Chapter 2
"BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!"
"AAH!" yelled Blaze as he woke up to the soothing sound of the alarm clock. He slammed his fist down on the "off" button. He sat there for a minute thinking of his nightmare. He was trying to capture this colorful bird. Then the girl with the tail showed up and started to squeeze the air out of him with her tail. She let him fall into a hole, and then he saw a pair of glowing, purple eyes. That's when the alarm clock woke him. He looked at the digital numbers that were displayed on the wall. They said 7:48.
"Oh no," he said, and hoped out of bed, going at top speed taking a shower and putting on his clothes. He decided his breakfast could wait. He went out the door almost forgetting his Pokeballs. He ran back in, snatched them, and ran for the Pokecenter. He didn't even notice the girl from the night before sitting on a bench, petting her Persian. But he did notice when his shoe fell off. By then he was at the center, and it was in the middle of the sidewalk on the other side.
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When he finally arrived, he hoped through the doors to put his shoe back on. He walked up and went to register at the counter.
"Okay Blaze" said the female attendant behind the counter "I need to see your Pokemon." He took out his Pokeballs and handed them over. She placed them on a tray and pulled up their stats.
"A level 74 Charizard," she said as she looked them over, "I heard that they were hard to train."
"Nah," gloated Blaze as he got back his Pokeballs.
"Ok. This computer will now randomly select the field that you will be battling on." He saw pictures flash by on a nearby screen of trainers battling each other on the ice field, the rock field, the water field, and the grass field. It went by for a few seconds, and stopped at the grass field.
"Let's see," she said, "Your battle will take place at 8:55. Your opponent on the grass field will be F..."
Just before the attendant could finish. There was a loud explosion from outside, and dust blew in as the door opened when Blaze ran out side. He looked up and saw a man riding an Aerodactyl. The man was wearing a black shirt with blue pants. On the man's shirt there was a red "R" crossed out and a weird AE symbol in a greenish-blue. The man looked like he was chasing after something. Blaze had fought many members of Team Rocket before, but this one was different. For one thing there was the weird AE over the R. The second was he was riding an Aerodactyl, which meant he must be a strong trainer.
Blaze pushed through the crowd that had formed, trying to follow after the man. Because he was looking up, when he passed through a clearing in the crowd he didn't see the girl he slammed into. He and the girl he bumped into fell backward, making him to loose sight of the man.
"Ow!" he said as he hit the ground.
"Hey!" said the other girl.
"Watch where you're going!" said the girl. When Blaze opened his eyes, he saw the girl from the night before. Now she was wearing a black bodysuit and "another" belt. To his left was the Persian he saw with her before, and now it was growling fiercely at him.
"Kit, chill." The strange girl said to the equally strange feline. "We seem to keep 'bumping' into each other. I guess we might as well know each other's name. I'm Jewel Rockét, and you are...?"
"Blaze." He said, feeling rather clumsy. "Blaze Firsight. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bump into you-"
She snorted, "Of course you didn't mean to bump into me, baka. Why were you running so fast?"
"I was after this guy, in a black Team Rocket suit-" he started.
"Team Rocket?" She asked sharply, "As in the infamous Pokémon thieves?"
"Duh."
"My parents used to be part of that 'team'. Watch your back with them around." With that, and a sharp command in some strange language to the Persian, she strode off and was soon lost to him in the crowd.
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A young man in his twenties was walking through the crowd that had formed with his Vulpix at his side. The Vulpix was wearing a collar, and a pouch contrapment around it's middle.
"Isn't this a great day Vulpix? Man, there sure is a bunch of people around this morning. What's going on that I don't know about?! Ah, oh well."
"Vulpix!" said Vulpix, as the man handed Vulpix a Poke-treat. Suddenly he saw a girl in a black outfit with some belts, speaking a strange tongue and riding an overgrown Persian. Then he saw a boy in his teen's step out and yell stop. He figured the girl was a robber.
"Pidgeot, Gain some air!"
He threw the Pokeball forward, and a shape materialized. it formed into Pidgeot, and the ball went back to the man. The man and Vulpix jumped on Pidgeot and chased the girl. They flew past her, and waited ahead. She was looking over her shoulder, and when she saw the man, her Persian stopped and she flew off, and slammed into hay that was staked on a parked truck.
She got up and as she was dusting herself off, her black belt unwound itself from her waist and began twitching irritably.
"What was THAT for?!" she demanded as the guy and his Pokémon neared her.
