The Friends Journey – Chapter 2
It had been a few minutes since I had first seen the bluenette, but the feeling doesn't go away, I was hoping it would, but I keep staring, nagging myself not to stare, but in my head somewhere, it's telling me that being attracted it her isn't a bad thing, and with that small thought, I continued to look at her amazing features, unable to turn away.
"I-i- uh" I stuttered. I grimaced and looked down, knowing I must have looked foolish, stuttering like an idiot, I look towards Fire, hoping he would help me from this.
Luckily he caught my cue and began to speak to the amazing girl.
"Hi I am Fire and here is my best friend Silver what's your name?" He asked her curiously.
"H-hi" She stammered. "I am Dawn" She said, whilst staring at me, did I embarrass her? Have I made a wrong move already?
"Well Dawn nice too meet cha we just have got our first Pokémon what's yours?" Fire asked the blue haired girl, now known as Dawn.
I saw Fire glare at me, indicating me to say something.
I sighed and joined the conversation.
"A-as Fire said" I began speaking nervously. "You can call me Silver"
When Fire mentioned pokémon, her face seemed to light up and her eyes sparkled even brighter than the stars.
She takes a poke ball and throws it, making a pokémon materialise onto the lab floor.
A small water type pokémon that resembled a penguin, appeared, it was a piplup.
It was a cute pokémon for sure, but in resemblance to Dawn, the penguin had nothing on her at all.
I shake my head, I really needed to stop distracting myself with these thoughts, I've only just met her, there is no way I can like her like that already...
I laugh silently; I couldn't believe a girl I've known for 5 minutes is having such an effect on me, c'mon Silver, snap out of it!
"Which pokémon did you two choose" She asked us both.
I seemed to calm down a bit, pokémon was something I loved to talk about, I never get nervous about it at all, so things were definitely looking better.
"I chose treecko" I replied, then nodding to the grass type who was now off my arm and on the floor. "Fire chose torchic"
Speaking of pokémon, which reminded me of something we have yet to do
"Oh Fire" I noted to my best friend. "We haven't had a battle yet"
"I'd like to watch please" Dawn said excitedly, we both turn to fire to see his answer.
"Okay, sure" He replied.
My first ever battle was about to take place, and it was against Fire, my best friend of all people, but I can't lose while Dawn is watching me, it should be a lot of fun.
Dawn, Fire and I all walk out of the lab, Dawn leading us the way to the battle ground, happening to be the laboratories backyard, it was a grass battlefield with no tree's or rocks, just a basic grass field, im ready.
"Treecko" I exclaimed whilst treecko runs onto the battlefield. "Battle stance!"
Treecko ran onto the make-shift battlefield and awaited for the opponent; torchic to be called to the battlefield.
"Let's fire things up, let's go torchic!" Fire yells as he calls torchic into the battle. They both looked determined to win their first battle too.
Both pokémon stood on opposite sides of the battlefield, with treecko being closest to me, it was on all four legs and prepared to move quickly if necessary, I knew I was still a newbie and had a lot to learn, but right now I needed to use all I know to try and claim my first victory.
I see both our pokémon staring each other down, waiting for either Fire or me to call the first attack and start the battle; I guess it was me to start as Fire did not say anything.
I knew treecko's tail will be helpful, and im guessing it could be possible that it knows the pound attack.
Here goes nothing…
"Treecko" I commanded. "Use your pound attack!"
My starter ran towards the opponent and swung its body, trying to hit the opposing pokémon with its dark green tail.
The attack connects and torchic quickly stands back up, waiting for a command of its own.
"Use scratch torchic" Fire instructs as the fire chicken runs towards treecko, landing a hit with its small claws.
Treecko fell to the ground, but quickly got back up at the voice of my next command.
Both pokémon were at their limits, they were not used to battling and their power, stamina and defence was not yet trained up, this battle was almost over…
We both don't make a move, I wasn't sure what other moves treecko had, I wasn't too familiar with Hoenn pokémon, but it was probably the only move it knows, I'm guessing this is its first battle too, it can't be all that experienced if it's going to a starter trainer such as myself.
"Teecko" I exclaim. "Use pound again"
Treecko nods and does the same action as before, heading towards the opponent.
