Chapter 2: On the way
Authors note: Hi there, as you have probably noticed this is the second chapter. So first off, I would like to say that I won't have pokémon call out attacks anymore during a fight due to the critique I got about that. This is the reason why I need reviews, they point out flaws and help me improve my writing. Second, I want to mention some things at the end of this chapter. Finally, sorry for the long wait,. I'm currently dealing with internet problems. Hope you will enjoy this chapter as well!
Somewhere in a forest, about 5 kilometers away from Rustboro City, Hoenn.
Maxwell and Robyn were walking to the south at reasonable pace. It would be 3 hours after their battle in the middle of no man's land. The sun was at the horizon and the sky was pink-yellowish, indicating that it was evening. The trees were tall and the tops of the trees were fully green from the leafs. The ground was covered by old, brown leafs from the last autumn. The pair walked in silence until Robyn decided to break the silence.
"Sorry for asking, but why aren't we taking Route 104 again?" Robyn asked. Not that she was tired or anything, but she found it weird that Maxwell decided to take the nature route rather then using the path that was created by the civilized world, the alternate path would of been a much faster walk after all.
Maxwell turned his head to Robyn slightly annoyed to repeat himself, "Like I already said, I don't want to walk into a bunch of idiots that think they 'recognize' me," his voice sounded a little bit silenced, due to the fact he had his mouth covered by his scarf again.
"C'mon Maxwell, you don't have to be that paranoid," Robyn said, "I didn't see anyone coming up to you or something like that in Rustboro City."
Maxwell sighed, "Than you probably didn't see that group that was staring and pointing at me... Do those loser not having anything better to do? They annoy me to no end, unlike some people I don't like being gazed as if am an alien invader..."
Robyn laughed, "Well, I guess that's the downside of participating in a national event, haha," she said, "Some pokémon start to see you as a celebrity."
"And, as you know, I don't give a single shit about fame," Maxwell responded, "Why does everyone only seems to care about money and fame?"
Robyn raised her eyebrow, "Just a question, is why you do not have a lot of money?"
Maxwell shrugged his shoulders, "Well, enough to buy basic things. If I had too much money I would probably grow greedy."
Robyn tried her best to continue the conversation to prevent another lapse of silence. "Didn't you have a theory about that? About how fame and money corrupts pokémon?" She asks, knowing the answer but pursuing the conversation. Robyn nods in understanding.
"Yep, I think that popularity and wealth makes us pokémon greedy and selfish," she said, "It was a major flaw of humans, and I think it will also be a flaw pokémon have to deal with but..." She says trailing off.
Robyn grinned at Maxwell, as she teasingly said, "But aren't you a selfish asshole already?"
Maxwell laughed at Robyn's comment, "I should've seen that one coming. But that has to do with the way I grew up, I was taught to be better than those who oppose me."
Maxwell had a devilish grin on his face, "I could also mention that you can be a sarcastic bitch sometimes."
Robyn giggled, "You don't need to tell me, others have said that a thousand times to me already."
"I wonder why..." Maxwell says in a equally teasing voice.
"Damn it, Maxwell! I thought I was the one who made the clever comments!" Robyn replies. Both of them shared a laugh.
"Anyways..." Maxwell recovered his voice a bit, "Is that what you actually think about me?" He asks with a curious look in his eye.
Robyn would let out what sounded like a mix between a laugh and a sigh, "Heh, well. To be honest, I do actually think you can be a arrogant jerk at times."
"Buuuuut?" Maxwell had some kind of hopeful tone in his voice.
Robyn took a breather, "Well, what I like about you is that you are not afraid to say what you think. In fact, you are not afraid of anything, really."
"Oh really? I thought I didn't talk a lot," Maxwell replied.
"How am I supposed to say what I think when I barely say a word?" He asks.
"C'mon Max, you're not 'that' silent," Robyn grinned, "I think you don't say much because you want to look tough, but your actually kind of soft inside."
You could barely see it because a Blaziken's face was already red and most of the under part of his face was covered by his scarf, but Maxwell blushed when he heard that final part of the sentence.
"I-is that a compliment?" Maxwell stuttered.
