Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon. I'd rather own Yu-Gi-Oh...but I do not.
"Speech"
'Thought'
In between Kanto and Johto lies a large mountain named Mt. Silver. Its peak goes above the clouds, making it a treacherous climb for any person. Regardless if that person is the region's champion or not.
'I'm starting to regret not taking Erica up on that offer to Hoenn.'
Keith Chiyoku was leading a scientific expedition up the mountain. He and a group of scientists were searching for the location of a strong creature that had been reported being seen around the summit.
Keith was very determined to find more scientific facts to study, even if it meant he would have to go through a blizzard. Which he was at the moment.
"Chief!" The Kanto Champion looked down to his colleagues, he hadn't noticed that he had climbed a little bit higher than them.
"What is it!?" He had to yell to pierce the sound of the storm.
"We need to take shelter, the storm is getting fierce!" Yelled the man in response.
He didn't want to, but the champion knew it would be a better idea to live than to freeze for a glimpse of the creature. He started to descend down to the group.
"Yeah, I guess you're right!"
As he was walking down, Keith noticed something out of the corner of his eye. A tail of flame was streaking across the blizzard. The brunette tried to get a camera to get the picture, but he wasn't nearly fast enough.
'So close.'
Brendan and Aqua were travelling through Route 101 of the Hoenn region. The young protagonist was excited to finally go on a journey that he was shaking. But actually, it wasn't him who was shaking the backpack.
"What the-" He reached into the back and pulled out a pokeball from his backpack. Curiosity got the best of him and he released the pokemon inside.
Out of the pokeball came a Vulpix, Natsumi to be exact. With surprise and excitement, Brendan leaned down to pick her up.
"Natsumi! Did my mom sneak you into there?" Asked the brunette in a playful voice. The fire fox barked playfully back in response.
Brendan set Natsumi back onto the ground, where Aqua proceeded to inspect her. In return, she started to sniff his face, which prompted Aqua to start running away. The Vulpix thought of it as a game and chased after the Mudkip.
Even though he wanted to laugh, looking at the scene reminded Brendan of something. Something that he didn't really want to think too much about.
A boy was sliding across the wooden floor of a dojo before he ran into a nearby wall. He struggled to get back up onto his feet, which didn't work out too well.
"Well, do you want to give up yet?" Said a strong voice to the child. Said child jumped up with a determined face.
"No! Not until I've beaten you!" The little boy recklessly charged towards the older man without any kind of plan.
The man sighed and moved out-of-the-way a second before the boy could run into him. The tiny challenger slipped and fell on the floor again, and he ran into the wall again. He was picked up by the older man and set on his feet.
"You've tried hard, but you just can't beat me yet. Come on, let's go home." Offered the man. The little kid rubbed the side of his face with a pouty face.
"...Alright Dad."
Brendan was interrupted from his flashback by the feeling of something rubbing against his leg. He looked down to his shoes to see that Natsumi and Aqua were looking up at him with worried faces.
The protagonist kneeled down and petted the heads of both of the pokemon. A large grin spread across his face.
"Don't worry. I'm fine." He retrieved both of the pokemon to their pokeballs and continued down the route.
Oldale town was located just north of Littleroot town and it was not too much different from the little town. A pokemon center and a small shopping center were both separately available, but the tiny town was still pretty similar to its neighbor.
The brunette protagonist walked around and pondered on where he should go next, seeing as how there wasn't much to do in this town. There was not exit to the east and the northern exit just led to another route. To the west was Petalburg town.
"Alright then, to Petalburg!" Brendan began to walk out the western exit. As he was walking, the thought of getting some pokeballs crossed his mind.
"NO STOP!" A man ran straight into the brunette knocking him into the air, and back into Oldale town. The man started to dust in area which Brendan was walking on.
"What was that for?" Asked Brendan with a dizzy head. Instead of getting an answer, the weird man just gave Brendan an upset face.
"These are unknown pokemon footprints. Don't disturb them!" Answered the man loudly and quickly before running back to inspect them some more.
