~Chapter 3~
The two were already walking out the lab with giddy grins and much more. Both of them had obtained Pokeballs (Five for Lecksi, but Six for Lylli so she had a chance at catching something). As soon as they were about to tell their parents, the two had already told them that they could go along for the joy ride. As long as they were careful..
"I can't believe we actually get to go on an adventure!" Lylli clapped her hands together, carrying the bag that they had packed up along her shoulder. Alecksus did the same thing, but she was looking more at the Pokeball with the Treecko in it. She placed it back into a pocket of her bag, now keeping her hands clasped together.
"I know! Maybe we can actually find out what's going on with all this rain!" Lecksi stopped in her tracks, her thoughts, and her current mind set. "Or.. We can find out what happened to the missing people!"
"..Who?"
"Kris hasn't been home for days, and Shawn says that Jenny went on Vacation! B-but, it's a School Week! She wouldn't be doing that~"
"...That's true! Let's go for it! Maybe we can find a Pokemon for me on the way~" Lylli was a little saddened by the fact that she didn't get her Pokemon at the same time, but with the Treecko, it shouldn't be problematic at all.
"I'm so glad Dad let us go on this adventure.." Alecksus began to walk again, looking around at the trees that came into their clear view. They had both obtained a map from the Professor, but they didn't have a big clue on how to read it.
"He said we need to go to the next city, right..?" Her eyes bobbled up and down on the map to look through it. "The first city that we need to pass by would be 'Cardinal City...' It doesn't look too far from here, either."
"Can we get me a Pokemon first, please?" Lylli's frustrating was surely growing. Maybe the Treecko should have been given to her...
"Okay, okay!" She groaned, scratching the back of her head. "Jeez... Eh?"
And speak of the Devil, there was a Pokemon eating some berries from the tree that it had found in the forest they were now walking into. The two were checking the map, but once they saw the Pokemon, they had rolled it back up and put it in.
It was orange, a tan color on the front of the stomach, and his tail a'blazing with fire that he seemed to obtain. The claws were still holding the berries, eating to it's heart content. The blue eyes it had were gleaming, and it continued to call out a "Char, Char" while walking around the tree to scratch it and get some more.
"It's so cute!" Lylli's shrill startled the poor creature, making it back up and glare at the two with cute puppy eyes (Despite it not being a Puppy). "What Pokemon is it?"
"Umm.." Lecksi dug into her pocket of the sweater dress and pulled out the PokeDex, opening it up and aiming it at Charmander. "Let's Check it out!"
The Pokedex booted on, showing the picture of the Pokemon in front of them with a voiced explanation:
"Charmander: The Lizard Pokemon. The fire on the tip of it's tail is like it's life meter. The Pokemon's life could end if the flame went out. Even though it's small, that same flame on his tail can create a large commotion if enraged."
"That doesn't sound good..." Alecksus looked at the screen, "It's also Fire type!"
"Doesn't that mean Treecko's weak to it?" Lylli looked at the Pokeball on her belt, then back to the Pokemon in front of them, "Treecko won't be able to fight against it, will he?"
"Let's try our best!" The hand of the female pulled the Pokeball out, having it enlarge beneath her fingers. She should do her best to keep her Partner healthy, because the Treecko had saved her life after all. "Treecko, let's do our best! Come on out!"
The green little Pokemon released itself from his ball, jumping in front of Charmander with a smug smile on it's face. Alecksus clutched her fists together before pointing directly at the Charmander.
"Pound it, go!"
The Treecko obliged, clenching the little paw into a ball before smacking the Charmander onto the ground. The Charmander slid before holding up his own with a glow, running at Treecko with his small teeth showing.
"It didn't knock it down, like we thought it would!" Lylli's eyes widened, "Watch out!"
"Ack!" Alecksus looked back at her Pokemon, who was already beginning to pant. "Dodge it, now!"
"Hah!" It jumped into the air, flying above the Fire Pokemon for a few seconds.
"Weaken it some more! Use Pound again!
"Char!" A cry escaped the mouth that was soaked with orange coloring. It's breathing had become rapid; Perhaps he was taking it easy before he could try attacking it again. "Go, Lylli!"