"Yeah, I guess you could call it a compliment," Robyn continued, "I actually like that about you. Tough on the outside, soft on the inside. What's the matter, Maxwell? Your face has a strange colour to it." Robyn finished oblivious to how flustered the Blaziken currently was. Maxwell now started to blush even more, which Robyn began to notice. Maxwell suddenly felt that strange feeling in his stomach again. He sometimes had that feeling when Robyn said something complimenting about him or when his eyes paid extra attention to her.
"N-no! I'm f-fine, I s-s-swear!" Maxwell stuttered as he felt his face burning, "T-thank you for saying that..."
Robyn raised her eyebrow, "Are you sure about that? Your voice sounds kind of weird?"
"No really! I'm alright," Maxwell said a little bit calmer.
"If you say so..." Robyn said, she didn't sound very convinced. Maxwell felt like he had to say something as well.
"You know," Maxwell said, trying to sound as calm as possible, "There are also some things I really like about you."
Robyn looked up, "Oh really?"
"Yes," Maxwell continued "I mean, you are very intelligent, Robyn, you always know what to say and what you are talking about." Robyn's face started to become a little red as well,
"Are you... are you being serious about that?" Robyn asked curiously.
Maxwell started to get a good feeling about this, "Yeah, I really am," and before he even thought about it, the words escaped his mouth,
"And you're pretty cute, too." Robyn was blushing ferociously, her cheeks were completely red.
"Why... t-thank you..." she said shyly, slightly flattered.
There was a awkward silence for a while as both pokémon felt a strange feeling. Maxwell and Robyn continued walking, not saying anything to each other. Then suddenly, Robyn stopped.
"Wait, do you see someone over there?" she was looking between the trees. Maxwell stopped walking as well.
"I don't know... It's kind of hard to see..." Maxwell said slowly. He was looking between the trees too.
Robyn then saw something white humanoid-like, "Hold up... Isn't that a gardevoir?" She asked curiously.
"A gardevoir you say?" Maxwell saw it as well, *Could it be who I think it is?* Maxwell thought to himself.
Yes, it was indeed a gardevoir. The gardevoir was walking with her arms on her back towards the blaziken and the absol, but didn't seem to notice them because she was too busy looking in the trees.
When she finally did notice them, the gardevoir stopped walking and looked at the duo with widenend eyes. Once again, there was a awkward silence.
"Y-you...?" the gardevoir finally said slowly, "What are you..."
Robyn then said barely moving her lips ands silent only Maxwell could her it: "Three... Two... One..." When she said that a gallade came rushing towards them veins bulging on it's head, a hysterical look on his face and eyes filled with rage.
"Get away from my sis!-" the gallade suddenly stopped when he could identify the two pokémon.
"Oh hello there, Thomas. I totally didn't expect to see you here with Jade." Robyn said sarcastically.
"Uhhh well..." Thomas scratched his head, "I still have to protect my sister, you see..." He said blushing in embarassment.
Jade sighed, "And like I already told you a thousand times, Thomas, I can pretty much protect myself."
Maxwell and Robyn met Thomas and Jade the previous year during the last time the tournament was held. This was because Thomas was one of the participants.
Thomas was three years older than Jade and he saw it as his duty to protect her ever since he could walk and talk. Thomas was a rather loud, naïve and immature for his age. Jade, one the other hand, was kind of shy and somewhat mature. The two were always close to each other in some way. When Jade encountered a stranger, Thomas would run towards them and yell something along the lines of: "GET AWAY FROM MY SISTER!" or "DON'T TOUCH MY SISTER!" Jade liked that Thomas was so protective about her when she was young, but when she got older she got pretty annoyed of it and had been trying to convince Thomas that she can stand on her own.
"So... The gallade and the gardevoir again, huh?" Maxwell said, "What are you two hanging around in the Woods at this hour?"
"Well, this is our home. Have you forgotten already?" Thomas attempted to sound grown-up.
"I did not ask you where you live, I do not even care where you live, Gallade," Maxwell continued, "I was asking what you are doing at this time of the day."
"I-I have a name, you know!" Thomas still tried to talk with the adult tone, but didn't do very well.
"He knows that, he just thinks you aren't worth to be called by your name," Robyn added on, "Besides, I have always wondered, What is more sad? The fact that you still follow your sister around, or that she is more mature than you are despite not even being a adult yet?"