The protagonist thought it best not to try to get past this guy, with or without his pokemon's help. A better option would be to explore the northern route outside of Oldale town.
'Those footprints. They kind of looked like shoes.' Thought Brendan as he walked into the next route.
Route 103 was more or less similar to Route 101, the only main difference that stood out was that it had access to the ocean.
As the brunette teen entered into the route, he spotted a familiar face. May was at the end of the route, possibly doing research on the local pokemon. Brendan ran up to greet his friend. Running up to her, he noticed that the girl was indeed taking notes.
"...And I saw this pokemon here, and this one seemed to be doing-" May abruptly turned around, and bumped into her friend. "Oh Brendan! I didn't see you there!"
"Don't worry about it. What are you doing there?" Asked the boy. As an answer, May pulled out her notepad and showed what she had written to him.
Several good sketches of the pokemon were in the book as well as notes that the brunette had been taking. Brendan was really intrigued by the sketches that May had taken, he had no idea that she was this good.
"Wow May, I had no idea that you were this good of a sketch artist." That comment put a wide smile on her face.
"Thank you." She put the sketch pad back into her bag and pulled out a pokeball. "You know, we haven't really battled since the junior tournament a while ago."
Her suggestion put a confident, and hot-blooded smirk on Brendan's face. He pulled out a pokeball as well, and jumped backwards several feet to gain some distance.
Both trainers launched their pokeballs and released their starter pokemon. May already had the advantage of type, but that wasn't going to slow down her opponent.
"Aqua, use tackle attack." The tiny amphibian charged forward into the Treecko, knocking him back a few feet.
"Treecko, counter with your pound attack!" The wood gecko smacked his right fist into Aqua's face.
"Quick! Get away from Treecko!" Aqua jumped back a few feet to gain some distance between the two. "Use tackle again!" Another hard impact forced the grass starter pokemon back another few feet.
Treecko struggled to get back up on his feet. May's face started to show a nervous expression. Never-the-less, she and her partner persevered through the challenge.
"Now, use absorb." The gecko jumped forward with an open mouth, he had the intention of draining Aqua's energy for himself.
"Aqua, duck!" Before Treecko could chomp down on Aqua's head, he ducked his head and fin into the ground. Both the girl and the grass starter were caught off by this quick trick.
"And use mud slap!" Using the fin on top of his head, Aqua quickly gathered up dirt off of the ground and slapped it into his opponent's face.
Treecko stumbled back before falling to the ground with swirls in his eyes. Brendan and Aqua won. May sighed and returned her pokemon to the pokeball before scratching her head.
"I guess that you really did win that junior tournament." Admitted the girl sheepishly. She pulled out a couple of oran berries and handed them to the winner. "You can use these to heal your pokemon. I'll see you later!"
The brunette ran in the direction of Oldale town. Brendan sighed happily and returned his pokemon to the pokeball. With May and Aqua gone, Brendan notice something that he hadn't seen before.
A tiny pond was just a few feet in front of him. He walked forward to get a closer look at it. It was quite a rare and beautiful sight to behold. The brunette leaned down to look into it. Water dripped into the pond by falling of off a nearby leaf. Looking into it allowed Brendan to see his own reflection, almost perfectly. He could see something else that he couldn't quite make out. All he could see was a blond color.
"And I thought that I was the only one who enjoyed looking at myself in the mirror." Brendan jolted and turned around to see Erica standing up in front of him. He quickly regained his composure and got to standing up on his feet.
"Hi there Erica. You came out of nowhere didn't you?" Brendan was trying to keep his image looking good.
Instead of answering, the blond just stared the brunette down for a couple of seconds. He was a little nervous by this, made apparent by the blush that was clearly spread across his face.
"Sorry for the rude demeanor, but I've got to ask." Said the girl. Brendan could feel an intensity in the air coming from Erica. It was so odd that the girl's silence could make the entire atmosphere so tense.
"...Why is your hair white?"
