Chapter three - Fantastic, Just Fantastic
I fix some stuff some stuff back in Chapter two, thanks Misty~!
And sorry again if my grammar is bad :p
"Pikapi!" Pika runs out next to the pond.
"We sure have seen a lot of pokemon in Santalune Forest." Trevor says.
"And the way they move are amazing!" Tierno says. Trevor pinches the arch of his nose.
"Tierno...Do you ever think of anything else than how pokemon moves?"
"Ehehe...guess not." Tierno rub the back of his head. Trevor sighs.
"Ok, shall we leave?" Calem interrupts.
Everyone in the group nod except me for I don't really have anything planned since I never expected this.
Shauna notices it and asks, "Lady S, What are you going to do?" I shrug.
"I don't really know."
"I know! How about you go challenge gyms?" Shauna suggests.
"I'm sure you'll be absolutely AMAZING!"
"But-" I begin but gets cut off by Calem.
"That's not a bad idea, she can't be babied all the time."
He gives me a smirk. I give him a threatening look back.
"Who-"
"Oh right," He looks at me.
My eye twitches, Stop cutting me off!
"How about we have a "proper" introduction?" Calem muses.
Shauna, Tierno, and Trevor looks confused.
"What do you mean by that?" Shauna inquires.
"On my way to Santalune Forest, I meet her on Route 2. "Lady S" have an interesting and all out way of greeting, she literally fell on top of me."
"Eh? She did?!" Shauna jumps in surprise.
"It was an accident." I growl.
"Sure is an exoctic way for greetings." Tierno whispers to Trevor.
"I agree." He whispers back.
I hear it and glare at them. They straighten up and look away.
"Anyways Lady S, shall we?" He adds a bow to his joke. "My name is Calem, now will you tell me yours?"
I cross my arms. "You already know it from them."
"I know, but I want to confirm it from you so that it isn't another nickname." He smirks.
I turn my head away, still crossed arms, and mutter, "...Serena."
"Nice to meetcha, Serena." He offers a hand shake but I refuse to take it. "Well then, we'll probably meet up in Santalune Forest."
"Lady S, let's register your holocaster number so we can contact you." Tierno says. I take out my holo caster from my bag and begin registrations.
"We'll be going then." Tierno and Trevor leaves first.
"Guess I'm goin-"
"Wait Calem!" Shauna interrupts. "Since you know a lot about being a trainer, teach us how to catch pokemon!"
"Umm sure."
"Yay~! C'mon Lady S!"
"Pika let's go." Pika came back from the pond and follow us.
We walk to patches of grass.
"Oh here, some pokeballs." Shauna hands Calem and I both some pokeballs.
"Ok so here is what you do..." We spent about 10 minutes watching Calem demonstrate how to catch pokemon with his Froakie but he decides not to catch anything in the end.
"WOW! So it will actually goes INTO the pokeball?!" Shauna says with sparkling eyes.
"Where did cha think your Chespin went?" Calem ask.
"Oh..."
"That's it on how it's done so I'll be off."
"Me too!"
I'm the last one to leave but I stay for a moment.
"Pikapi." Pika climbs onto my shoulder and I turn to Route 3.
"Let's go."
I went through Route three, defeating trainers along the way with Fennekin because I can't seem the avoid them.
"Outtaway! Sorry!" A blur sped pass me as I'm almost out of the route.
"Well that was weird."
"Pii." Pika agrees.
I went into the Pokemon Center the first thing I got into Santalune City.
"Hello, welcome to the Pokemon Center." A woman behind a counter greets. "I'm Nurse Joy, How may I help you?"
"Could you heal my Pokemon?"
"Of Course."
I hand her Fennekin's pokeball and Nurse Joy takes it to the machine behind her. Pika and I sit down to wait.
"Hey Lady S." Tierno greets by the sliding doors.
"Hello."
"Do you know how the Pokemon Center works?"
"No."
"C'mon I'll show ya." We walk over to where a market is at.
"This is the PokeMart, you can buy items you need on your travels."
Then he points to a computer.
"That's the PC, if you have more the six pokemon then they will be transfer Professor Sycamore's lab for care taking. You can exchange your current team with others that you have caught by contacting him through the handy dandy PC."
"Interesting." Doubt I'll use it anytime soon.
We then walk to another room. to the left the the Center.
"This is the change room, you can change into any clothes that you have. You can enter by the swiping your trainer card."
Then we went to the front desk.
"This is-"
"Your Pokemon is all healed." Nurse Joy says and gives me my Pokeball.
