Kay paused in front of the small town, she couldn't believe that she was finally here. After all these years of waiting she could, at long last enter into the town at the end of Route 1, the one described as the 'town whose sea breezes gives the sense of something coming.' 'The sea!' She thought. Not once had Kay been able to witness the crashing waves and feel the ocean air on her cheeks. Forgetting about her older cousin, she smiled and began to walk toward the sound of the waves crashing into the peer.
"No! Cheeky, come back!" A young girl could be heard calling. Kay looked toward the sound of the voice and noticed a small pokémon running rapidly towards her, with a small girl following not so far behind. "Catch him!" The girl shouted.
Kay reacted quickly and bent down with her arms reaching out, ready to grab the small creature. He suddenly changed direction, running to her left, Kay span around to see the pokémon dash behind her again. Kay lost her footing and soon found herself sitting upright on the ground. "Ouch…" She grumbled. She lay her gloved hand on the floor to help herself up, when she felt something soft brush against her arm. Surprised, Kay flinched at the touch, when she noticed that it was a farfetch'd rubbing his head against her.
Smiling, Kay lifted her hand to pet the small bird when he was engulfed in a red light, she looked up to see that the bird's owner was now jogging over to her. "I am soo sorry!" She apologised. "Cheeky is very difficult sometimes. He's a very bad boy."
Kay stood up and dusted herself off. "No harm done. He's very cute." The small girl smiled up at Kay, blushing. "Wait… haven't I seen you somewhere before?" Kay asked. She though for a moment looking at the girl. "You were in Striaton City! I saw you playing with the other children there."
"Oh yes. My friends live there!" She said excitedly. "They like my Farfetch'd very much, and I like all of their pokémon too. What's your name? Why do you know me?"
"Oh. My name is Kay… it's very nice to meet you…"
"I'm Jade!"
"Jade. I live in Striaton City with my mum and dad."
Jade gasped. "Lucky! You get to live by the Pokémon Day Care! I bet you get to see lots of pokémon there. You probably have lots too! What pokémon do you have? None will be as good as my Cheeky though!" Kay felt saddened by this assumption, and it must have shown as Jade began to ask; "What's wro-"
"I bet your Cheeky can't beat my pokémon!" Charlie interrupted, smiling. "My pokémon are very strong."
Jade frowned. "He can too! Battle me. I will show you!"
"Oh no, I couldn't battle you, your little pokémon might get hurt." Charlie teased as she walked next to Kay. Kay elbowed her in the stomach, hard. "OW! Stop bullying me!"
Jade ignored their interaction. "Cheeky can do it! Please battle me. I will show you!"
"Well if you insist." Charlie shrugged, she pulled a pokéball out of the orange pouch on her hip and turned to take a few steps away from the girl. Kay could have sworn she saw Charlie move the pokéball to her mouth before turning around. "Come on out Blastoise!" She called as she threw the ball into the air. A large red light came out of the ball, to form the large monstrous blastoise. With a thud he landed on the solid ground, and showed off his water canons jutting out of his hard shell.
Jade's mouth fell open at the sight of this huge creature. She looked down at the pokéball she had cupped in her hands in front of her. She took a deep breath before whispering to the ball; "I know you can do this Cheeky, come on out!" Jade threw the ball into the open space in front of her and watched as her farfetch'd formed from the red glow.
Cheeky had his eyes closed. He shook out his feathers before opening one eye confidently to glance at his competition. He soon stepped back when he saw what he was up against. He looked toward his owner uncertainly. "Kay!" Charlie shouted, snapping everyone's attention back to her. "We need a ref!"
"Oh er… Of course!" Kay stepped between the competitors uncertainly. She sucked in a breath before remembering and quoting the many referees she had watched on television. "This will be a one on one pokémon battle-"
"Who cares about that!" Charlie interrupted. Kay frowned but could see that her cousin was smiling. "Just say 'go'."
"Fine. Go!" Kay stepped away from the battle that was soon to begin.
"You go first then Jade." Charlie sneered. "You're going to need it."
