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Riley shot a quick glance at 'Splosion, who balanced neatly on her right shoulder. "Heeey, there new buddy! Wanna walk beside me? I just can't WAIT to see the look on Alice's face when she sees ya, 'Splosion!"
'Splosion scampered forward, far ahead of Riley. It nodded its little head in the direction of Cherrygrove, NOT New Bark Town... Riley understood! 'Splosion was reminding Riley of the current mission at hand- they needed to find "Mr. Pokemon" and see what his newest, latest-and-greatest discovery was! Though Riley thought about the mission in disdain, 'Splosion seemed eager enough. Riley closed her eyes, sighed, then offered a faint smile. "Alright, alright! We'll go." She kneeled to 'Splosion's level with a new look of determination in her eyes. "But you gotta promise!" She pointed a finger at the now dancing Pokemon. "Promise we'll battle Alice the second we get back! I want HER to be my first battle!
The pair headed readied themselves for the trek to Cherrygrove, which was DEFINITELY not very close by. Riley licked her finger and raised it high enough to catch the wind. "Hm! So THAT'S the way the wind's blowing... I see! We head... This way!" Riley headed off toward the east as 'Splosion shook his little head. Even HE knew that Cherrygrove was to the west... So much for sense of direction.
It took a few minutes for Riley to finally grasp the fact that the sea was to the east, and only Kanto lay beyond there. Cherrygrove WAS, indeed, to the west, and Riley shrugged it off. "Well, hehe, my amazing sense of direction wasn't really in check today, huh, 'Splosion?" she gave a nervous laughed. Little 'Splosion closed his eyes and let off a humorous sigh. Things would be interesting, traveling with Riley.
As Riley and 'Splosion skipped along New Bark's fields, Riley couldn't help but glance to her side. There was someone there... Hanging around Elm's lab. Riley raised an eyebrow. "Hm. I'd take a wild guess and say she wanted a starter but... I mean, come on! If she actually wanted a Pokemon, why not ask Elm-Dog up front?" Riley shrugged. 'Splosion raised his long nose and stared at the person by the lab window...
Riley was about to head off, but of course, I mentioned before that Riley was different than other girls. She was outgoing and curious, and this was DEFINITELY interesting... Riley was interested in this, er, "girl" by the Lab window, and when Riley was curious, there was no brick wall that could stop her from investigating...
Of course, Riley was not stupid nor careless... Well, maybe careless and reckless but most definitely not stupid. She first examined the situation... Whoever was sitting by the lab window must have been a little older than her. This person had long, fire red hair that went every-which-way when it reached the stranger's back, and came down parted over their face. Riley could just barley make out the shape of 2 malevolent-looking eyes peering through the clear glass of the lab window. Wearing dark blue with red accents and baggy jeans... This stranger was weird.
"I'd say this girl has NO STYLE, but then again, look at me!" Riley threw back her head in laughter as a nervous 'Splosion pretended to join in. Riley hoped to spark some type of attention to herself from the stranger, but to no avail. Riley was finally getting impatient. She frowned deep, narrowed her eyes, steadied herself, then marched over to where the stranger stood. Even with Riley's clamorous entrance, the stranger didn't even seem to notice her presence. The mysterious stranger spoke...
"Hmm... So, THIS is the famous Pokemon Lab I've heard so much about...?" The voice was male. Riley stepped back.
"YOU'RE A GUY?" she exclaimed, 'Splosion flying backward from the shock. Only at this time did the stranger take notice of Riley. He jumped at the commotion she made, and Riley saw him face-to-face. Now that she saw his eyes, she could clearly tell he was male. They were menacing... Even more so with their violent color... Bright red. She could have sworn she was looking death in the face... Or SOMETHING cheezy along those lines.
"..." He stared at her for a while. "Errr..." she thought, not knowing exactly what to say. He was cute... Wait, waaaaah? Why would she think that about some random creeper? I mean, seriously! He was around her height, around her age, maybe just a bit older. But Riley had no time to worry over silly things like love and stuff. Though she had to admit... He was pretty good-looking... But what he said to her next made her think otherwise. "... Well? What are you staring at? Nice going, idiot. You blew my cover AND attracted unneeded attention!" he pointed to a few pidgey eyeing them.
"A few PIDGEY? ATTENTION? WHAT 'ATTENTION'?" Riley exclaimed. Idiot? HER? Okay, NO ONE would call her an idiot and get away with it! Never! She got right up in his face and let him know. "Yes, a few minor pidgey can TOTALLY start a riot." The truth was, his bright red eyes TOTALLY scared the crap out of her, but she wouldn't let him know. Weakness wasn't an option.
"Hmph! Shut up, wimp!" he said, and then, he did something unexpected... He pushed her! Yes, pushed her, right out front of the lab. It HURT, too... Riley landed on her ass with a THUMP. She scowled as 'Splosion ran to her side. "WIMP? Do you even know ANYTHING about Pokemon? Hmph! Creep!" She stood up, eyeing him. He was still there, but had turned his attention away and back to the lab. Riley was being completely and totally ignored. Riley brushed the dust off her shorts and sneered. "Hmph! You... You jerk! Since you won't tell me your name, I'll NAME you! You're name is JACKASS! That's what I'll call you! Ya! Believe it! C'mon, 'Splosion, let's high-tail it!" She thrusted her head in Cherrygrove's direction.
'Splosion didn't really know what to do. Something about that red-head wasn't right. But, he ended up following his enraged trainer down the route to Cherrygrove. If 'Splosion could speak, he would have told her she was only upset because she thought the guy was cute, only to be proved hated. But, 'Splosion also was born with a serious nature, therefore, he shook it off, took a sniff at the air, shot the jackass one final glance, then bounded off toward the west. To Cherrygrove.
Now Riley's met some rude guy who seems to have no sense of obedience... What's more, now she has to deal with some dude named "Mr. Pokemon..." But there are new friends to be made soon...
What will happen next? Find out in Chapter 3 of Pokemon Heart and Soul- the Fanfic.
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