Chapter 4
It took almost an hour before Kukkaku returned. And the state of her when she came back made Yoruichi blink.
"Sheesh Kukkaku you look like you have been attacked by a bear, what the hell?"
"I went hunting" Kukkaku said.
"Then why did you come back empty handed?"
"Who said I did" Kukkaku said. She reached behind her and found a pokéball, giving it to Yoruichi.
"Here you go, treat it well."
Yoruichi blinked. "You mean?"
"You need pokémon do you not? I found this one in the forest, cute little thing, didn't stand much chance against Mamoswine though."
Yoruichi blinked and looked at the pokéball.
"Well go on, say hello to your new partner."
Yoruichi smiled gently and took a deep breath, throwing the ball in the air. The ball opened, a big red cloud formed and…
"Aw so cute" Yoruichi said. Standing before her where a small black, blue and yellow creature, with big ears and eyes, smiling up at her.
"It's a Shinx" Kukkaku said smiling. "I thought that she would be an ideal first partner for you."
Yoruichi smiled gently. "Hi there Shinx, do you want to join me on a small adventure?"
Shinx nodded and gently butted her face towards Yoruichi's leg in affection.
"Right" Kukkaku said. "We need to teach you how to battle, then, when I feel like you are ready, then we can head for the first town with a gym leader… and probably capture some pokémon on the way."
Yoruichi smiled, gently petting her new Shinx, who were halfway leaning into the hug and halfway trying to look around.
"Curios little thing isn't she?" Yoruichi said.
"Yeah I got that feeling too" Kukkaku said. Yoruichi grinned. She and Shinx would become the best of friends
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It went nearly a month before Kukkaku decided that Yoruichi were ready for a gym. Yoruichi smiled, leaning over to her shoulder where Shinx sat. The little creature was so cute that Yoruichi wanted her out at all times, a good way to gain trust it was too, in face of the coming trials.
Finally, they were ready to leave. She and Kukkaku had packed enough to live good on the road for a while.
"Right then" Kukkaku said sighing. "The closest gym would be the Suzne gym in Suzne town… right past the forest."
"Right then let's go" Yoruichi said smiling.
They walked through the woods for a while, Yoruichi marveling at the different pokémon she saw on the way.
"You should probably get some extra pokémon" Kukkaku said. "I think the gym battles usually are a best of 3. You still have the extra Pokéballs right?"
Yoruichi nodded gently. "Yeah of course, right here in my pocket." She gently clapped her pocket smiling reassuring.
Just then something round and blue came rolling out on the road.
"What the…?"
Yoruichi blinked as the round blue ball turned and looked at her with huge black eyes. It jumped, piping in distress and came rolling towards them.
"What is that?" Yoruichi asked.
"A Spheal," Kukkaku said in wonder. "What is it doing here though; it's the middle of a forest and Spheal's prefer water."
The Spheal came up to them again, jumping up and down.
"SPHEAL, SPHEAL, SHPE…"
"Man I wish I spoke pokémon" Yoruichi said.
Shinx however jumped down from Yoruichi's shoulders and started speaking with the blue pokémon. After a while Shinx turned to Yoruichi, exclaimed a quick Shinx, and then ran away into the forest together with Spheal.
"I think they want us to follow" Kukkaku said. Yoruichi nodded and the two women ran after the pokémon.
They ran through trees and through bushes for a while until they finally ended up in a clearing. Kukkaku gasped.
"What the hell."
Yoruichi looked too, and saw a huge hole in the ground.
"What is this?" Yoruichi asked walking up to the hole.
In the hole lay a bunch of fishlike creatures thrashing on the ground.
"I think it used to be a pond" Kukkaku said. "But what happened to all the water?"
Spheal rolled down into the hole running over to all the different pokémon lying there, nudging at them, looking sad.
"The poor thing, he wants to help his friends" Kukkaku said.
"Well we should help him; we can't just let these poor pokémon lie here."
"Right" Kukkaku said, looking around. "Ah, look there."
Yoruichi turned and saw a small ledge that looked like it could have been a stream.
"Maybe the water has been stopped longer up the stream."
Yoruichi nodded. "Right. Shinx, come on, we're helping the pokémon."
Shinx, who were trying to help an orange fish, looked up and ran over to Yoruichi. Spheal rolled over to the humans, jumping up and down.
"I think he wants to help" Kukkaku said.
"Right" Yoruichi said. "Feel free to come along."