"You will wish you did!" Jade shouted, though it was obvious she was uncertain. She was now shaking like a leaf. "Cheeky! Use… er… Peck!" Farfetch'd nodded then ran toward the tall blastoise, jade covered her eyes as he forced his small beak into Blastoise's shin. Blastoise looked back at Charlied with a look of disbelief in his eye. She glared back at him and nodded. Sighing he turned back to the puny farfetch'd and let out a loud roar. The startled farfetch'd ran back to his owner who let out a small scream. To everyone's surprise blastoise then coiled over and collapsed on the ground in a heap. There was a moment of silence.
"NOO! My poor blastoise!" Charlie screamed. "Kay! What are you doing!? Call the battle, don't let that… that… thing do anymore damage to him! Can't you see he is hurt!?" She dived forward and shook Blastoise's shell. "Speak to me Blastoise! Speak to me! Nooo!" She folded her arms against his shell and let out a loud cry. Huge tears could be seen pouring out of her eyes.
"Er…" Kay was almost frozen with shock. "Jade and Cheeky win the battle." She announced uncertainly.
"We… we won?" Jade questioned. "We won! Cheeky, you won!" She lifted up her small bird and hugged him. "You were amazing! I knew you could do it! We have to tell mum the great news!" Jade lifted Farfetch'd on to her head where he sat comfortably. She started to run away from the two girls but turned quickly to shout; "Thank you Kay! I have to find my mum!" Seconds later, she was out of sight.
Kay smiled, then turned back to the 'defeated' blastoise and his wailing trainer. She wandered over to the two of them, and nudged Charlie with her foot. "She's gone. Is your 'poor defenceless blastoise' going to be okay?" Kay patted the creature's hard shell.
Charlie started to wipe away her tears. "I don't know… I just don't know!" She bawled even more, now collapsing back on to the ground, allowing her pokémon to roll on to his front. Blastoise rolled his eyes at his owner and glanced at Kay with a look of expectation.
"What do you expect me to do about her?" Kay had to shout over Charlie's loud crying. She glared at her cousin before looking back at the pokémon. "Blastoise… do you know water gun?" Blastoise looked at his owner and aimed his water cannons at her. In seconds a large amount of water was poured over Charlie. She coughed and spluttered as the water gun let up. Kay couldn't help but laugh, at her now soaked friend. "Well, congratulations on your loss!"
"Pfft! Like I could ever lose with this strong pokémon by my side!" Charlie stood, now dripping wet, and wrapped her arms around one of his arms. "I bet we fooled you with our routine though! We're very good actors!" She bragged.
"Mhmm, yes. Of course you did." Kay rolled her eyes as Charlie patted Blastoise on the head before putting him back in his pokéball. "By the way, have you seen Professor Juniper about your Charmeleon yet?"
"No." Charlie frowned, placing her blastoise's pokéball back into her orange pouch. "I think it's closed. The door wouldn't open."
"Closed? Well that can't be right." Kay looked over to the building that was in the far corner of Nuvema Town, when she noticed someone walking in through the door. "No. See? Someone is going in there right now!" Kay pointed.
"What!?" Charlie span around just in time to see the door closing. "They are just conspiring against me and my precious charmeleon!" She took another pokéball out of her pouch and kissed it. "They all said I was crazy. But I knew it!" She continued to ramble about the world being against her, before she noticed Kay had walked ahead. Charlie allowed her hands to drop to her sides as she watched her walking toward the lab.
She couldn't help but smile as yet another pokémon approached Kay. Charlie could see what joy it brought to her younger cousin, much like when the farfetch'd first approached her. Kay had always been good with pokémon, and it hurt to see how sad she seemed when that little girl asked about her pokémon. Even Charlie could see that Erin's strict ways were becoming more unfair to Kay by the day, but Charlie felt that there maybe a way she could help.
"Charlie!" Kay called over. "Hurry up will you? I want to make sure your charmeleon is okay! And I want to meet Juniper!" She said excitedly.
Charlie smiled to herself. "What are you doing over there!?" Charlie shouted back as she started to wander after Kay. "I was in the middle of explaining the important plots of those who are against us and you just shrug it off! Some cousin you are!"