Chapter 4: Jolteon 2
The next month and went by without much incident. I kept quiet during classes and stayed out of the arena. I mainly stayed with my friends during my free time, and my bunkmates weren't so bad either.
Electrike slept through or complained about everything finding anyway to avoid anything that could be counted as "work". But he got higher grades than I did, so he must've been doing something right. Elekid stopped picking fights or even making fun of any of us and mostly kept quiet.
And Jolteon? He disappeared altogether. Waking up before us, and going to sleep after. I only saw him during class.
So the communication in our room was basically non-existent.
The only talk that happened was when I asked Electrike the homework was. (How is it a Pokemon who is always asleep during class always knows?)
So me, Elekid and Electricke were just sitting in our room. All of our classes for the day were over. Working on various things.
"Ugh how the heck should I know when and how I evolve? I'm a fighter not a nerd. No one should know this." Elekid mumbled as he struggled with homework.
"I know all I need is experience, Jolteon doesn't evolve and Pikachu requires a thunderstone, it's not hard, u just aren't very smart." Electrike said. Fully awake. This was odd, generally after class he went to bed
"Tell me mines if your so smart". Elekid challenged.
"I'm afraid I can't due to the fact 'mines' is a bomb that you put on the floor and wait for enemies to step on. The way you used it made no sense."
Electrike never used to start problems. I wonder what's up.
"Elekid evolves at level 30 if your half as strong as you say you are it should've happened already" Electrike said.
"Be quiet should've you have evolved already to?"
Elekid pretended Jolteon(whenever he's around.) and I didn't exist, but he wasn't above picking fights with the lazy Elecktrike.
Before they could finish their argument Jolteon barged through the door. I had a feeling he did that just to catch everyone's attention, seeing as the door wasn't even closed.
He ignored all of us completely and climbed onto his bed.
"You seem happy". Electrike pointed out.
"Of course it's the only time I can stand you guys". Jolteon said back.
"Ouch, that one hurt are you really that confident?" Electrike questioned.
"Of course most of the heavy-hitters are gone, my only obstacle now is Luxray."
"What about me? You only beat me by a round, last time I checked Pikachu beat you, and Elekids seemed to have been practicing a lot lately."
I looked at their talk with confusion and it seemed like Elekid had no idea what was going on either.
Elekid seemed to have caught on to our confusion because he began to explain.
"Oh, right you two wouldn't know considering its your first year." Electrike said. "The elemental debate is starting today. It's an important month where each type selects a leader. The leader must be powerful as well as smart, because with his/her team of advisors they run their type within the school." Elekid explained.
"Plus they have the ability to start type wars." Jolteon snickered.
"Your more or less president of your type." Elekid said.
"More like king." Jolteon argued.
"With you leading us you'd be a total tyrant a dictator." Elekid snickered.
"Oh yeah like your such a saint all you'd do is use your position to get out of work, no one would want such a crappy leader." Jolteon shot.
"Better crappy than cruel." Elekid shot back.
"Alright how about we settle this right now?" Jolteon said getting into a battle stance.
"Dude classes just ended, the arenas would all be taken." I pointed out
"Who said anything about the arena?" Jolteon said discharging a few sparks.
"Oh no." I said jumping between the two. "Thats stupid, that isn't even allowed."
"Not that I'm disagreeing with you Pikachu, because it is very stupid, but it actually is allowed." Electrike said.
I looked back at him with disbelief.
"I've looked over the rules and all they say is that we aren't allowed to battle during school hours and in classrooms, and hallways. Any other room is apparently okay.
"Good so get out of the way littl-" Jolteon started but was cut off by a very familiar voice.
"Will all electric type Pokemon please come to the eventorium"? A voice on the loudspeaker said.
"The hells an eventorium?" Elekid asked.
"Just follow me, and move quickly I don't wanna get there last, something bad always happens to the last couple Pokemon." Jolteon mumbled before dashing out of the room.
The rest of us followed him running up next to him. Or rather I ran up next to him with the others struggling behind.
Jolteon noticed this and figured it was the perfect time to make fun of them.
"Come on Elekid how are you letting Electricke out run you?"
"Aw come on! You guys are freaking four legged dogs built for chasing your tails and loud noises, the fact that I'm keeping up with you guys should be embarrassing to you!" Elekid shouted back.
"So racist". Electrike muttered.
"I'm going slow to allow you to catch up you overgrown battery!"
"Go chase a squirrel or get scratched up by a cat."
"Alright you wanna settle this now"? Jolteon said stopping.
Electrike fell to the ground panting.
And Electrike gasped before adding in a quick "No".
"Good that's what I thought". Jolteon smiled.
"I'm surprised you think about things outside of fighting, didn't you say your brain was built for battle where does all the extra information go?" Elecktrike added.
"Alright the next person who says something stupid to me gets a double kick to the face! Understand?"
"Can't you take a joke"? Electrike whispered.
"You said something to me Electrike, if so speak up, I couldn't hear you." Jolteon growled.
"Well generally when you can't hear someone say something it means you weren't supposed to hear it."
"Alright the next person that says anything at all gets a double kick to the face." Jolteon announced.
I raised my hand.
"What?!" Jolteon fumed.
"Um I have to use the bathroom." I said back trying to avoid a fight.