Spheal smiled and the group wandered along. They followed the empty stream up and away from the small pond until they turned a corner. A huge flock of the pokémon Kukkaku had called Bibarel's had set up camp. Together they had built the tallest damn Yoruichi had ever seen.
"I think I found the problem" Yoruichi said.
"Why thank you captain obvious" Kukkaku grumped.
She walked up to the Bibarel's. "OY, BIBAREL, WE NEED TO TALK."
The Bibarels turned looking away from their work down to Kukkaku. A really big and fat one walked down from their damn and in front of Kukkaku.
"Barel?"
"Hi, sorry to disturb you" Kukkaku said smiling gently. "This damn of yours have closed of the water for a small pond longer down into the woods. Is there any chance you could make a small hole in your damn so they can get their water back?"
The Bibarel looked like this was the most outrageous thing he had ever heard.
"BAREL, BI BI!"
"That's a no then" Yoruichi said, as Spheal rolled around her and started arguing with Bibarel, the two pokémon in each other's face.
Suddenly Bibarel ran off up onto the damn. It called out a command and suddenly, the top of the damn was filled with Bibarels.
"Shit" Kukkaku cursed dragging Yoruichi with her as the Bibarels let loose with an attack that Yoruichi only could guess was water cannon.
"They aren't going to give up peacefully are they?"
"Nope" Kukkaku said.
"Right, time to use force" Yoruichi said. She looked around and finally found Shinx and Spheal who were hiding behind a tree away from the vicious attack.
"SHINX, QUICK ATTACK AND SPARK, NOW."
Shinx nodded and ran towards the damn. A few seconds later Yoruichi winched as she heard and smelled about a dozen Bibarel's electrified. She and Kukkaku looked around the rock they were hiding behind and saw that all the Bibarel's ran away.
Yoruichi smiled and stepped out. "Good job Shinx, you're the best."
Shinx smiled and ran into Yoruichi's arms cuddling gently. Spheal rolled over to Yoruichi, Kukkaku and Shinx too and jumped up and down thanking them all in his own special way.
"Right then, time to bring down this damn" Kukkaku said.
"Right… and how do we do that?" Yoruichi asked.
"Let me deal with it" Kukkaku said smiling. "Just go to the side where you won't get hurt."
Yoruichi, Shinx and Spheal walked off and away from the stream's path and Kukkaku looked gently at the huge wooden wall and brought out Mamoswine.
"Right then, Mamoswine I need you to use Ice beam on the damn, can you do that for me?"
Mamoswine nodded, and Kukkaku quickly jumped on Mamoswine's back to avoid the huge wave that was probably coming their way. Mamoswine walked a little to the side and aimed towards the damn.
"Mamoswine, Ice beam."
Mamoswine fired of a pretty effective ice beam which hit the damn and coated it in a thick layer of ice. It didn't take long before the sound of cracking ice and water was heard, and just as Mamoswine turned and ran up the side next to Yoruichi and the two pokémon the damn burst and water and logs was set free. Spheal jumped up and down in sheer happiness.
A small climb later the group was down by the pond, which was now filled with water, the many pokémon living there splashing around happily.
Yoruichi smiled turning down to Spheal. "There you go; all your friends are safe."
Spheal jumped up and down. "SPHE, SPHE."
Kukkaku smiled gently. "Well Yoruichi we should continue, it's still a pretty long way until we reach the town."
Yoruichi nodded and petted Spheal on the head one last time before heading off once again. She and Kukkaku hadn't gone far before they noticed that they were being followed.
Yoruichi turned and saw to her surprise Spheal rolling up to them.
"Spheal? What are you doing here?"
Spheal gently head butted Yoruichi's leg.
"I think he want to join us" Kukkaku said.
Yoruichi smiled gently to Spheal. "You want to join us on our adventure Spheal?"
"SPHE SPHE!"
"All right" Yoruichi said dragging out one of her spare pokéballs.
"You are sure right?" She asked Spheal, who jumped once more to show that he was sure.
"All right" Yoruichi said once again standing up. Gently, she threw the ball at Spheal's head, making the ball open. Spheal turned into red mist and disappeared into the ball, which shook gently before calming down.
Yoruichi smiled and took up the ball. Kukkaku smiled.
"Congratulations on your first catch." Yoruichi grinned and looked at the ball in her hand.
"Welcome to the family Spheal. You will fit right in."