Brendan fell down on his butt in surprise. May's prediction was more than correct about the white knit hat being confusing. The teen quickly got back up on his feet and took off the white hat, revealing his brown hair.
"It is not white! See? I'm totally a brunette!" Complained Brendan as he pointed at his clearly brown hair.
"Sorry, but it did seem pretty convincing to me." Explained the blond as she laughed at her friend's actions. Brendan tried to muster up some kind of retort back at her, but not much was coming to mind. He sighed as he put his knit hat back on.
"Ugh, and I thought that I did a good job growing out my bangs."
Erica walked past him and kneeled down to the tiny pond for a closer look into it. She was mesmerized by the beauty of it all. Reaching her left hand out, the blond dipped her finger into the pond. Brendan just stood to the side, his face was painted with curiosity at the blond's actions.
"It's really interesting, isn't it." She pulled her finger out and stood back up. "How nature can create such majestic and artistic sights."
They boy had to agree with her about that, something about looking at a natural state of beauty seemed so much better than one created synthetically.
"Yeah, I guess you're right about that." Answered Brendan.
Without warning, beeping noise started to emerge from the brunette's pocket. Both his and Erica's faces were painted with curiosity as he pulled out his Pokenav from his right pocket. The screen of the yellow device had an exclamation mark with a thin white circle encasing it.
Curiosity got the better of Brendan as he pressed the screen which caused it to change into an arrow pointing towards the east. Another odd ting was that the number, 010 present in the upper left corner. Without any consent, the Brunette followed the arrow.
The tail of a Poochyena was sticking out of the grass, and Brendan carefully crept towards it. Unfortunately for him, the dog detected him and jumped out. As a quick response, Brendan launched Aqua out.
"Use tackle!" The Mudkip jumped forward and pushed the dark type back. In return, Poochyena jumped forward and tackled back at the Mudkip.
"Here Aqua, take it!" Brendan tossed his partner an oran berry to restore health. Aqua jumped up and quickly ate the berry to restore a little bit of health.
Before he could throw out another command, the Poochyena jumped forward and bit Aqua's backside. A quick struggle separated the two from each other, but Erica noticed something after Poochyena had been knocked off. Burn marks were on the side of the water-type.
'It knows fire fang?' Questioned the girl.
"Use mud slap!" The head fin of Aqua dragged through the ground and into the Poochyena's face. Reaching behind him, Brendan tried to pull out a pokeball. His face was a little shocked when he could find none.
'Crap...I think that I forgot to purchase pokeballs.'
All of a sudden, a pokeball came flying through the air and landed in Brendan's hand. With a curious face, he turned his attention to Erica.
Her face was serious, but she also gave him a nod in response. Brendan's curious look shifted to a grateful smile as he launched the pokeball towards the Poochyena. The device shook a few times before it clicked, capturing the hound.
"Alright!" The protagonist walked over and picked up the pokeball on the ground. His pokedex started to beep and reveal the information of the pokemon.
"Ok, so you're a girl. Then I'll name you Rin!" Erica put a hand on his shoulder and gave him a thumbs up.
"Good job!"
"Thanks, but why did you help me out?" She walked past him a few steps before looking back at him with an answer.
"I just thought that you really wanted to capture that pokemon. See ya later."
The blond continued to walk back towards Oldale town, leaving a dazed trainer behind her. As she did, a faint blush spread across her face. She couldn't help but feel a little attracted to his battle style.
'But at the same time, I find him just a little too reckless.' She was broken out of her thoughts by the sound of someone running to her. Brendan was running to catch up to her.
"Wait up will you?" When he caught to her, he had to ask her something important. "Are you going to Petalburg town?"
Erica nodded at that question, to which her friend smiled.
"Then lets travel there together. I'm also heading there." Proposed the teenager. Erica was a little surprised, but she gave a happy nod of affirmation.
He couldn't quite explain it, but Erica accepting his offer put Brendan in a little bit of a good mood. To him it was like he had hit the center of a target. Despite not being able to explain it, Brendan strolled with Erica back to Oldale town.
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