Diamond Tears and Pearl Hearts
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Kin: *comes flying in on fairy wings* YAY, IT'S ANOTHER CHAPT—
Gin: *shoots her out of the sky with her (harmless) ball gun*
Kin: *on floor now* WHAT WAS THAT FOR?
Gin: This is a no fly zone. Read the sign.
Disclaimer: Today we'll leave this to Jun.
Jun: *reading from paper* "Graph y-6=4x-6(x+3)".
Kin: *blush* Oops. *grabs paper and swaps it with another* Sorry, that's my math homework…
Jun: *sweatdrop* Err, "Kin and Gin don't own Pokémon".
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"…OK, what is up with you guys?" Hikari demanded, turning to face Jun and Kouki. "All you two have been doing since we left the lab is glare daggers at each other."
Jun and Kouki arose from their glare-fest to look at Hikari both surprised and guiltily. Kouki shifted from foot to foot sheepishly, whilst Jun scowled at a nearby bush. Hikari's eyes narrowed, but then she stomped forward and grabbed Jun's wrist.
"Wai—what?" Jun faltered, stumbling after Hikari confusedly. After they were out of Kouki's earshot, Hikari whirled around to face Jun.
"He is not that bad." She stated. Jun grimaced. "Yes he is!" He hissed. "He's a know-it-all!"
"Has he been spouting irritating facts since we left?"
"…No."
"Has he been rude to us since we left?"
"Well not to you, but—!"
"Has he done anything mildly jerk-like or, as you would so gracefully put it, 'know-it-all-like' since we left the lab?"
"Well, no, but—"
"Jun."
"…"
During this discussion, Kouki was checking some kind of watch on his wrist and was playing with an app. Suddenly, however, he heard some kind of rustling behind him. Kouki turned to see what it was, but all he saw was a flash of white before whatever it had been was gone. "…What was that…?" He mumbled to himself.
At that moment, though, Jun huffed angrily and stormed off back to Kouki. Hikari followed irritably.
"Well," The bluenette sighed, "Let's get to Twinleaf Town. Jun and I need to tell my mom about our… plans."
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"You want to what?"
…Said Johanna as she paced the floor quickly and stressfully. Hikari and Jun looked down at their knees guiltily as Kouki watched this entire scene by the door. Jun had already spoken to his mother, who hadn't reacted much better.
"Hikari, you slept over at Jun's house without permission, ran off to Verity Lake and Sandgem Town to Professor Rowan's lab without telling me, and you ran into the tall grass, got attacked by Starly and used someone else's Pokémon without even bothering to inform your own mother?" The elder bluenette said angrily.
Jun looked up. "Ms. Miyazaki, please, it's—" He started, as Miyazaki was Hikari's surname, but he was cut off. "You're not getting off the hook either, mister!" Johanna screeched. "I cannot believe you charged into the tall grass without a second thought and eavesdropped on Professor Rowan's conversation!" Jun suddenly took a great interest in Hikari's carpet.
"…S-so Mom, could me and Jun go on our journey…?" Hikari tried lamely, expecting the worst. Johanna glared fireballs at her daughter and said,
"Yes, you may."
"I thought s—wait, WHAT?" Hikari yelped, her blue orbs snapping up to meet her mother's gaze. Johanna's eyes sparkled amusedly.
"Yes, you may go on the journey. You and Jun have your licenses now, and you went through Pokémon training school in Jubilife, so you can go. But!" She added, snapping Hikari and Jun out of their happy cheers. "But, you have to call me at least once every two weeks so I know you haven't perished in some horrible accident."
"Yes, yes, yes, Mom! Thank you so much!" Hikari squealed, throwing her arms around Johanna.
"Well, we'll be going then! I'll call you when we reach Jubilife!" Hikari said, walking towards the door with Jun. "Bye, Mom! I love you!"
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"Well, we got past both my mom and Ms. Miyazaki without dying! I call that a success!" Jun shouted triumphantly as the group walked down the road to Sandgem.
