Daughter
of The Peace-Makers
(A Pokemon Fanfiction)
Hiruka: Heh, I love how confused people get around us, Dawn.
Dawn: You confuse everyone though...
Hiruka: Well- It's more fun when it's not just me?
June: Please be quite for a minute you two. -sigh- I don't own any of the Pokemon characters or anything from Pokemon itself. I just own Hiruka, Li and my weird plot alterations! YAY!
Ash: Who's Li?
Hiruka: You don't want to know...
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"It's sort of hard to believe, isn't it?" Hiruka asked, tugging a bit at the string of her straw hat. "I know we don't look alike, but we are twins... Sort of."
"What do you mean by 'sort of'?" Brock responded confusedly. Ash was also confused, which was clear from the look on his face. Due to the way they looked, Hiruka ended up struggling to hold back a giggle.
"Honestly, I'm not even really related to Dawn. I'm adopted." A warm smile appeared on her face. "But, to me... Dawn is my sister- we grew up together. I can't think of her any other way!"
"Hiri, you're too much." Dawn laughed a bit, looking at Ash as he decided to speak.
"Do you know anything about before all that, though?"
"Now I do, but for the longest time I had no idea! Though, honestly... I think I'm even more confused knowing than I was when I didn't!" Hiruka's voice turned into a whine. Brock moved over slightly and let Dawn sit down next to him, Ash looking to Hiruka curiously. Dawn had gotten up when Hiruka began talking with her. Looking at Ash, Hiruka asked, "Uh... What's wrong? Something on my face or somethin'?"
"Don't you wanna sit down?" Ash chuckled. "C'mon, sit with us! It's gotta be tiring just standing there for no reason, right?"
"He's right, Hiri! You should eat with us!"
"But... I ran out of poffins..."
"I have some sweet poffins if you want." Ash offered, though he had no idea why she needed them.
"Sweet poffins? Really?! Yes! Thank you so much!" Hiruka literally jumped, hugging him when she sat down next to him as he'd suggested.
"Heh, looks like Hiri's dubbed you her new best friend, Ash." Dawn loved to tease her 'sister'.
"Hey, what's that supposed to mean? I like sweet poffins, okay? What's the big deal about it?" Hiruka pouted, until suddenly a small bag was pushed towards her by the boy to her left.
"Enjoy?"
"Thank you!" She giggled before taking a poffin out of the bag, taking a happy bite. "Hm... Level twenty-three, smoothness seventy-four. Wow- it's pretty high quality!"
"You can tell all that from a bite?" Brock seemed surprised at that simple fact.
"Of course! I love sweet poffins- but I also love deciphering their level and smoothness- it's something that's always made me curious, y'know?"
So, the four began to eat happily, Hiruka cheerfully chewing on her poffins that she was given, the other three eating normal food. What concerned Brock and Ash was that she didn't even think of touching the food they had- she was so content with the poffins, she looked like she was a ditto or something, taken the form of a human. That wasn't possible though, they were sure, and so they let it go. Dawn was used to it anyway, so it just didn't phase her.
Pikachu scurried suddenly under the table, crawling up into Hiruka's lap. "What's wrong fella?"
"Pika! Pika!" Generally, Hiruka seemed to understand what was going on, causing her to take another poffin out of the bag and hold it out for the little mouse. Pikachu happily picked the poffin out of her hand and nibbled on it, cheering slightly.
"You like it?" Hiruka smiled as Pikachu nodded cheerfully. Happily, Pikachu sat in Hiruka's lap. It seemed it was comfortable with her, but that just made her happy. "Comfy?" Pikachu simply nodded as it nibbled on its poffin more.
"Looks like Pikachu really likes you, huh?" Ash chuckled happily, watching.
"Hiri, what pokemon do you have with you right now?"
"Huh? Oh... I have-"
"You got a brain? Wow!" A boy walked over, brown hair falling slightly into his equally brown eyes. "Long time no see, Hiri."
"Okay, Li, how many times am I gonna have to yell at you to get you to stop calling me that?" She didn't even look at the boy- she knew who it was automatically. "By the way, that joke really was uncalled for."
"Hah, whatever. You know, you shouldn't live off poffins the way you do- it's not healthy."
"For you, perhaps, but for me it's just fine, thank you very much." Dawn looked over to the boy- she knew him, but not nearly as well as Hiruka had. She also knew that Li and Hiruka got along like a Pidgey and a Caterpie.
"Long time no see, Li." She said simply. Looking at her, the boy smiled.
"Hey, Dee." Dee- the name was just an initial, but Li seemed to care little about that. "Hiri, you haven't seen a bonsly around, have you? I was taking care of a bonsly for someone, and it scurried off somewhere."
"Have you looked in a more wooded area? Bonsly like hiding in excessively tall grass and wooded areas, after all. They blend in with them."
"Yeah, but I can't find 'im!"
"Ugh..." She took something out of her pocket- a spray bottle of some sort. "Use this sprayduck. If you find anything that reminds you of Bonsly, spray it. Bonsly are rock-types, so they generally arent' thrilled by water... It'll surprise him a bit. Just trust it."
"Right- thanks, Hiri! Oh- let's battle later, kay? I got really tough!" He waved and ran off, causing Hiruka to let out a sigh of relief. Dawn laughed happily.
"Some things never change, huh?"
"Nope- he's still as much of a pain as ever." Hiruka laughed in response to her sister's comment- she truly loved Dawn. "Oh- I never got to answer your question, did I, sis?"
"Actually- I have a question too." Ash replied. "How about a battle after we eat?"
"A battle?" Dawn smiled to her sister as she was confused by Ash's notion.
"You know- pokemon battle? Like you do when you're helping train the pokemon at the gym with Hunter."
"Oh! Um... Okay."
"Awesome! Let's eat so we can battle soon!" Ash cheered, and so they ate once more in a mild silence.
