter 2]
Tucker spaced out for a moment, he was too tired to do much else, he didn't even have the energy to care any more. For a moment, his mind flashed, everything he had thought he had known about pokemon had now come into question, he'd have probably spent his final moments thinking about it if it wasn't for the slight rustle of footsteps in the leaf litter. Tucker looked towards the sound to see an unfamiliar creature staring at him on a large tree root. A pokemon he had never seen before in his soon to be ending life. It was a long creature, with a body about as long as Tucker's shoulders. It's fur was red, at least most of it was. It's belly was white as well as the tips of it's two bushy tails. It's feet and the tips of it's ears were black and it's eyes were a similar blue to Tucker's. Tucker was curious as to why it was there, maybe the smell of his blood drew it, something about it's stare however, and the change in it when he looked directly at it said otherwise. It almost seemed to be sorry for Tucker, with a sadness in it's eyes. Tucker stared for a bit, he didn't know what it was but he didn't really care at this point, still, he fond the urge to speak to it.
"Hey little guy, you come to see me off?… heh, I'm sure you've got better things to do than watch me die" said Tucker, his voice exhausted.
The red pokemon stared at him for a moment, it's eyes filled with pity. After a short time it turned around and hopped off of the root but turned back for an instant to see Tucker still staring at him. Then he darted off in the opposite direction.
"Smart guy" said Tucker.
The forest was a bit craggy but easy enough to navigate for a creature who has lived in it his entire life. This little creature wasn't about to leave this person to die, the little creature had seen enough of it already despite still being young. His eyes darted around for anything that he may be able to use, herbs and such, but nothing came into view, he wasn't about to start searching and wasting precious time doing so either. His goals lied elsewhere, he knew of a location where others of the boy's species lived, yet he had never entered it. Maybe he could find help for him there.
The pokemon continued onward until the trees thinned out and a large collection of odd structures appeared in the distance. He grew uneasy as he hurried forward, he had seen this species before but they were nothing like other pokemon. They behaved entirely different, at least from what little he had seen. He had never interacted with one extensively before and he was about to run into a hive of them.
He approached the town, trying to keep focused on his task instead of getting scared. As he entered he immediately drew attention from the inhabitants. It was interesting to see so many familiar pokemon alongside them, something he had only seen a few times. If he was to find any help however he would have to suck up his fear and find someone. Without a desire to stop in the center of the crowds he made his way towards the most thinly populated area he could find. It was a large fields that had been well maintained, there were still people there but this was the best he'd get. He slowed down and began searching for someone. He wasn't sure who though, just someone he felt he could trust.
He looked around at the faces he could see, so many expressions, yet he was looking for a face that showed kindness and warmth. He looked at most of the people, he could approach anyone but his uneasiness about them prevented it. That is, until taking notice of a trainer, sitting on her own with only a few pokemon around her. One resembling a teddy bear with a crescent moon on it's face. Another was a small cat with a pink back, squinty eyes, and a tail which resembled a hand on the tip. The final one was a small pink, almost spherical creature with brown tipped ears. The person herself had long black hair with a matching black tank top, a pair of denim shorts, and black flat shoes.
None of these pokemon he was familiar with but he took his chances and approached this person. She appeared to be staring at something on her lap. He approached anxiously but his reclusive nature slowed him, making him question what he was doing. It didn't seem to matter however as she raised her head and took instant notice of this pokemon and stared curiously at it along with the three pokemon that were with her. The little cat thing had approached him making him uncomfortable.
It was then that the girl he had taken notice of reached into her bag and pulled out a flat red device and opened it, facing it towards the new pokemon. Afterwards, it began to speak in a female tone of voice.
"Frevett, the ferret fox pokemon. Little is known about them due to a reclusive and timid nature. They rarely venture into human territory"
"Frevett? Never heard of these before" said the girl.
She removed her eyes from the device to focus on the little red pokemon before her. As she did so however, she noticed another girl standing just beyond it scanning it with her own device. This one had a pair of sapphire blue eyes and extremely long sky blue hair that extended to half way down her legs, though she had a white bang covering her left eye. Her clothes were a simple set consisting of a white tee shirt and a pair of jeans.