Thomas's head became very red. Jade stepped in between Thomas and the two.
"I think you have humiliated him enough already, could you please stop?" Jade said calmly. She loathed how her brother was overly protective but she still cared for him and wouldn't stand for anyone to humiliate him. "By the way, can't pokémon wander in the woods anymore these days?" Jade added.
Robyn sighed, "Whatever floats your boat..."
"But what are you two doing here, really," Jade said, looking at the two, "Are you going somewhere?" She persisted.
"I do not see why that would be any of your business," Maxwell said coldly, "But I guess it doesn't hurt to say. We are heading to Petalburg City and we want to get there before nightfall." He explained in annoyance.
Jade raised her eyebrow, "Oh? Why are you in such a hurry?" Jade asked curiously.
Maxwell planted his hand in his face thinking to himself, *Of course they are being overly curious...* "Because I'm entering the tournament again." He said sighing in irritation.
Both Thomas and Jade looked at each other, then looked at Maxwell again. "Really?" Thomas said, "Even after what happened last year?" Thomas said surprised.
Maxwell grinded his teeth in annoyance, "That doesn't matter to me, I won't give up just because of some bullshit from last year."
Thomas suddenly had a confident grin on his face, "Ha! Haha! So you are entering the tournament again? Well, I'm entering too!"
It was silent for while until Thomas stomped his foot on the ground a few times, "Oh c'mon! Why aren't you surprised? Where is that overly dramatic anime reaction?" He whined.
"Maybe because it isn't much of a plot twist," Jade giggled a little bit, "Anyways I'm entering as well."
"Nobody cares," Robyn said with a bored expression. Both Thomas and Jade became red with rage.
"Well, we have to go." Robyn announced.
"I agree," Maxwell said gripping his hands around the straps of his backpack. Both pokémon continued walking leaving the gallade and gardevoir behind.
It didn't take long before they were stopped by a, "Not so fast!" Maxwell and Robyn turned around to see Thomas pointing at Maxwell.
"I'm not going to let you walk away without a fight!" Thomas said overly dramatic, "Well, will you accept my challenge!? Or are you too scared?" Thomas taunted.
*When will this idiotic fool stop... And people say I have a big ego, this guy deserves a gold medal for being dumb...* Maxwell thought as started to get really irritated, "Look, I can kind of see that you want to get your ass kicked again, but right now I don't have time for that," Maxwell said calmly, "If you haven't noticed it is already pretty dark, and I want to reach Petalburg city before nightfall."
"Or in other words..." Thomas said slowly, " You are too afraid to fight me!" Maxwell had the urge to bash his head against a tree.
Robyn stepped forward, "Fine, I'll will fight you." Thomas looked at Robyn.
"Well, I wanted Ma- I mean the blaziken, but I guess you will do," Thomas said trying to sound intimidating. Maxwell walked to Robyn.
"You do realise you are wasting your time with this fight? I mean it won't stop someone as dumb as you, but it will probably late by the time you reached the Pokémon centre."
Robyn grinned at Maxwell, "Don't worry, I'll make it quick," she said confidently, "Besides, I have to do this to fill in chapter length, right?"
"What do you think this is, Robyn? Some kind of fanfiction?" after saying that, Maxwell turned around putting his hood over his head and continued walking.
"I'll make this quick," Robyn said as she shoved her bandana over her nose. The absol spread her paws into a fighting stance. Thomas spread his legs and positioned his arms like they are dual wielded swords.
"I normally don't fight girls, but you are a exception because you insulted us earlier!" Jade stored her eyes to heaven.
"That has got to been one of the lamest fighter intro one-liners I have ever heard in my entire life..." She said with a little bit of disappointment in her voice.
Thomas dropped his arms and looked at Jade, "Do you even know how hard it is to pull something like this out?"
"It's actually pretty easy..." Jade retorted with a sigh.
"Hey, you aren't the one that has to fight right now, are you?" Thomas yelled.
"That was a terrible argument..." Jade muttered back.
"Oh! So you want to fight instead? Come stand here!" Thomas shouted glaring at his sister.
"I will gladly do that!" Jade shouted storming her way towards Thomas.
Robyn snickered while the two similar looking pokémon were fighting.
