Link
Chapter Three: Birds Vs. Fire and Darkness
It took a few days but we got through Cherrygrove City and finally made it to Violet City. It was a big city with lots of bustling people and pokemon. I wasn't used to such a place and felt very left out. But that was not something I would have the time to think about.
"Hey what's your name?" someone asked in a husky voice to my right. "Why does it matter to you. You won't see me anywhere else." I said in a cold voice. "'cause I want you," the person (I realized it was a girl) said. "Stay away from me." I said as I backed away. She didn't listen and started coming closer. By this time I was thoroughly disgusted and I backhanded her in the face.
She fell to the ground and then something strange happened. Something seemed to click in her head because she grabbed me (hard) around the neck and tried to kiss me. I twisted her arm back until I heard a satisfying crack and a cry of pain. She seemed dazed for a moment and then struck out again. "Why not? I can give you what you want. I can fu ..." she started but trailed off as my fist met her stomach and then her neck in quick succession. I had always been yaoi and I wasn't about to change just because some bitch threw herself at me. "Go find someone else to fuck around with. That's about all you'll do anyway." I said as I walked away with my Cyndaquil around my neck. She stared after me for a while and then slipped into an alley and stripped off her clothes.
I can't believe that baka would do something like that. Urrrgh! I thought. I was brought out of my thoughts by a tap on the shoulder. "What?" I asked the person with no emotion in my voice. "What are you looking for? You seem kind of upset?" a sweet voice asked me. "Nothing I ... never mind ... Look just don't touch me." I said as I began to walk away. "No you won't!" she cried as her body glowed blue. I could feel energy flowing through me as she tried to do something I hadn't seen anyone try in a while. She tried to use psychic powers on me.
"Do you honestly think this will work." I said with venom dripping from my voice. I stood my ground as Cinder got into a protective stance in front of me. I stepped around him and stood beside him. "So you want to battle?" she asked with an evil grin. "If it will get you to leave me alone," I said. "Alright," she said as she grabbed my arm and dragged me to a nearby field of grass.
We faced each other on the battlefield, each wanting to win for a different reason. Me wanting to get away from this crazy bitch and her wanting me apparently. "I'll go first," she said as she threw her poke ball. "Go Wynaut!" she cried as the small blue pokemon appeared beside her. "Go ..." I started but cyndaquil had already started onto the field. "No ..." I said as I glared at him. He came back and I threw my other poke ball. "Show this girl that psychic powers can't win everything! Go darklight!" I cried as my shiny black and silver Eevee appeared in front of me. "Aww it's so cute. Too bad I have to crush it." she said in a somewhat evil voice. I just snickered at her.
"Use Magic Coat," she said as the blue energy field appeared. Are you kidding me! I thought. "Darklight use tackle." I said. My Eevee rushed at her pokemon at top speed but the attack didn't work. At least it didn't hit her Wynaut. "What?" she asked. My Eevee crashed just left of her pokemon creating a large hole. "Eevee use Quick Attack!" I cried as Darklight disappeared in a blur of darkness. He reappeared and crashed headlong into the small psychic pokemon. The attack did a lot more damage than it should have.
"Wynaut use Uproar!" she cried. Her pokemon began the strange sound-wave attack. But it was too slow ... way too slow. "Use shadow claw!" I exclaimed as Darklight came at her pokemon again. With glowing claws it slashed at her little blue pokemon. It fell over (with swirling circles in its eyes) and promptly fainted. "Nooo! My Wynaut!" she cried as she ran over to her fainted pokemon. "How dare you!" she exclaimed as her eyes turned red.
"You aren't honestly trying to control me with what little Psychic powers you have?" I asked as I glared at her. I stepped closer (recalling my Eevee) as I did so. I stared straight at her as my eyes went from a dark orange to a blood-red color. Her eyes went all hazy as she continued to get lost in my gaze. "I want you to leave me alone." I started. She nodded dumbly. "I also want you to go back to whatever whorehouse you came from and tell them you need a new job." I told her. She nodded again and recalled her pokemon. "Never look for me bitch!" I said as she walked away.