"Oh, sorry… is this your pokemon?" the new girl asked.
"Oh, it's ok. No, it isn't mine" responded the other girl.
At that moment the pokemon remembered why he had come and quickly fell into a panic.
"Frev, Frevett Frev!" it spoke in a frantic tone.
"Huh? Is there something you need?" the black hair girl asked.
The Frevett's ears perked up and his eyes widened, surprised to get a response. He began to speak rapidly and ran around motioning towards the forest in the distance.
"What? Is something out there?" the black haired girl asked.
The Frevett looked around then towards the blue haired girl and began speaking frantically, then tugged at her pants, then did the same to the other girl. He had a good feeling about the both of them and felt more comfortable taking more than one person along with him. He ran past the blue haired girl and looked back at them.
Frevett frev Frevett!" it shouted as it motioned onward.
The girl with the blue hair seemed a bit hesitant but this little pokemon was begging her to go with him. The black haired girl found herself profoundly concerned with him and wondered what this was about.
"The Pokedex said that these pokemon don't normally show themselves to humans, this might be something really bad" said the black haired girl to the blue haired one"
"umm… you think so?" the blue haired girl asked.
"Maybe… he seems really panicked, I'm gonna go with him Teddiursa, Cleffa, Skitty, return!" said the black haired girl, returning her pokemon to their pokeballs and moving towards the Frevett.
The blue haired girl waited for a moment. The pokemon looked back at her, almost urging her to follow him. Whatever it was, it had to be important. The pokemon soon turned his attention away and began moving forward. It was in this instant that she found herself following him after all.
"Hey, please wait up!" she shouted as the Frevett and the black haired girl darted off.
The Frevett wasted no more time, he had to hurry and was moving faster than the two following him. He had no idea weather or not this would help but he had no way of telling. As he ran however he took note of a conversation going on near a large red and white structure.
"Thanks Nurse Joy, Croagunk is doing much better now" said someone in front of it.
"Glad to hear it, it was my pleasure to help" said a red haired girl wearing a white gown.
The Frevett looked in their direction to see several pokemon being brought into the building, several of them seemed injured… could this person be who he needs? At this point his fear was being suppressed by his determination and he made his way over to her.
"Oh, hello there. Is there something you need?" the woman asked.
Frevett responded with the same frantic series of cries that he had with the other two. Then he tugged on her pants and motioned for her to follow him, just as the other girls showed up.
"Oh, does this little guy belong to you?" the woman asked.
"Hello nurse Joy. No, he doesn't, he needs us to follow him somewhere. It seems important" said the black haired girl.
The Frevett began to grow somewhat frustrated and even more worried as these people continues to stop and talk. Likely, they didn't know the severity of the situation anyway. He responded with a series of frantic cries that drew the attention of many others, he didn't focus on them however.
"Oh my, he seems to be in quite a hurry. Ok, I'll come with you, Blissy, please take care of everything while I'm gone.
"Blissy Bliss" said the pokemon in response, clearly agreeing to it.
Frevett immediately set off, his body in overdrive, he may have ended up wasting too much time. It was still urgent to return to the boy however. Hopefully these three could help somehow. He turned his head to check on the others who seemed to have fallen behind. As much as he didn't want to, he had to wait for them to catch up. Fortunately, he was beside the forest by now, and the trip wasn't much further now.
He turned his head again to see the black haired girl as the first to arrive, though the others were still a little ways back, at least for a bit. The second they all regrouped Frevett began to run again, sniffing the air for the smell of blood. The smell was fairly strong thanks to the boy's condition which only continued to worry the Frevett. Before long, the pokemon came to the location where the boy had been, and was still their, up against the tree, his eyes shut.
"Frevett Frevett Frev!" the pokemon shouted as he leaped up and down on the same root he stood upon before.
Soon the others managed to catch up again, a bit winded from the long run and immediately witnessed the carnage before them.
