All the girls of our camp were walking down the road, some of them seemed timid that a pokemon would jump out at them when they weren't ready. Kali and I were stuck in the middle of the group, Mary didn't want us sneaking off and going back to camp. This is so stupid. I thought I don't even want to be here. Someone screamed behind me. I turned to look and a small fluffy pokemon that had long ears and a long bushy tail was cowering next to a rock. The pokemon suddenly bolted towards Kali and me. An eevee! I knelt down and blocked its path. The pokemon looked up at me. It cocked its head to one side and poked my cheek with its paw playfully. I pulled out a pokeball and clicked its button. The eevee closed its eyes and went inside the ball shook once... twice... three times... and click. I pressed the button to let eevee out and she smiled and poked my cheek again. "Hiyas, trainer."
"Tecy. I'm Tecy."
"And I'm Charmander." The little fire pokemon said coming out from behind the eevee.
"Oh, hai!" She smiled. "I'm Leah."
"Nice to meet you." Charmander nodded. "We're going to be great friends, I can tell."
"Aww, I want an eevee too!" Kali squealed from above me.
"Then go find one." I laughed and turned to look up at her. "Leah's mine."
"Yay!" Leah grinned happily.
Kali pouted for a moment then smiled as well at the little eevee. Picking my newest pokemon up, Leah crawled over and spread herself over my shoulders, leaving almost no room for Charmander. "Scoot over a little, Leah!" Charmander whined, "I wanna sit down on Tecy's shoulder too!" Leah moved a little bit, Charmander still had trouble staying up. I stood up, which threw him off balance. I didn't react fast enough to catch him, but Kali did, and I was afraid she would choke him the way she squeezed his little orange body.
"Kali, you're choking him!" I cried out. She relaxed her grip on the fire pokemon, who then took long gasps of breath.
"Ooops. Sorry." She handed him to me and I held him close to me. "He's just SO CUTE."
The rest of the group were starting to pass us by, trying to stay with the rest of the group. Mary finally walked up to us and told us to hurry up as well. Kali and I kept walking along the path, but if Mary meant hurry up as in "run like the dickens 'till you reach the group" that wasn't going to happen. Finally we reached an open area with a ton of grass that reached maybe waist height. "That's really tall grass."
"Well, yeah. Most pokemon like tall grass." Charmander replied like this was absolutely normal. Which it was, for him at least. Still didn't mean I liked his sardonic tone of voice. Leah jumped off my shoulders and ran around in the grass, giggling as she went. Charmander climbed up onto my left shoulder as I hurried into the grass with Leah.
"Leah! Wait up!" I called out, I couldn't see her anywhere in the grass, but a small bit of pressure on my toes let me know she heard me. "We need to stay together, okay?"
"Okay!" She meowed, her big brown eyes staring straight up at me. I felt bubbly So freaking adorable! "Let's go, Tecy!" She pounced into the grass, which hid her completely from sight. I took small steps towards her, worried that I might step on her. Sheesh, no wonder why pokemon like tall grass. They're completely hidden!
"Go, Snorlax!" Kali called out somewhere behind me. The large and heavy pokemon landed on the grass, still fast asleep. The grass beneath him was completely flattened. Okay, almost completely hidden. Apparently Kali got into a pokemon battle, or she just wanted to be with her big teddybear of a pokemon. Either way, I lost complete track of Leah again.
"Ouch!" I heard my little pokemon call out, and she hurried back over to me, chased by a fluffy bird pokemon with red wings and a sharp beak. Spearow. Leah bounded back to where I was and looked up at me expectantly.
"Leah, tackle!" I commanded, pointing at the aggravated bird pokemon. Leah jumped up immediately and pinned the bird on the ground, it started pecking at her furiously and she moved away, but the angry bird continued its onslaught of pecks. "Leah, tackle!" I shouted again, and the eevee pinned the bird down in the grass once more. Once the bird was off her head, I could tell that she wasn't doing well at all. Her breathing was heavy and she cried out each time the spearow pecked at her. I nodded to Charmander, who nodded back and leaped into the fray. "Charmander, scratch! Leah, come back!" The two pokemon obeyed, and Leah jumped over to me and huddled her bloody body between my legs, finding it was the safest spot for her. So adorable, even when she's hurt. Charmander and the spearow traded scratches for pecks until the bird pokemon finally fell down in a heap. Charmander panted and wiped the back of his claw against his forehead, which was scratched up. He ran back over to Leah and me. The little eevee practically tackled him, trying to cuddle up close. I couldn't resist cooing just a little at them. "How are you guys feeling?"
"Tired" They said in unison. They glanced up at each other "Hey, don't copy me!" After a moment of speaking in unison (different words that had no real purpose), Leah giggled and got off of Charmander.
"I'm ready to go home now!" Leah announced sitting down at my feet. As beaten up as she was, I couldn't help but admire how much energy she always seemed to have. Maybe that's just an eevee thing.
"How about you, Charmander?" He nodded, stood up, and hurried over to me as well. I knelt down to pick them up, