Red and Cinna decided to split up in Celadon. Mostly because Red knew his sister would drag him into the department stores...again.
She immediately hit the clothes, Pokémon items and jewelry stores...and walked out grinning like a bandit. Her special bag, which for some reason never got full, now had all her purchases.
"Right...just one last store before I go to the Rocket Game Arcade..." said Cinna grinning.
She was about to hit the bookstore when she heard a commotion.
"What in Arceus... Oh, it's just Green playing tricks again."
Cinna was well aware Green tended to rip people off, but she had never done that to her because they were such good friends. Well that and because Cinna tended to call her on it. She was going to ignore it when she spotted someone chasing Green...it was Red!
"That idiot must have gotten caught by Green's little item scheme I bet," said Cinna with a face palm. She texted Green just to be sure though.
'Green, did you scam my brother with your little items?'
'He was begging for it, bragging about his two badges.'
'...He needed the lesson anyway. Just be careful with my brother, and don't humiliate him too badly?'
'I can't make any promises, but as a member of the CFC I have to warn you that Team Rocket is in charge of the Casino here in Celadon. They got some big experiment going on in the basement, and I stole one of their disks.'
'So we finally have a name for our group?'
'Cinna, it's always HAD a name, we just never told you it because we didn't know how you would react. Ciao!'
"CFC...nah, that couldn't possibly be the name..." said Cinna, thinking over the initials in her head. There was no way they would name the group after her.
She went into the bookstore and went nuts.
"I can't believe there was a sale today! Talk about suuuper lucky!" said Cinna happily.
"It's not luck. They heard you were coming in today," said a voice behind her.
"Huh? Silver, no way! It's been ages!" said Cinna.
Silver was someone she had met in Johto, and he was searching for his dad.
"Wait, what do you mean they heard I was coming in today?" asked Cinna.
Silver pointed at a badge on the wall.
"'Official CFC Badge'? What does CFC stand for anyway?"
"'Cinnamon Fan Club'. I'm surprised you didn't know that already. The group you happen to be a part of to help Pokémon was based on people who had met you, even if it was briefly. It's what binds all the members together," said Silver.
"Please tell me you're joking," said Cinna with a sweatdrop. No wonder Green didn't tell her.
"Green was the one to jokingly call it the Cinnamon Fan Club, since she learned everyone had at least met you once. After that the name stuck."
"So why are you in Kanto anyway?"
"My father's in Kanto. Which reminds me, would you be open to a trade? I got this one Pokémon who refuses to listen to me, and I think you would have better luck," said Silver with a shrug.
"Sure!"
An hour later...
"I'm so lucky to have run into Silver like that! Though I still wish someone would have told me that the group had turned into my fan club..." said Cinna with a sweatdrop.
She had traded her Abra and her Ghastly for Silver's Hoppip and Houndour. Apparently he had caught them on the way there and didn't feel particularly attached to them.
She was about to hit the Arcade (despite being told it was a Rocket hideout) when she heard a man curse about some kids.
"Hmm...earn coins for a Pokémon now or spoil Team Rocket's day. On second thought, why am I even considering the options? I'll always ruin their day!"
Cinna followed them...and wanted to bang her head against the nearby tree. The 'kids' that the Rocket members were cursing were Green and Red!
"I am going to kill them both. Green for dragging my brother into this, and Red for following her without calling for help..." muttered Cinna. The second she saw Jynx attack them, she snarled.
"Umbra, use Shadow Ball!" she cried angrily. No one got to beat up her brother but her!
"Umbreon!"
Her Eevee had evolved the night before during a mock battle with Silver. Naturally she was delighted that it had chose when to evolve, instead of being forced like most Eevee were. Apparently Umbra wanted to match it's trainer, as it's black and gold coat complimented her usual outfit.
With a single hit, Jynx focused on her instead of Red and Green.
"Umbra, use Night Tackle!"
Dark energy coated Umbra's fur, as it tackled Jynx. The psychic Pokémon fell back with a cry.
"Leave my brother alone you jerks!" she shouted.
"Oh great, now they'll think I need my sister to protect me," muttered Red. He got elbowed by Green in response.
"Who said we were after that brat? Hand over Mew now!"
"Mew?" said Cinna. She sensed someone behind her, and turned her head. There, in all it's glory, was the Legendary Pokémon Mew.