"Oh no… what happened to him?" the black haired girl asked shocked.
The blue haired girl was speechless.
"Oh deer. So this is what you needed, quick you two, I may need your help!" said Nurse Joy.
"Ok" said the other two in unison.
The nurse made her way over to the boy and immediately checked his pulse, to her surprise, it was still there, given the blood around the boy. It had seemed that he ad attempted some simple first aid upon himself, which seemed to have helped some. He was out cold though.
The nurse reached into her pocket, though she was more used to treating pokemon, she was always ready to help a person. From her pocket she removed a syringe filled with an unknown substance and injected it into the boy's arm.
"What was that?" the black haired girl asked.
"It was a clotting agent, it should suppress any more bleeding. We'll probably have to bring him back to town but we need to do what we can for him first" said the nurse.
Nurse joy removed a roll of gauze from her pocket and began to properly wrap the boys wounds with the help of the other two girls who seemed to be able to handle the blood. Afterwards they hoisted him onto their shoulders.
"Whoa, he's heavy" said the black haired girl.
Despite his weight they managed to carry him back towards town.
Elsewhere, a couple towns over resided a group of two, one male and one female. The male was fairly young with black spiky hair and brown eyes. On his head he wore a distinct red and white cap with a symbol that looked like a C. He wore a blue and white vest over a black T shirt, a pair of baggy blue pants, and a pair of black and red shoes.
The female had brown hair in the form of a pony tail containing blue and green streaks. Her eyes were of a purplish blue color. She wore a grey vest over a white shirt with it's sleeves rolled up. On her legs she wore a pair of dark blue ripped jeans and on her feet were a pair of green vans.
After having parted ways with Iris and Cilan, a pair who had traveled with him less than a month before, the black haired boy had quickly come across yet another pair of group members, this pony tailed girl and another, two weeks before her. However he was not present at the moment.
"Wow, I'm starving, Where did Louis run off to anyway?" asked the spiky haired boy.
"I dunno, he said he needed to go use a phone" said the girl.
"Yea, I know. What's up with him lately anyway?" asked the spiky haired boy.
"Pika" said something to his right, quickly followed by a growling stomach.
Ash looked to the sound, already knowing who it was, a small, pudgy, yellow pokemon with black eyes, brown stripes, black tipped ears, and a lightning bolt shaped tail.
"You're hungry too huh? Hmm… whaddya say we just go buy something" said the spiky haired boy.
"Really, off to buy something eh Ash? And just when I got back with dinner, ok, I'll have it all for myself then" said a casual voice from behind.
The spiky haired boy and pony tailed girl quickly looked toward the source. There, stood a young man with messy black hair and blue eyes. His face in a slight grin with a closed mouth and a royale goatee below it. He wore a white tee shirt with a black leather jacket slung over his shoulder. He wore a pair of blue jeans with a chain on them and a pair of black shoes. In one hand he held a large platter full of food. The other contained a large container of pokemon food.
"Ha ha, what took you so long?" asked Ash.
"Phone call, then I got food, what else did you expect?" asked Louis.
"Ah well, come on out you guys!" shouted Ash.
In an instant, Ash retrieved his pokeballs and cast them out, releasing the pokemon from inside. One was the green and white snake Snivy, followed by the mostly blue Palpitoad. Afterward came the orange and black Tepig, blue and white Oshawott, and the grey bird Tranquil. Of course, the yellow mouse, a Pikachu, was also eager to start eating
Excited to eat they all stared at Louis who they were quick to like. Louis in response, began to fill several dished with food. Of course, the pony tailed girl released her own pokemon as well a red Arcanine, the uniquely colored shiny blue Gardevoir. Another shiny pokemon as a pink Swampert. Others were a tortoise like Torterra, an orange and black Emboar, and a final shiny pokemon, a brown and pink Lopunny.
For a moment, Louis stared at them.
"Whoops… forgot about them… ok, hang on. If there's no food for me when I get back I'll never be cooking for you two again, got it?" Louis asked.