"Hold it in, or piss your pants I don't care anymore." Jolteon said cruelly.
I simply sighed deciding it was better not to waste time.
"But he isn't wearing pants to piss." Electrike observed.
"Alright Electrike your first, anyone wanna go second?"
"This is stupid." Elekid said.
"And then Elekid goes second. Hey rat wanna go three for three?" Jolteon challenged.
"Ugh get over yourself you aren't unstoppable." Elekid told.
"I'm unstoppable enough to deal with you"!
I long since decided to just decided to just let them fight it over.
I walked and leaned against a wall when my ears perked up to a noise. It sounded like footsteps, a lot of footsteps, it sounded like a stampede of at least a hundred Pokemon.
"Crap guys shut the heck up and let's get moving". I said as I turned and began running.
Elekid was the only one that immediately followed.
"Yeah now we're three for three!" Jolteon said.
"Wait Jolteon, shut up for a sec." Electrike said. Before widening his eyes and dashing after us.
"Stop trying to escape your punishment, your all forgetting I know where you guys live, if it's not now it'll be while your sleepi-". He stopped himself.
"Aw crap!" He yelled.
I looked behind us at the back of the hall of from what I could see, over fifty electric Pokemon, it looked like a stampede with a Luxray leading the pack.
"Told you we shouldn't have started fighting." I said to them.
"Scold me later, I'm trying to save my energy." Electrike wheezed. To be honest I was kinda worried about him. He had a good thirty second head start on Jolteon but Jolteon was already on his tail.
"Where am I going Jolteon?" I asked him looking back.
"Take the next right". He told me.
"Thanks!" I replied back before facing forward again. I turned around and took the right and slammed into something furry and around my height. I looked forward dazed. It was black and blue and it was staring back at me with golden eyes.
"Who are you"?I asked.
"Shinx, I'm uh trying to get to the eventorium, but I don't know where it is."
"Oh well just follow us we're going their no-".
"Come on rat! There gaining on us!" Jolteon said passing the corner, and a couple of seconds later Elekid ran by breathing heavily.
"Yeah Shinx we should probably start moving." I told him and he nodded. I took one more look around the corner Electrike was running the Luxray and other electric types were maybe 15, or 20 feet behind him.
I ran ahead deciding that there was nothing I could do.
Jolteon must've turned 4 or 5 more corners, and he wasn't slowing down at all. Somewhere along the way we lost Elekid, and Shinx began to lag behind.
"You know we just lost both of them right?"
"What are we supposed to do carry them?"
"It would be the right thing to do, and if you did it in front of the others it might get you more votes." I said back.
Jolteon looked back at me for a moment, then slowed down to match my pace.
"You mean the slacker didn't tell you? The election isn't a literal election. It's a battle."
"Wait what?!"
"Yeah it's his huge giant tournament filled with all Pokemon of the same type. As you can imagine I made it to the semi-finals last year. But most of the tougher Pokemon are gone this year, so I should be fine."
"Why do you want to be president?" I asked.
"Because I care about the wellbeing of my brothers in arms."
"Wait, really?" I asked surprised.
"Pfft fuck no! This school runs on power, and being the leader of your type is the second most powerful position in this school. Everyone is sick of the idiotic Machoke and me and my family are gonna take care of it." He said slowly down.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Come on everyone even a few other fighting types are sick of his ass, so we'll take him down a few notches and everyone else who believes fighting types are the best. He deserves it".
"That's isn't for you to decide Jolteon!" I said jumping in front of him. So your gonna use your position to force other electric types to fight the fighting types? How are you so sure we'll even win?"
"Obviously it isn't us alone, we're talking about my whole family. Obviously a couple of us don't have what it takes, like Eevee or Flareon, but I figure if three of us or even two of us become in charge, that'll be the end of it."
"But your talking about about a multi-type battle, that's at least over three hundred Pokemon! All because you don't like one guy?!
"Oh please you've seen him yourself he's a cruel muscle head only obsessed with power."
"So are you, but you don't see me attacking you!"
He opened his mouth wide, before clenching his teeth.
"Bastard."
"You said it yourself, not all fighting types agree with Machoke and his ways! Plus your throwing in two other types! And I doubt all of them agree with you!"
"So? What are you going to do about it, you can't stop all of us by yourself."
"Maybe not, but I can stop you! Then maybe ally myself with another president who disagree's with what you guys are doing!"
"Do you really think it's just us? Hell no! We got with some of the presidents from last year, and we managed to get some of the strongest front runners from each type. Like Exploud for normal types, or Arcanine, for fire, and even Meganium for grass, and I'll tell you right now, I'm not the only electric type you need to watch out for." Jolteon grinned.
"Jolteon, do you think your the boss of yourself?"
"Of course I am!"
"Who came up with this plan"?
"Vaporeon but so what?"
"So your just going to listen to her? Aren't you your own man?"
"Shut up! She's family! You'd never understand."
"Then beat it into me."
"What?"
"If you make it far enough in the tournament we'll eventually battle right? If you win, I won't try to oppose you or your sister, but if I win you have to listen to me and grant me one wish without argument."
"Even though the chances of you defeating me are next to impossible you still try, alright fine, what's the wish?" He asked.
"Become my friend."