"Thank you."
Tierno looks confused.
"I thought-" He starts but I interrupt him.
"I only know how to heal my Pokemon, nothing else."
"Ohhh," Tierno says. "Oh yeah, we'll be staying in the Center for the night."
"Huh?"
"Nurse Joy, this is Serena, she's one of us that will be staying here."
"Of course." She smiles and hands me a card. "This will be your room key, your room is Room - 107."
"Uh...Thanks." I take the room key.
"You'll be with Shauna." Tierno says. I turn pale.
The hyperactive girl?!
"O...k..."
"I'll be going, see ya later!." Tierno waves and leaves the Center.
I put the room key in my bag and leaves the Pokemon Center.
Pika and I explore around Santalune City and came upon the Gym. In front of it is a skater girl name Riika, she was the blur that past me on the way to the city. She talks about how skates are so much fun then challenges me to a battle. If I win, I get a pair of skates from her, which I did. Fennekin beat her zigzagoon with ease.
"Aw...I lost." Riika returns zigzagoon. "Well, like I promised, here's your very own skates."
She hands me the skates.
"Have fun with them!" Riika leaves on skates.
"Hm..." I look at the skates and curiosity got the best of me so I try them on. I began rolling down Route 22 but not in a good way, I wobble in every direction as I go.
"W-wait...how do you stop in these?!"
"Pikapi!" Pika yells and runs after me.
Into Route 22, I see someone's back a bit ahead of me.
"Move out of the way!"
"Wha?"He turns in time for me to crash him.
THUMP
This is the second time I crash into-"You really go all out on your greetings huh?"
I crouch on my hands and sees-"Shut. Up."
I move over and untie my skates.
"Pikapi!" Pika catches up to me, panting.
"What are you doing here anyways?" Calem sits up.
"Isn't in obvious? I came here by accident." I hold up my skates.
"You're not really "lady-like," too clumsy."
"Whatever." I mutter and stands up, putting the skates away.
Never. Using. Them. AGAIN.
"Have you challenge Santalune Gym yet?"
"No. I'm not-HEY!" Calem takes me by the arm and drags me over to the gym. This dragging business is getting redundant.
"C'mon, battle the gym leader."
"If your a trainer then why don't you do it."
"Because..." He trails off. "I don't want to"
He grins as we enter the gym and there is a pole in the middle.
"Ladies first." He bows, a hand showing me to the pull.
I roll my eyes and slide down, Pika hanging tight into my shoulder. I reach the bottom and lands on a giant silky web. The giant dew drops added to the web's beauty.
In someways I'm impressed but I look at the thin threads and sweatdrop.
"Am I suppose to walk on these?"
"Yeah." Calem says as he lands next to me. "Let's go."
I follow him on the silky threads, trying to balance myself though the bottom isn't that far off ground.
"Don't drop since you're a little clumsy." He smirks.
I glare at him. He's so dead.
We came across trainers so I battle them one on one. We finally arrive the the gym leader platform and I "accidentally" push him as he heads for it.
"Whooaa!"
THUMP
"Oops, sorry, clumsy me." I said sarcastically and step over him.
"Looks like I have two challengers today, fantastic! Just fantastic!" She takes some pictures.
"I'm Viola and as you know, I'm the Santalune Gym Leader."
"No only one, I'm accompanying her." Calem stands up, points at me and goes to sit on a bench.
"Is this the first gym you been to? " I nod. "I'm Serena."
"Fantastic! You and your pokemon battling together will make a perfect photo! This will be fantastic!"
I sweatdrop, What's with all the "fantastics"?
"Now come at me! My lens is always focused on victory so I won't go easy!"
We take battle position, Pika scurries to the side to watch.
"Surskit!."
"Fennekin."
Both synch their materializations.
I record surskit data with my pokedex.
Calem raises an eyebrow. "A fire type?"
"Surskit, quick attack!"
"Head on compact with Flame Charge." I reach my hands out.
Surskit dashes towards Fennekin while it burst into flames and charges at Surskit. Both made contact and refuse to budge. In the end, the flame burns Surskit and send it flying.
"Don't let up, use ember."
"Surskit!" Surkit gets hit by fire as it drops to the ground.
"Get up and use water sport!"
Surskit wobbles up and shoots water everywhere, wetting the ground and weaken Fennekin's fire.
"Bubble!"
"Dodge."
Fennekin begins to move out of the way but slips on water, taking full damage of bubble.
"Fen!"
I purse my lips.
"Jump onto the web."
Fennekin looks at me a moment then hops onto the spider web that we came here on.