Hikari sighed. "Yeah, but we still have to travel to Jubilife city," She reminded. "Kouki, how long of a trek is it?"
Kouki glanced at the town map Jun's mother had given him after Jun decided he didn't want it. "Hm… About one or two days' time." He deducted. Jun groaned. "Too looooong." He moaned.
Hikari sweatdropped and smiled at the blond, but something past him caught her attention.
"Eh?" She murmured, looking past Jun a little more. "What's up, Hikari?" Jun asked, following her gaze. Kouki also looked over.
Right in the dark trees beside the route path, a pair of large red eyes were staring at them.
"Um… Hey!" Jun called. "You wanna come out and show yourself?"
The eyes blinked.
Then they blinked again.
And then they were gone.
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"Well that was odd." Kouki mumbled. Hikari nodded in agreement. Jun was miffed at the eyes' disappearance. "Jeez, there's nothing to be SCARED about!" He yelled. "The only frightening thing here is Kouki's face!"
Kouki whacked him. Jun growled. "Oh, you wanna go?" He shouted.
"Bring it!" Kouki retorted.
"IT'S BEEN BROUGHT!"
Hikari simply sighed and sat down on a rock, taking out a book and wondering who those strange pair of eyes had belonged to.
Just then, though, there was a flash of black and a few feathers went flying into the air, and Hikari saw a small Starly hopping around in front of her.
"Oh, hello." Hikari smiled. The Starly, however, seemed less than friendly. "STARLY STAR STAR!" It screeched, attacking Hikari's legs.
"WHOA!" Hikari yelped, standing up on the rock.
"Hikari!" Jun and Kouki shouted. Hikari took out her only Pokéball. "Piplup!" She said, throwing it into the air. A white light emerged from the ball, and soon Hikari's trusty Piplup was out in front of her. "Pip, piplup pip!" It crowed importantly.
"Piplup, use Pound Attack!" Hikari commanded, teetering a little on her rock. Piplup obeyed, dashing forward and hitting Starly hard with its head. "Starly!" The bird Pokémon shrieked, trying to attack Piplup with numerous Peck attacks, but Piplup dodged them all, continuing to hit Starly with Pound attacks. The Starly lurched dangerously, dizzy and beaten. Instinctively, Hikari took out an empty Pokéball Kouki had given her earlier.
"Go, Pokéball!" She cried, throwing it at the Starly. The Starly was enveloped in red light, which then entered the Pokéball.
The ball wobbled…
…and wobbled…
…and then, very slowly…
Click.
"I did it! I caught my first Pokémon!" Hikari cheered, jumping into the air. Apparently, however, she forgot that she was on a rock. When she landed, she lost her footing and went toppling backwards. Hikari screamed briefly, expecting the hard earth as her cushion, but instead she landed on something soft.
…and breathing.
Hikari looked up. "J-Jun?" She exclaimed, looking at the orange-eyed youth. "Yo," He greeted, the breath knocked out of him. Hikari remembered that Jun and Kouki had been behind her the entire time she had been battling, so she must have accidentally fallen on Jun. "S… sorry." She laughed sheepishly.
"No problem. But could you get off, please? You're way heavier than you look." Jun coughed nervously.
Hikari punched him in the stomach. "Ow." Jun muttered before they both got up. Kouki was glaring jealously at the blond.
Hikari strode over to the Pokéball. "Wow, my first ever caught Pokémon…" She breathed. Hikari threw the ball into the air. "Starly, go!" A flash of white light emerged, and the Starly appeared.
It then began attacking Hikari.
"Ow, ow, OW!" Hikari screamed, holding her arms up to protect herself. Jun and Kouki ran over, Jun shielded Hikari while Kouki worked on snatching Starly out of the air. When he had finally grabbed it, he yelled, "Hikari, return it!"
Hikari fumbled for Starly's Pokéball and screeched, "Return!" A red light emerged from the ball and Starly was returned.