Cinna had to fight down the fan girl squeal from being so close to it. Mew was one of her absolute favorite Pokémon.
"There's no way you're getting your greedy mitts on Mew!" said Cinna.
She recalled Umbra and set out Ryusuke.
"Ryusuke, Dragon Pulse!"
Ryusuke's eyes glowed as he sent waves of dragon power with his mouth.
The shockwave sent the Rocket grunts flying off.
"Mew~!" cried the pink kitten. It tapped Cinna on the forehead, where her strange scar was, before teleporting away.
"What just happened?" asked Red.
"Beats me," said Cinna, "Great job Ryusuke, return!"
"Cinna!" said Green.
"Green, when exactly were you planning to tell me I had a fan club?" asked Cinna sweetly.
"Uh, would you look at the time! Gotta run!" said Green, using her Jigglypuff to make a quick escape.
"I'm going to prank her badly for that," said Cinna with a growl.
"So let me get this straight...the group you're part of is your own fan club?" asked Red trying not to laugh.
"Bite me."
"But it's too funny! My sister has a fan club!" laughed Red.
"Don't you dare tell mom!"
"Mom already knows I bet. Didn't you say Professor Oak is part of the group?" asked Red laughing.
Cinna held her head in her hands in embarrassment. Then she took note of what Red just did.
"Red, those were my meatballs!" shouted Cinna.
"You snooze, you lose sis!" said Red with a laugh. He speared another meatball off her plate. Cinna growled and swiped some of his garlic bread. And here she thought she would be nice and pay for lunch at a nice Italian restaurant.
She was so annoyed that she didn't realize she levitated a nearby glass of water that dropped on her brother's head.
"ACK!"
Cinna blinked.
"Great...my powers must be getting stronger again," said Cinna.
"And mine haven't," said Red.
"Actually I've read that when twins have psychic abilities, sometimes the one with the stronger powers can absorb the excess of the weaker one. Maybe if we went to different paths yours might manifest more often," said Cinna.
"Those meditation exercises help a lot."
"So when are you going to challenge Erika?"
"Which one is Erika?"
"Red, didn't you read that book I lent you?"
"You mean this? I didn't have time!"
"Please tell me you haven't been training all this time," said Cinna.
"Well yeah! I gotta train so I can win in the League!"
"Come on, we're going to the bookstore. And I'm drawing up a rough schedule that I want you to follow for a month. If you don't, I'll cream you next time we meet," said Cinna in annoyance.
"Yes sis," said Red.
They had already finished their lunch, and Red ended up paying for it. Once they were in the bookstore, Cinna picked out ten books, all within reasonable length for Red.
"Now I want you to read all of these books by the time we meet up again in Cinnabar Island. And no excuses! Pokémon and their trainers need days off too!" said Cinna firmly.
"Yes sis," said Red tiredly. Shopping with his twin was exhausting at the best of times!
Cinna paused by Erika's gym on her way out of town.
"Excuse me, is Erika in?" she called out.
"I'll be out in a minute!" came the reply.
A few minutes later a girl wearing an archer's outfit came out.
"Now who is...Cinnamon! It's been ages!" said Erika.
"Eri-chan! Long time no see!" said Cinna with glee.
The two had met up during one of Oak's research trips and had hit it off immediately over flowers. It was Cinnamon who got Erika into perfumes.
They chatted for a while before Cinna finally asked "So did you ever figure out that idea I gave you?"
"Perfumes for the female trainer who specialize? Actually I have been making some progress!" said Erika.
Cinna had once posed the question to Erika on whether it was possible to make a perfume female trainers could wear in the field that would attract certain Pokémon. It had interested Erika enough that she decided to see if it was possible.
So far she had made perfumes for Grass, Flying, Fire, Water (Misty was one of her biggest customers for this one), and Normal types. She was working on Psychic next. There was one perfume that was an absolute hit with nearly every trainer.
Zubat-repellant perfume. One whiff of that and it repelled the bat Pokémon within ten yards. It had been difficult to narrow it down to a certain species, but the sales alone were entirely worth it!
"It's all thanks to you Cinna! If you hadn't given me that idea, I never would have considered it!"