"H-Huh?" Lylli jumped at the sound of her name.
"Toss a Pokeball to it! Capture it and make it yours!" Lecksi still didn't stop cheering Lylli on. Maybe the adventure really will be fun if she continues going along with it.
"M-Me? ..That's right! This Pokemon's mine!" Lylli nodded, taking out one of her Pokeballs and doing the same motion Lecksi had did to open up hers. "Little Pokemon. Let me protect you while you protect me!" A toss was then made, "Go, Pokeball!"
The Charmander was spacing out; The last pound had smacked his face into the ground, after all. It was best that they could catch it now and apologize to it later. The Pokeball let out a red light and pulled the Lizard inside. Within seconds, the Pokeball started to quiver against the ground.
"What's going on..?" Lylli backed up, not knowing whether to touch the Pokeball or not.
"...Oh?" Alecksus blinked, noticing the ball stop moving and a little "ding" noise appearing coming from that same Pokemon. "It stopped moving..."
The Asian, Lylli, skipped over to the ball and poked it on the top to make sure that it wouldn't pop up out of the blue and scare the crap out of her.
"..I did it!" She leaped up in the air in joy, tripping over her boots a bit. "I tossed the Pokeball and caught it!"
Picking up the said Pokeball in her hand, she cuddled it tightly and grinned at her sister. "...Thank you, Lecksi."
"You're welcome." She nodded, going back to her Treecko who walked up to her. "Thank you for everything, Treecko! Let's get you back in your Pokeball-"
"..What kind of stupidity was that?"
Alecksus and Lylli turned to where the voice was coming from. They heard bushes rustle, and they heard the trees move along with the course of wind that was coming in. Next thing they knew, two people came in from different sides. Both the male and female that had appeared were much taller than the two. The female had a bang covering some of her hair, but she brushed it to the side and placed her hand on her hip. She wore a long sleeved blue sweater with some baggy blue jeans to go with it. Her shoes were covered by most if it, but the arm that was with the hand on her hip had two bracelets and a watch on it. The brown eyes that she had on were covered by the glasses she wore as well.
On the other hand, the male was mostly different from her: Blue eyes, blonde hair, and he wore a regular white tee with a hilarious icon on it. He wore some black jeans that seemed to fit him a-okay, and his hands were in both pockets. Most of his hair was covering his face, so he had to brush it back once in awhile.
"Two little girls that are caught up in this forest? I'm surprised they aren't crying for their moms yet."
"W-Who are you guys?" A cry escaped Lylli's mouth, making her clutch the Pokeball even harder into her hand.
"...I know you!" Alecksus pointed to the teenager, staring at him. "You're that one friend of Aunt Jenny! Which means..." Her eyes widened, "You two stole the Pokemon?"
"It wasn't really stealing.." The teenage girl chuckled at how naïve Lecksi was becoming. "It was more so.. 'He gave us permission, so we took them,' you know?"
"That's not right!" Stances were taken, and Alecksus had both of her hands in a menacing grip. "I can't believe people like you would do that!"
"It can't be helped, though.. They already chose their partners, Lecksi..." Lylli pulled onto her sweater dress. "Let's just get out of here before they decide to take ours!"
"Pretty weak, aren't you?" Amy gave a fake smile, laughing. "Of course kids like you would run. Come on, Michael~ Let's battle!"
"..It's not good to pick on the feeble kids with innocence."
"..Why do I have a feeling that meant to be harsh?" Lecksi shook her head. "Never mind that! Let's show them what we're made of!"
"Hm?" Michael rose an eyebrow.
"Seems the brats are trying to challenge us to a battle." Amy giggled, taking out one of her two Pokeballs. "Well, how do you wanna do it."
"Lylli." Lecksi's eyes averted to her sister's.
"Alecksus." Lylli did the opposite before looking up to them. "We'll do a Double Battle, then! Your Pokemon against ours!"
"Is that so? Then let us begin!" Amy flashed a wink before waltzing closer to Michael to get onto his side.
A rival's battle has just begun...