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"…I don't think your new Pokémon likes you that much." Jun finally stated. Hikari sniffed.
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A few hours later, the group had passed Sandgem and was now walking down the darkening route to Jubilife City.
"It's getting dark. We should set up camp soon." Hikari commented. Jun and Kouki nodded. Kouki looked at the map. "Let's see… there's a clearing about an hour up the route. It should be safe to sleep there for the night." He deducted.
"Cool." Jun piped up. Suddenly, however, he jerked around to look into the dense trees nearby.
"Something wrong?" Hikari asked, stopping. Jun seemed uncomfortable. "I could have sworn I just saw someone over there."
"Someone?" Kouki inquired. Jun nodded. "Y-yeah, a little girl, I think… with white hair?" He muttered. Then he grinned. "Maybe it's a ghost! Ahahaha!"
"NOOO!" Hikari screamed. Jun jumped. "No, no, Hikari, I was joking!" He clarified hastily. Kouki seemed confused, but Jun quickly added to him, "She hates scary things." Kouki mouthed, 'Ah'.
Once Hikari had calmed down enough, the group proceeded forward through the route more. An hour later, they reached the clearing.
"Kouki, you set up the camping stuff. Me and Hikari will get firewood." Jun said. Kouki agreed, and Hikari walked off into the trees with Jun.
Hikari was looking around edgily. Jun sighed. "Hika. I was joking about the ghost." He assured, but Hikari wasn't convinced. Jun sighed again, regretting the time he had made Hikari watch that scary movie with him…
FLASHBACK
A nine year old Hikari and Jun sat in Jun's room, where Jun was preparing a DVD. Hikari looked anxious.
"Jun, is it really OK for us to watch this?" She said, holding a large book in her hands worriedly. Jun grinned. "No worries!" He chirped. "Mom's out visiting Dad at the Battle Frontier, so we can do what we want!" He pressed play.
Five minutes later…
A bawling Hikari was crying her eyes out into an exasperated and blushing Jun's shirt. "Oh, come on! It's not that bad!" He yelled. Hikari simply sobbed more.
END FLASHBACK
Ever since then, Hikari had been terrified of zombies, vampires (especially the sparkly kind) and ghosts. Mostly ghosts.
Hikari gripped Jun's sleeve anxiously. Jun went faintly red. "Geez…" He muttered. Just then, though, there was a rustling from the trees.
"What was that?" Hikari yelped, whirling around to face the noise. "It's probably just a Pokémon." Jun reassured. "Let's just gather the firewood so Kouki doesn't freeze to death. Not that I would mind that."
A few minutes later, the two had gathered a decent amount of dry twigs, and they returned to Kouki who gratefully started their fire.
"So how far off is Jubilife?" Hikari asked. Kouki glanced at the map and said, "If we leave early in the morning, I think we can reach it by sunset. We have to go a little farther on this route, then a quick pass through a cave, and from there it's just another route into town."
"We should probably challenge some Trainers on the way for money." Jun suggested. "That way we can stock up on supplies in Jubilife." The other two agreed.
There was a sudden rustling again in the bushes behind them all, just like before. Just then, a lithe catlike Pokémon shot out. "GLAMEOW!" It cried, knocking all of the Pokéballs off the trio's belts before they could even blink and then knocking then up into the air a few yards away.
"It's a Glameow!" Kouki shouted. "What's it doing here? They don't live on this route!"
"Tee-hee~."
The group looked up at a huge pine tree nearby to see a small girl who looked about a year younger than them standing on its tip. She had snow white wavy hair which was put up in pigtails, red eyes, and a strange costume on with a yellow 'G' emblem on the chest.
"Who the hell are you, and why did you take our Pokémon?" Jun yelled.
"My name is Kaida~." The girl smiled. "Won't you please play with me?"
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Kin: CLIFFHANGER HA I HAVE TO GET OFF MY LAPTOP NOW OR ELSE MY MOM WILL KILL ME BYE
Gin: ^_^;
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