*This guy seriously just let his guard down against someone with assassination training, big mistake...* she thought while she was sneaking up on the fighting gallade at a reasonable tempo, as silent as the wind.
"No! I don't mean it like that!" Thomas cried out dodging a Psybeam from Jade.
"Then why did you say that?" Jade yelled preparing another.
"Because y- OUCH!" Thomas's sentence was cut off by a Sucker Punch attack from Robyn. He'd gasp for air has he held his hands to his stomach.
Robyn didn't hesitate, her horn started to glow black as she drew her horn back. Once it was fully charged Robyn slashed her horn at the gallade. The Nightslash sliced Thomas on the forehead and he stumbled backwards tripping over a tree trunk, causing him to fall over with a thud.
Jade was just as surprised as Thomas was at the swift sneak attack. Her jaw was dropped and she had wide open eyes. Thomas laid on the ground for a few seconds to recover from the shock, which Robyn allowed. Then he got back up again, while being filled with a childish rage.
"HEY! I WASN'T READY YET! YOU CHEATED! THAT WAS A CHEAP SHOT!" Thomas screamed with a squeaking voice. Robyn couldn't help but laugh at Thomas's outburst. This would piss him off even further.
"OH, YOU THINK THIS FUNNY HUH?!" he yelled at Robyn, "WELL LAUGH AT THIS! FOCUS BLAST!" Thomas put his hands together and formed a light blue ball of energy. He then pushed both hands forward firing the Focus Blast attack however, Robyn jumped over it easily (One because he made the amateur mistake to announce the attack before he used it and two his concentration was horrible causing him to lack the focus part of the move resulting in a uncontrolled blast of energy which missed completely due to his terrible accuracy) the Focus Blast crashed into a tree, creating a small explosion.
"You know, you really shouldn't announce the attack before using it..." Robyn said bored. This obviously fuelled Thomas's rage even further. The gallade suddenly dashed towards her, this surprised Robyn but she was able to jump away just in time. Thomas crashed his Close Combat attack into a tree but stopped before executing the move.
Thomas quickly turned around, his arms glowing pink-purple as he yells"STAND..." He makes a slashing movement with his right arm, firing a Psycho Cut. Robyn jumped on the side of a tree to dodge the blade-like projectile. "...STILL!" Thomas then fired another Psycho Cut at her, but Robyn jumped to another tree dodging with ease.
"You call that a Psycho Cut?" Robyn taunted while she landed on the other tree as the projectile cut through the tree on the spot she was standing just seconds ago.
Robyn launched herself off the tree while her horn glowed purple-pink. Robyn slashed her horn launching the Psycho Cut attack. Thomas didn't react in time and he received the blade right in his neck.
Thomas stumbled backwards and got down to one knee. The last thing he saw before becoming unconscious was Robyn dashing towards him with dark claws. Before he could react he was hit twice in the face by the two Shadow Claws.
Jade stepped in between them when Thomas fainted.
"That's enough, I think that you have won at this point," she said, spreading her arms in a protecting matter.
"Ehh... Do I look like a blaziken to you? Calm down, I'm not Maxwell," Robyn said as she slid her bandana away from her mouth, "I told you I would make this quick."
"Yeah yeah... You don't have to rub it in our faces..." Jade said as she stretches her arms to her unconscious brother. Her hands fire off a Heal Pulse. The pink beam connects with Thomas's body. The longer the pulse was aimed at him, the more of Thomas's wounds disappeared. After a while, Thomas opened his eyes again. When he saw Robyn he jumped back up angrily.
"That wasn't fair at all!"
"Not fair? Have you ever heard of dodging?" Robyn said calmly, "In all honesty, I think you are a terrible fighter and you should not be in the Tournament."
"You dare question my fighting skills!" Thomas demanded.
"Yes, I dare. Now if you excuse me, I have to be in Petalburg City. It's late," after saying that Robyn turned around, and walked away.
"Robyn, I'm not my brother if we happen to cross paths again I'll wipe that smug smile off your face." Jade said staring irritatingly. at her brother. "See what happens when you rush head first into things? You really are immature, next time we meet those two we definitely should be able to win, now let's head home and begin training." Jade said to her brother and the two headed back into the woods.