Louis retrieved a single Pokeball and released a black and white Houndour from it.
"Eat up now, I'll be back in a jiffy" said Louis to the hound our who grunted in agreement.
As Louis left the other pokemon began to eat.
"Hang on you guys, you'll get food of your own in a bit" said the pony tailed girl, noticing how the others were already eating and there wasn't room enough for her pokemon.
The pokemon under her wing seemed to be patient enough, however, the Torterra seemed to be keeping an eye on the Arcanine. The Emboar also seemed to be growing anxious, however he failed to sit still as he approached the Houndour, almost trying to intimidate him away from his food but he paid no attention to it.
"Well Candy, we gonna eat? I am" said Ash opening the tray and beginning to devour what was in it.
"Hey Ash! Don't hog it all for yourself!" the pony tailed girl demanded.
Shortly after everyone had begun to eat, Louis managed to return with a larger container of food.
"Hey, you guys owe me big time, do you have any idea how much this stuff costs?" Louis asked.
"Don't worry about it, I'll think of a way to repay ya" said Ash.
"And you Candy, I need a promise" said Louis.
"Wasn't it you who owed us a favor? Of course you remember us getting those punks off your back right?" said the pony tailed girl.
Louis was silent for a moment.
"You know… fair enough. Although I had it under control" said Louis.
"Yea right" said Candy in response.
"So what was that call about?" Ash asked.
"Oh, not much. Just an old friend, we'll be meeting up a bit later" explained Louis.
"Cool, maybe we can meet him" said Ash.
"Heh, not really, I'll only be seeing him for a moment, it's for business really" said Louis.
"Really? I thought you were a traveler" said Candy.
"Yea, I am. Still, I have a few side projects lined up, it's really no big deal" said Louis.
The rest of the day went on much like this. They had chosen to take the day to rest up after having traveled for several days previously. As such, little of note had occurred. The town was small but still nice.
When night fell, Ash and Candy had fallen to sleep. Louis however was still plenty awake. He stared outwards at the pokemon who had been left out of their pokeballs, thinking to himself just how many there were, all with unique traits and properties. These thoughts only reinforced his meeting with his old friend. He stroked his Houndour behind the ear just before he took notice of a shape in the sky above. It was a Flygon, and one that was familiar to him. He took a look down at his pokemon, then to the two who he had been traveling with. They were all fast asleep. Louis smiled to himself and rose to his feet, walking towards where he had seen the Flygon go.
After a short walk and a little ways into the forest he noticed the pokemon and a figure leaning against it. The person had taken notice of him as he passed into the small clearing and grinned a toothy grin. The man was green eyed with a white shirt and a black jacked over his shoulders. His pants were gray and his shoes were black.
"Ha ha! Louis! It's been an age, what the hell's up?" asked the man.
"Oh, you know, traveling around, looking for rare treasures, etcetera" Louis replied.
"Ha, craving some more action huh? Didn't think you'd fancy the nomad life too long" said the man.
"Not at all, it's been great, even found some traveling companions. Sure, they like to have me do all the work but they're a pretty fun bunch" said Louis.
"Yea? Well I hope you remembered the deal you had made to get that life. Well, boss man says it's time to get started, I'm sure you know what that means" said the man.
"Of course, I assume you are also about to return my pals to me?" Asked Louis.
"Yep, we've been taking good care of them for ya, they couldn't wait to get back to ya" said the man.
At that, the man reached into his pockets and removed two pokeballs, then handed them over to Louis.
"Boss man wants ou to meet him in the town of Redwall, bring your companions if you want, I doubt he really cares. Anyway, see ya later Louis" said the man.
"It was good to see you again Graham" Louis replied.
[Well, hope it was worth the wait. I will use everyone but they will only enter when it is best to have them do so. I hope to have more up soon. i did make up a few things here as well, such as the pokemon Frevett and some town names. Also, to anyone interested in RPing, I have begun a club on deviant art for it, there will be more info on my profile. Anyway, see you all again later]