I just love doing that. I thought to myself. Cinder jumped back onto my shoulders and nuzzled my neck. I began to moan softly ... but if I thought that was it then there was something else coming for me. He started licking me (which didn't really do anything) but it got worse. He then began to nip my neck and that brought me over the edge.
I backed up and leaned heavily against a tree as he continued to nip me. He was biting me hard by the time I was able to sit down. My hands reached up to press him closer against me as my moans got throaty and heated. "S-s-s-Stop ..." I barely managed as his claws slipped under my black shirt to scratch at the skin. This went on for a while and when he stopped I almost fell asleep from the extreme pleasure.
I slept in the pokemon center that night. I had rented a room and fallen asleep before 11 o'clock. Cyndaquil curled up next to me on the bed. I reached out and pulled him closer to me. The red patches on his back ignited and flames touched my bare skin. But I did not cry out or scream ... I actually liked it. I had been taught as a child that fire was nothing to be afraid of. Especially when it didn't even hurt me.
The next day I showered and got dressed as Cinder watched me. "You enjoying this?" I asked mockingly and smirked at the little pokemon. He blushed and rubbed against my leg. "I'm not like that you know. I don't really like humans or pokemon." I said to him. He nodded against me and purred contentedly. I just grinned and went to find Eevee. He had decided to sleep outside the night before.
After finding him we all went to the gym. It seemed that the leader was named Faulkner. It sounded familiar but I wasn't sure how. My uncle Blaine had mentioned something about the Johto gym leaders once I think.
I walked through the large three story doors to the gym a few minutes later. "I would like to challenge the leader Faulkner." I told the guard at the door. Why does this guy need guards? Is he really that good looking? I thought with a small chuckle. Cinder joined in after a moment and I leaned against the nearest wall to keep from falling over. "What's so funny?" one of the guards asked. After recovering somewhat I asked, "Is he so weak that he can't keep all the challengers off him?" I questioned jokingly. They just glared at me. "You can't battle now that you have insulted him." another guard said.
"I believe ..." I said between snickers, "That a gym leader has to take all challenges." I finished as I composed myself again. "That is correct." another person said. Something was thrown in my direction and I caught it with ease. "At least you can stay focused ..." the person said. "You might want this back." I said as I threw the shuriken back at him. (throwing star - Japanese) He caught it and smirked. "Are you sure you want to take this challenge?" he asked. "Hai!" (yes! - Japanese) I said confidently. "Okay then," he said as I was pushed toward the field. I made sure to punch the guard who had pushed me in the face. He groaned and fell over out-cold.
"This match is between the gym leader Faulkner and the challenger Reimei Darkfire from Cinnabar Island Kanto." the Referee said. We glared at each other for a moment and then both threw our poke balls at the same time. "Go Altaria!" he cried as the fluffy blue and white dragon-flying pokemon appeared. It flapped its wings for a moment and came to float in the air in front of its master. "Go Darklight!" I cried as the shiny Eevee appeared. "What kind of a pokemon is that?" Faulkner asked me mockingly. "It is an Eevee sir." the Referee said. "I know that!" Faulkner said with an icy edge to his voice. "Battle Begin!" the referee said as he raised his flags.
"Use Wing Attack Altaria!" Faulkner cried as his Altaria started moving. It was fast but not fast enough to hit my Eevee. "Darklight use Quick Attack and transition straight to a Shadow Ball." I said. Eevee moved so fast it was just a black blur on the field. The Shadow Ball hit its target and violently knocked it out of the sky. As it plummeted toward the ground the Altaria barely managed to flap upwards. "Let's paralyze him with Dragonbreathe!" Faulkner ordered. The Altaria shot purple flames at Eevee.
"Use Tackle and Dark Pulse!" I cried. Darklight took off almost as fast as when it used Quick Attack. A black aura surrounded it as it got closer and closer to its target. When Eevee reached the Altaria it was almost too late. "Get out of there with Aerial Ace!" Faulkner ordered his pokemon. But it was too late because the Dark Pulse hit during the middle of the Aerial Ace. And it hit dead-on. "Al tar ... ria ..." the bird-dragon murmured painfully as it hit the ground with an audible thud! "Altaria is unable to battle." the referee said.