"How about a battle? My brother and I have been traveling to enter the League, and it would be nice to see how far I've come," said Cinna.
"You have a deal. If you win you get one of each of my Pokémon Perfumes, including the Zubat one! If you lose, you let me treat you to dinner!"
"Deal!"
Cinna ended up beating Erika's Vileplume and Victreebell with her Typhlosion and her new Houndour. She left Celadon with several new perfumes and the agreement to be the test subject for any new ones. She still went to dinner with Erika though.
"Kukuku...I beat Red to the Safari Zone!" cackled Cinna. No doubt Erika would send Red after the Eevee they had rescued a few months ago. Red needed more allies against Team Rocket.
"Hello, hello, hello! Welcome to the Safari Zone, official members of the CFC! I will be your host for today's special event!" said the owner.
'Oh no...' thought Cinna.
"As you all know, we at the Cinnamon Fan Club are dedicated to protecting Pokémon from evil organizations such as Team Rocket! In order to insure that those who are apart of the CFC are at top condition, we host these special events so that trainers can catch rare Pokémon to train in order to fight Team Rocket and their ilk! Everyone will be provided thirty Safari Balls upon entry and two Pidgebots as your guide! Please provide your badges for entry!"
Cinna had been given her badge from Erika, who had been holding it from Blue. Cinnamon had the dubious honor of holding the 001 badge. (Blue had the 002.)
She walked up to the desk and handed over her badge. She counted to ten, and sure enough the owner found out she was there.
"Everyone, we have a special guest today! It seems that Cinnamon herself has graced our little park!" said the owner happily.
Cinna ended up on stage, and started seeing who she recognized. Most of the people there waved to her, with the exception of fifteen people, who had been brought in by current members. Since she was up there, she explained why she fought against Team Rocket.
By the time she finally got into the park, her phone had fifty new numbers, including the Safari Zone owner.
"Thank Arceus I always pack migraine relievers!" said Cinna as soon as she was inside the zone.
It took her an hour to find what she was looking for.
"Finally! I can't believe how hard it was to find a Nidoqueen! Good thing they gave all CFC members three hours today!" said Cinna.
The usual time limit was an hour, max, but since it was a special event only day they had extended it for two more hours.
She was about to throw her Pokéball when she saw something that had her pause.
The Nidoqueen had a little female Nidoran next to her, and beside them was a Nidoking with the male Nidoran.
"I couldn't possibly break up that family," said Cinna.
She walked up to them, and when they tensed she calmly asked "Do you know where another Nidoqueen is?"
The Nidoqueen before her blinked, before pointing to the East.
"Thank you!"
The mother looked at her mate.
'I think that female intends to catch the Queen.'
'Good riddance. She has been getting far too uppity lately,' came the reply from her Mate.
The two adult Pokémon snorted in unison. The area would be a lot more peaceful with that bully gone. An hour later they heard a roar of rage as Cinna caught the 'Queen', which was a larger than normal Nidoqueen who had been harassing them of late. With her safely captured, they could sleep a little easier.
"Now, to see if Koga is in," said Cinna. So far she had four badges: Brock, Misty, Erika and Surge (she ran into him earlier before she went to Celadon and beat him...she then stole one of the badges he had on him) and she needed four more to make it to the League.
It turned out that Koga hadn't been seen in months, and the gym was in danger of closing...until Cinna convinced his daughter to step up to the plate and prove she could hold her own.
Cinna had read the League rules concerning gym leaders (Erika had given her a copy as a hint) and one of them was perfect for situations like this.
Should a gym leader abandon his gym, then it was possible for someone to step up to take their place if A) they were directly related and used the same type as the previous, or B) if they were an apprentice to the Gym Leader and had a good win streak.
Janine was Koga's daughter, and she also specialized in poison Pokémon. She also knew how to navigate the Safari Zone on her own and had a working relationship with the owner. All it took was a few calls to the League and they removed Koga's status as Fuchsia City gym leader.
"I need a vacation..." muttered Cinnamon. She found a cruise that would take her to Cinnabar Island and immediately booked a first class trip.
It would take her to the island, but she would fly out using her Fearow Billy...who she named as a joke because of what it tried to do to Bill. Bill wasn't very amused when he first heard about it. She was going to have vacation!
Oh, and to check on her brother's progress, but mostly vacation.