"Surskit follow it and use quick attack!" Both are now on the threads.
"Burn. It. Down." I said through clenched teeth.
"Pika?!" Pikachu jumps at my words.
"Wha..." Both Calem and Viola said together and sweatdrop at my sudden command.
Flames surround Fennekin and then spread on the threads.
"Sur surskit?!" Surskit panics as there is no way out when fire surrounds it.
"Now, flame charge as quick as you can!"
Fennekin charges at Surskit with fire added on with the fire surrounding them and hits surskit out onto the platform.
Fennekin lands on the safe platform as the fire burns the web down the the ground. The fire burned part of the gym before going out and also dried up the water sport used earlier.
"Surr..." Surskit falls to the ground with swirly eyes.
"Uh..." Viola is speechless. She returns surskit and takes out another pokeball.
"The battle...continues?" She looks at me before sending out her pokemon.
"Vivillon!"
"Vi!" It creates a gust of wind that blows all the way to my side of the field.
"Flame Charge!"
"Stop it with psychic!" Vivillon's eyes glow blue then Fennekin is surrounded by a blue outline and being lifted up.
"Fen?"
"Now slam it down!"
"Fennekin!" I yelled.
From the dust created, Fennekin barely stands. Suddenly, it begins to glow and grow in size. I take out the pokedex.
"Braxien..." I said with wide eyes. Braxien gives me a grin.
Flashes came in from the direction of Viola.
"Fantastic! Just fantastic!" Viola exclaims while taking pictures. "The bond you share with your pokemon is just fantastic!"
I twitch, Will you stop it with the "fantastics"?
"Braxin sprint and use ember!"
"Psybeam!" Viola counters.
As the two attacks hits, smoke is created. When it clears, Braxin is close in front of it.
"Vi?!"
"Head on flame charge, FULL POWER!"
Vivillon drops to the ground with dizziness and the battle ends. I put a hand on my chest to calm down.
"Ah...lost against only one pokemon."
Vola walks to me and held out a hand with a badge.
"Here's the Bug Badge, the proof that you defeated me." She looks at where the web used to be and around the gym and turn pale.
"My picture perfect art...fantastic...just fantastic..." She murmured.
I stare at her with dull eyes.
"You were really intense in that battle...maybe a bit too much..."
"Was I?" I tilt my head then look around and sweatdrop. "Oh..."
Viola fell down. "That's all you have to say?! And you JUST noticed?!"
I put my hands in front of me and bow down. "I'm so sorry about the gym."
My pokemon apologizes too.
"Pikapi..."
"Brax..."
"It's fine...It was a fantastic battle! I'll just...need to make this place fire-proof next...time..."
I look up and Pika climbs onto my shoulder. I hear clapping-"Alexa!"
"Viola! I saw the battle between you and this trainer!" She looks at me.
"Serena, this is my twin sister, Alexa."
"Hello." I said. Alexa waves.
"What are you doing here?" Viola inquires.
"I'm just researching about pokemon and trainers and thought I could come here to get some ideas."
They chat while I look over to the bench.
He's gone...I thought sourly and stare annoyingly at the spot until I hear my name.
"Serena, are you heading to Lumiose City?"
I nod.
"Then you should come visit Lumiose News when you get the chance." I tilt my head.
"I work as a journalist in Lumiose City." Alexa explains.
"Oh."
"Oh Serena," Viola says and points. "Since uh...the web is gone, take the stairs in the back to exit the gym."
I look to her where she is pointing and see a flight of stairs. I thanked her, return Braxien, and leaves. On the way out I'm confronted by a snobby attendant of the gym. He tries to giving me an attitude about Uncle, pokedex, ad whatnot. I ignore him and walk out. He wasn't worth the time to listen to. Pika and I head to a Cafe to eat something, then head back to the pokemon center, giving Braxien to Nurse Joy to heal up and go to sleep. I take off the bandages on my ankle as it already healed and threw it away. Good thing Shauna is not there yet, I need a nap after what happened today.
Meanwhile...
"Man, she really is serious sometimes." I walk behind a tree.
"Wonder what she will do if she's angry..." I shiver at the thought of it.
The holo caster beeps and I answer it.
"So...Ready for your next task?"
"Yeah, I'll do my best to complete it without notice."
In my hand, I hold a collar-like device.
Ahead of me is a illuminating city full of buildings.
That last part is from someone's view.
I kinda want to put other character's thoughts in this but it might make this confusing as I don't know how to go with it.
Tell me if this it's confusing ^^'
