Chapter 2

The path to Accumula Town

A cool breeze passed over the tranquil scene of Route 1. The trees and grasses swayed gently at its passing. Danny walked along at a brisk pace, enjoying the fresh air, while Clarissa followed behind him closely, looking into the tall grass worriedly. Danny looked down at Clarissa, confused by her strange behavior.

"Whats wrong with you," Danny asked, somewhat disinterestedly.

"Nothing," Clarissa said angrily, continuing to glance around her.

Danny shrugged and changed the subject "Well, since were traveling together we might as well take some time to get to know each other."

"I guess," Clarissa said distractedly, still scanning her surroundings

"Alright, what's with those clothes of yours?" Danny asked.

Clarissa finally stopped looking around and said in a mocking tone "I could ask the same thing."

"Hey," Danny said defensively "I like my clothes."

Danny was a simple boy, and didn't stand out much. He had short brown hair and simple green eyes. His face was nothing special and didn't have very many defining features. His clothing was the most noticeable thing about him. He wore an orange and black baseball cap with a large black Pokeball design in the front, An orange and black jacket, a gray t-shirt, blue jeans, and black and white sneakers.

"Your clothes are kind of tacky." Clarissa said insultingly.

"Your one to talk." Danny insulted her back Clarissa glared at him angrily.

"Where did you even come up with those designs?" Danny asked, somewhat curious.

Clarissa's anger subsided an she said enthusiastically "Oh, I got a lot of my design ideas from the clothes Serina wore before she became champion." Clarissa stood confidently, proud of her clothes. Danny looked back at her in surprise "You know about Serina?"

"Of course," Clarissa said matter-of-factually "Who doesn't know about her. Why do you ask?"

"Because, we were friends before she left on here journey." Danny said, a strange tone came over his voice.

"Yeah right, and I defeated the Elite Four by myself." Clarissa said sarcastically. Danny didn't respond to her comment. Clarissa looked at him, confused over his sudden silence.

"Danny, you there." Clarissa said, trying to get him to respond. Danny seemed to rouse from some old memories.

"Oh uh, yeah." Danny said, still slightly caught in his day dream.

"Now its my turn to ask whats wrong with you?" Clarissa asked, curious over his strange behavior.

"It's nothing." Danny said, the strange tone still evident. Clarissa shrugged and dropped the subject. She resumed looking around, worried that the angry leavanny was still looking for her. They were reaching the end of Route 1, and Clarissa was happy that the leavanny hadn't shown up. Clarissa walked happily along, oblivious to a rock protruding out of the ground. She tripped, screamed, and fell face first on the ground. Danny burst out laughing, while Clarissa got up angrily. As she got up, a look of fear dread came over her. The leavanny had rushed out of the grass at the sound of her scream. Danny looked over to where she was looking, confused by the change in expression, and saw the leavanny.

"What pokemon is that?" Danny wondered aloud, taking out his Pokedex to find out.

Leavanny

The Nurturing Pokemon

Upon finding a small Pokémon, it weaves clothing for it from leaves, using the cutters on its arms and sticky silk.

It keeps its eggs warm with heat from fermenting leaves. It also uses leaves to make warm wrappings for Sewaddle.

"A leavanny huh," Danny said, excited to see a new pokemon.

"Hey Clarissa do you see . . ." Danny tried to say to Clarissa, but when he looked over to tell her, she was gone. He looked around, but didn't see her anywhere. Just when he was getting really confused he felt something move behind his leg. He looked down to see Clarissa hiding behind his leg. Danny looked at her disbelieving.

"What?" she said defensively.

Danny shook his head "Clarissa, what are you doing?"

"Look, it's complicated." Clarissa said deceptively.

"Really," Danny said patronizingly "I bet you did something to it, and now its angry at you."

"Your half right." Clarissa said, embarrassed.

"What did you do." Danny demanded to know.

"I kicked it's baby." Clarissa looked down at the ground, her face bright red.

"You did what!" Danny yelled. The leavanny looked over at the commotion and started walking over to Danny.

"Look what you did!" She whispered angrily. Clarissa squeezed herself tightly against his leg "Don't let it see me."

The leavanny stood in front of Danny. It looked at him, suspicious that he might be hiding something. It started to walk around him, but he turned as it came to his side. It looked up angrily and Danny smiled nervously. The leavanny continued to walk around him and he continued to turn to keep the leavanny from being behind him. The leavanny glared suspiciously at Danny, Knowing that he was hiding something. The leavanny tired of the game and walked away angrily. It walked into the bushes and disappeared. Clarissa stepped out from behind Danny leg and said "That was close."

The angry leavanny rushed out of the grass and yelled. Clarissa looked in horror as the leavanny charged at her. Danny picked up Clarissa and ran as the leavanny chased close after them.

"What do we do now?" Clarissa yelled

"Run!" Danny yelled

The leavanny was to fast and was quickly catching up to them. The leavanny held its arms out and swiped them through the air, razor sharp leaf blades sliced through the air in front of it.

"It used Razor Leaf, watch out!" Clarissa yelled, but it was to late as the sharp leaves slashed into Danny's back. Danny fell to the ground and Clarissa flew out of his arms. She rolled across the ground. Danny looked over to see her lying on her side, trying to lift herself up, as the leavanny walked menacingly over to her. The leavanny lifted her claws into the air and they began to glow. Clarissa closed her eyes, waiting for the leavanny to strike, but the strike never came. She opened her eyes to see Danny crouching over her while the leavanny kicked him angrily.

"Are you insane, Why are you protecting me? It's my fault that this is happening." Clarissa asked angrily, worry evident in her voice.

"Do I need a reason?" Danny said, smiling through the pain.

Clarissa felt extremely guilty, Danny was protecting her from her own stupid mistake, and there was nothing she could do stop it. The leavanny placed a hard kick to Danny's side and he fell to the ground beside Clarissa. The leavanny glared at Clarissa and prepared her attack once again. Clarissa didn't know what to do to stop the leavanny and wished she hadn't let her anger get the best of her when the sewaddle had just been trying to be nice to her, but then Clarissa realized how she could get them out of this.

The leavanny's claws came down and Clarissa yelled in the pokemon tongue [I'm sorry!]

The leavanny stopped and looked down at Clarissa skeptically. Clarissa continued to speak [I didn't mean to hurt your baby, I'm really sorry that it happened.]

The leavanny continued to look at her skeptically and said sternly [It's not me you should be apologizing to.]

A sewaddle came out of the grass and squirmed over to Clarissa. Clarissa sighed and said sincerely to the sewaddle [I'm sorry.]

The sewaddle looked up at her happily and rubbed its head against her affectionately. Clarissa shivered with disgust, but patted the little sewaddle on the head. She looked over to see the leavanny lift Danny to his feet. She walked over to Danny, and Danny smiled. Clarissa punched Danny in the thigh.

"Ow, what was that for?" Danny asked angrily.

"Are you an idiot?" Clarissa yelled angrily "You could of got yourself killed!"

Danny was taken aback by Clarissa's anger.

"Huh, so you actually care about me." Danny said smugly.

Clarissa blushed, embarrassed about her outburst.

"I only care because if you got hurt I wouldn't have a guide." Clarissa said angrily.

"Yeah, alright." Danny said smiling "Are you ready to keep going?"

"Fine." Clarissa said disinterestedly. As they walked along the path to Acumula town, they looked back and waved at the leavanny. The leavanny waved back as they disappeared into the distance.