"That guy said to stop you, so I did." he replied, staring at the girl's tail, "I must warn you, I am a very high authority here and if you confess, I can let you off easy. My name is Pokeman Ultra X, but you can call me Ultra."
"Jewel's the name. Anyway, if 'the guy' said to jump off a bridge, would you?" she asked rudely.
Ultra snorted, "No. I thought that you had stolen something," he looked her over, "and, from your appearance, I jumped to conclusions. So you didn't steal anything?"
"NO!" yelled Jewel, in a mad rage.
"Then I'm sorry to trouble you, Ms. Jewel," Ultra said calmly.
Being called Miss calmed her down a bit. "Come on Kit, let's get away from these loonies. We're due at the Ice field in 15 minutes." Still muttering to herself about complete and total idiots, she stalked off to the little café where trainers could get a latté between battles. As she walked, she wrapped the tail around herself. A crowd hadn't gathered, so she had nothing to fear.
"So what did you want with her?" asked Ultra when the teenager got within hearing range.
"Her? Jewel Rockét, I just ran into her...literally, and I'm curious. Do you know her?"
"No, I only knew her name after I stopped her. Did you notice she had a TAIL?"
"A tail? Yeah. That's why I wanted her to stop. She said her parents were rockets, and I wanted to know more."
"Well, we'll get the chance. Before she fell off her Persian I put a tracer on her. We just need to find her. It would be easier to follow her on foot, or rather; hooves, and I have just the Pokemon. By the way, I'm Pokeman Ultra X. Y tu?"
"What?" asked Blaze, bewildered.
"Spanish for 'And you?'" Ultra explained.
"Ah. Blaze Firsight's the name. Becoming a master's my game," Blaze said, a little full of himself.
"Ha! Not if you go against me," laughed Ultra.
"What?"
"Nothing. Pidgeot! Return!" A beam came from the ball and pulled Pidgeot back in to it's Pokeball.
"Rapidash! Fire the nerves!" With a flash of light, a Rapidash appeared. Ultra threw an Item ball, and out popped a saddle.
Then Blaze and Ultra got on Rapidash. Vulpix hopped on Rapidash's head, and cuddled it.
"I have a weird Vulpix," explained Ultra, as Blaze gave a weird look at him. Then they took of after Jewel.
"BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!"
"AAH!" yelled Blaze as he woke up to the soothing sound of the alarm clock. He slammed his fist down on the "off" button. He sat there for a minute thinking of his nightmare. He was trying to capture this colorful bird. Then the girl with the tail showed up and started to squeeze the air out of him with her tail. She let him fall into a hole, and then he saw a pair of glowing, purple eyes. That's when the alarm clock woke him. He looked at the digital numbers that were displayed on the wall. They said 7:48.
"Oh no," he said, and hoped out of bed, going at top speed taking a shower and putting on his clothes. He decided his breakfast could wait. He went out the door almost forgetting his Pokeballs. He ran back in, snatched them, and ran for the Pokecenter. He didn't even notice the girl from the night before sitting on a bench, petting her Persian. But he did notice when his shoe fell off. By then he was at the center, and it was in the middle of the sidewalk on the other side.
*************
When he finally arrived, he hoped through the doors to put his shoe back on. He walked up and went to register at the counter.
"Okay Blaze" said the female attendant behind the counter "I need to see your Pokemon." He took out his Pokeballs and handed them over. She placed them on a tray and pulled up their stats.
"A level 74 Charizard," she said as she looked them over, "I heard that they were hard to train."
"Nah," gloated Blaze as he got back his Pokeballs.
"Ok. This computer will now randomly select the field that you will be battling on." He saw pictures flash by on a nearby screen of trainers battling each other on the ice field, the rock field, the water field, and the grass field. It went by for a few seconds, and stopped at the grass field.
"Let's see," she said, "Your battle will take place at 8:55. Your opponent on the grass field will be F..."
Just before the attendant could finish. There was a loud explosion from outside, and dust blew in as the door opened when Blaze ran out side. He looked up and saw a man riding an Aerodactyl. The man was wearing a black shirt with blue pants. On the man's shirt there was a red "R" crossed out and a weird AE symbol in a greenish-blue. The man looked like he was chasing after something. Blaze had fought many members of Team Rocket before, but this one was different. For one thing there was the weird AE over the R. The second was he was riding an Aerodactyl, which meant he must be a strong trainer.