Fire also called his attack, the scratch attack, both pokémon were charging towards each other and unleashed their attacks with all the might they had left.
Both pokémon fell a few feet away from each other and landed in the dirt, exhausted, but a proud look on their faces with the progress they had made, they hadn't lost their first battle, and they would slowly get stronger from here with that determination, but with no winner, there was only one outcome this battle had…
The match, therefore, was a tie.
I smiled happily, knowing my pokémon tried its best even though it was not used to battling, it had most likely had a relaxed life until now, exactly like me, I was raised in the calm town of Twinleaf, nothing eventful happened, but now anything could happen any day, and just like treecko did just now, I would have to work my hardest to achieve what I aim for, and with treecko as my partner, and many more pokémon on my side in the future, I know I can break the limits of even the sky, and become the best out there.
I walk up to treecko and pick it up, cradling it in my arms. I told it that it fought well and returned to its poke ball to rest.
"Good match you two" Dawn said happily. "But if I battled one of you two I will win."
"Yeah right" I said back, with a similar amount of confidence. "We will see"
"Maybe" Fire added, joining the conversation. "But I promise torchic and I will grow, I promise"
Fire comes up to me and gestures for a handshake, which I agree to and shake his hand on a good, fair battle.
"Alright then, we shall see in our next battle" I say happily.
"I see you two had a good match, actually really good for beginners" A new voice said, joining the conversation also. "Really good infact"
Fire and I turned around, and I glanced at Dawn, who seemed to instantly recognise the voice.
Fire and I turned around to see the pokémon professor; Professor Rowan, who was smiling in our direction.
"Yes I am" Fire said, but then turned his direction towards me. "But this guy here studied pokémon since he was little, that's why he is good, it was a fluke that we tied"
I saw that" he said that honestly and there was no other emotions involved in his words except honesty and sincerity.
"Really then" The professor continued. "That means you have a natural talent and Silver, you seem to study more, I just know you two will grow up in a great way, as Silver, your style seems to be focused on speed, I could see your reflexes with treecko and attack fast, always thinking about your opponent, while you Fire you are a power type you used the power of Torchic to his full potential while using its power and determination that will do fine to achieve the goals you desire, the way you battled, despite being your first one was impressive"
In other words you both are the opposite yet amazingly talented, I expect great things from you two" Said Pr. Rowan, finally ending the unnecessary speech.
"Really" I asked, with a slightly surprised tone. "You watched that match?"
I was honestly surprised; I thought his research would be much more important than watching some pokémon trainers who had never ever even battled before
"True, but I know when I see talented trainers" He said, boosting the confidence of Fire and myself.
"You remind me of an old student, back in the day" The professor replied. "Can I ask you a favour about it?"
We didn't get time to answer and Pr. Rowan passes a small brown box to Fire which probably had something important inside, all he told us was to deliver it to the next City, the destination of this mysterious package, I saw the way the box was in Fire's hands, it looked heavy, maybe it was a big book or something valuable, hence the box.
"Anyway, thanks for everything" Fire and I said gratefully.
I turn and see the blue haired girl; I paled slightly knowing my nerves would start kicking in again.
That's right… I may never see her again after today, I would be leaving Sandgem Town and she would stay here with the professor.
I heard Fire snicker and my eyes widen, fearing the worst…
Please don't…
"Heh" He said teasingly. "Missing your girlfriend already?"
"What are you implying Fire!" I said back, almost annoyed at him, and slightly annoyed at myself as blush appears on my cheeks.
"Nothing" He replied, holding the 'o' sound in a teasing manner, prolonging the sound.
The boy began slowly walking away from me.
"Hey" I responded. "Get back here"
I ran after the boy in hopes to catch him and teach him a lesson, he needs to stop teasing me.
I hear Professor Rowan's words in the background.
"No Thank you and I hope I see you guys growing as one of the best Pokémon trainers ever."
I thought travelling the world and having new experiences would give me answers, but now I had more questions than answers, who are we meeting, what is the box for, how well Fire and I do in the pokémon world, even small things in the back of my mind attacked my train of thought, all I could wonder… was what would happen next…
End
A/N: Remember, to check Fires thoughts, look at FoxFireImr for The Friends Journey: Fire Version!