*Well, that was awkward* Robyn thought to herself as she left the forest, entering Petalburg. Suddenly, she remembered what Maxwell said to her earlier: "And you're pretty cute, too." Robyn felt her cheeks becoming red again as she got that strange feeling in her stomach back.
Inside Mt Ember , Kanto, 3 hours ago
Xen and Wayne were walking through a hallway made out of rough rocks. It was very dark as there were only a few torches.
"Why is this hall so long..." Wayne panted. Xen glared at him annoyed.
"Seriously, could you just shut the fuck up and stop complaining for once in your life?" Xen snarled annoyed.
"Ok, geez!" Wayne replied shocked. When they finally reached the opening in the end they both entered. A camerupt was waiting for them.
"You two are late, Executive Silver and Executive Daimon," the camerupt said, "Our leader is waiting in the next room."
The camerupt guided the zoroark (Xen) and the zangoose (Wayne) to a door, which the two entered.
A dark figure awaited their arrival, it was hard to tell what pokémon he or she was because of the lack of light. Both Xen and Wanye took off their hoods and kneeled down to the figure.
"Executives Xen Silver and Daimon at your service, my lord," both pokémon said in unison.
"So..." the figure said with a deep voice, "You both are late, did everything go flawless as planned?" The dark figure said in a menacing almost threatening tone.
"Y-yes," Xen gulped answering the dark figure which radiated a spooky and powerful aura. "We didn't encounter any pokémon with the intention to stop us and everything went well. But this idiot right here," Xen angrily glared at Wayne, "Almost blew us when we were at the mountain already."
"Hey!" Wayne turned to Xen, "Do you like the feeling when a rock cuts your knee?" he retaliated.
"SILENCE!" both Xen and Wayne turned back to the dark figure obvious fear in their faces.
"We apologize, my lord," they said in unison looking at the ground.
"Even though I won't deny Executive Daimon's lack of intelligence, he is still a very skilled combatant. Do you understand, Silver?" the dark figure said.
"Yes my lord," Xen said. He noticed how Wayne grinned at him.
"But enough with this nonsense, Do you have the Crystal?" the dark figure paid his attention to Xen.
"Yes, indeed," Xen reached his paws inside a bag he was carrying and took out a large light orange glowing crystal. The dark figure grinned.
"Good, very good," the dark figure said pleased, "Everything is going according to plan..." The dark figure muttered.
"I also have the information you wanted," Xen continued, "The Pokken Tournament will this year be held in the Zinnia region."
"Really?" the dark figured said amused, "Well, as a reward for your loyalty, you may enter the Tournament."
Wayne widened his eyes: "WHAT?! Why him? I though you sa-"
"Do NOT question my decisions, Daimon!" Wayne dropped his head again. The dark figure continued: "This is great news, Silver. In fact the current circumstances are amazing. We have to be in the Zinnia region for our next step of the plan. This means that you will be our spy."
Xen bowed, "This is a huge honor, my lord."
"However," the dark figure continued, "This means you have to follow a few rules if you don't want to blow your cover You may not assist your fellow members of our organization when ever we are executing a operation and you may only make contact with the headquarters when nobody else is around, understood?" the dark figure asked.
"Yes, my lord," Xen replied.
"Good, You two are dismissed" the dark figure says, the room fading completely black.
To be continued...
Narrator: Robyn and Maxwell have arrived at their first stop, Petalburg city of the Hoenn region. And it seems the mysterious Wayne and Xen have met their boss. What is the 'plan' being discussed? What the heck is the Zinnia region? And what are Maxwell and Robyn going to get up to in Petalburg? Find out in chapter 3!
A/N: Hello there once again.
So first I apologize if this chapter is not as good as the previous one. Second, sorry for the wait, my internet rooter suddenly decided to say "fak u" and stopped working. I was able to finish this somewhere else, though. I probably won't be able to reply to reviews and PM's till Friday.
Anyways, thanks everyone that supported me thus far, it's really encouraging! Surprisingly enough I haven't received many OC's yet. Feel free to send one by either PM or review! (Don't forget to read the rules on my profile)
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-Maxwell Barricade
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Story, plot and character design by Maxwell Barricade & edits + narrator text by Beemstarr.