Faulkner growled and recalled his pokemon. "You did well Altaria." he said as he threw another poke ball in the air. "Return Eevee." I said as the black and silver fox pokemon was sucked into the stream of red light. "Go Cinder!" I cried as the akidna pokemon jumped onto the field. "Go! Show him what you're made of! You're up Skarmory!" Faulkner said as the metal-plaited bird appeared in the air. It screeched and I covered my ears. "This round is between Faulkner's Skarmory and Reimei's Cindaquil. BEGIN!" the referee cried as he raised his flags again.
"Use Steel Wing!" "Fire Punch!" We both said at the same time. The explosion of fire against metal was enough to make all those who could see close their eyes. The Skarmory screeched as it flew up into the air again with much difficulty. "Do you think I would use a pokemon that can't stand fire attacks!" Faulkner challenged as his bird swayed slightly in the air. "I think you need to rethink your battle style." I retorted. "Don't listen to him Skarmory. Use Aerial Ace and get your bearings back." Faulkner said. "Use Quick Attack to dodge." I told Cinder. He dodge the attack easily.
"Use Drill Peck!" Faulkner cried. "Use Swift!" I cried as Cindaquil moved in to attack. The Drill Peck just repelled the Swift though. "That was a bad idea." Faulkner taunted as his bird hovered in the air. "Right and you can do better!" I exclaimed as my eyes got darker. "Use Ember!" I cried. The small fire balls hit only because Cinder jumped into the air first. "Nice try! Use Light Screen." Faulkner cried. It was too late to avoid the last attack but that was a powerful barrier. It would take a lot of power and strategy to get rid of it.
"Use quick Attack, Swift and Return on that barrier!" I instructed the akidna pokemon. A blue and cream colored blur shot stars and hearts at the barrier. "That won't work." Faulkner said. "Use Wing Attack!" he cried. "Use Quick Attack at full power and drop the Swift." I told my pokemon. The hearts got stronger and Cindaquil got faster as the Skarmory's attack missed. "Keep it up!" Faulkner said. The bird kept trying and failing to hit my pokemon. After about ten minutes of this the Return finally got through.
"Use Quick Attack, Swift, and Return once more!" I exclaimed. The tri-attack broke the barrier into small shards of light. "Use Tackle!" I cried. But Cindaquil wouldn't obey me. "Use Drill Peck!" Faulkner cried. "Dodge!" I cried. But Cindaquil wouldn't listen. "Use ..." Before I could make a command Cindaquil tackled but it wasn't a normal tackle.
That's Flame Wheel! I thought. "Use ..." Faulkner said and stopped. When he saw the pokemon on fire racing toward his Skarmory he gulped and gave no command. The attack hit and did major damage. The Skarmory hit the ground hard and created a crater the size of its body. "Finish it off with another Flame Wheel." I said as Cinder got into position. The last fire attack knocked the steel-bird out. "Skarmory is unable to battle. This match goes to Reimei of Cinnabar Island." the referee said.
Faulkner withdrew his last pokemon and stared blankly at the wall next to him. How could I lose to a kid? he thought. "..." I said nothing as what I had just accomplished registered in my brain. I won! I thought enthusiastically. "This is yours." Faulkner said as he handed me the badge. When did he get that close? And how come I didn't notice? I thought.
I took the badge and shook his hand with my other hand. "That was a great match." he said as he grinned at me. "I think you're right though." he said as a small bird pokemon hopped onto his shoulder. He stroked the Pidgey for a moment as he waited for me to say something. I didn't really know what to say so I asked, "About what?" "About needing to change my strategy. I have never seen anyone battle like that before." he informed me. "Thanks I guess ..." I said as I turned away.
"Good luck!" he said to me as I left. It was going to be a long journey to Azalea Town. But I would get through it. Especially considering I have my best friend Cinder with me.
end of chapter 3