Blaze pushed through the crowd that had formed, trying to follow after the man. Because he was looking up, when he passed through a clearing in the crowd he didn't see the girl he slammed into. He and the girl he bumped into fell backward, making him to loose sight of the man.
"Ow!" he said as he hit the ground.
"Hey!" said the other girl.
"Watch where you're going!" said the girl. When Blaze opened his eyes, he saw the girl from the night before. Now she was wearing a black bodysuit and "another" belt. To his left was the Persian he saw with her before, and now it was growling fiercely at him.
"Kit, chill." The strange girl said to the equally strange feline. "We seem to keep 'bumping' into each other. I guess we might as well know each other's name. I'm Jewel Rockét, and you are...?"
"Blaze." He said, feeling rather clumsy. "Blaze Firsight. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bump into you-"
She snorted, "Of course you didn't mean to bump into me, baka. Why were you running so fast?"
"I was after this guy, in a black Team Rocket suit-" he started.
"Team Rocket?" She asked sharply, "As in the infamous Pokémon thieves?"
"Duh."
"My parents used to be part of that 'team'. Watch your back with them around." With that, and a sharp command in some strange language to the Persian, she strode off and was soon lost to him in the crowd.
************
A young man in his twenties was walking through the crowd that had formed with his Vulpix at his side. The Vulpix was wearing a collar, and a pouch contrapment around it's middle.
"Isn't this a great day Vulpix? Man, there sure is a bunch of people around this morning. What's going on that I don't know about?! Ah, oh well."
"Vulpix!" said Vulpix, as the man handed Vulpix a Poke-treat. Suddenly he saw a girl in a black outfit with some belts, speaking a strange tongue and riding an overgrown Persian. Then he saw a boy in his teen's step out and yell stop. He figured the girl was a robber.
"Pidgeot, Gain some air!"
He threw the Pokeball forward, and a shape materialized. it formed into Pidgeot, and the ball went back to the man. The man and Vulpix jumped on Pidgeot and chased the girl. They flew past her, and waited ahead. She was looking over her shoulder, and when she saw the man, her Persian stopped and she flew off, and slammed into hay that was staked on a parked truck.
She got up and as she was dusting herself off, her black belt unwound itself from her waist and began twitching irritably.
"What was THAT for?!" she demanded as the guy and his Pokémon neared her.
"That guy said to stop you, so I did." he replied, staring at the girl's tail, "I must warn you, I am a very high authority here and if you confess, I can let you off easy. My name is Pokeman Ultra X, but you can call me Ultra."
"Jewel's the name. Anyway, if 'the guy' said to jump off a bridge, would you?" she asked rudely.
Ultra snorted, "No. I thought that you had stolen something," he looked her over, "and, from your appearance, I jumped to conclusions. So you didn't steal anything?"
"NO!" yelled Jewel, in a mad rage.
"Then I'm sorry to trouble you, Ms. Jewel," Ultra said calmly.
Being called Miss calmed her down a bit. "Come on Kit, let's get away from these loonies. We're due at the Ice field in 15 minutes." Still muttering to herself about complete and total idiots, she stalked off to the little café where trainers could get a latté between battles. As she walked, she wrapped the tail around herself. A crowd hadn't gathered, so she had nothing to fear.
"So what did you want with her?" asked Ultra when the teenager got within hearing range.
"Her? Jewel Rockét, I just ran into her...literally, and I'm curious. Do you know her?"
"No, I only knew her name after I stopped her. Did you notice she had a TAIL?"
"A tail? Yeah. That's why I wanted her to stop. She said her parents were rockets, and I wanted to know more."
"Well, we'll get the chance. Before she fell off her Persian I put a tracer on her. We just need to find her. It would be easier to follow her on foot, or rather; hooves, and I have just the Pokemon. By the way, I'm Pokeman Ultra X. Y tu?"
"What?" asked Blaze, bewildered.
"Spanish for 'And you?'" Ultra explained.
"Ah. Blaze Firsight's the name. Becoming a master's my game," Blaze said, a little full of himself.
"Ha! Not if you go against me," laughed Ultra.
"What?"
"Nothing. Pidgeot! Return!" A beam came from the ball and pulled Pidgeot back in to it's Pokeball.
"Rapidash! Fire the nerves!" With a flash of light, a Rapidash appeared. Ultra threw an Item ball, and out popped a saddle.
Then Blaze and Ultra got on Rapidash. Vulpix hopped on Rapidash's head, and cuddled it.
"I have a weird Vulpix," explained Ultra, as Blaze gave a weird look at him. Then they took of after Jewel.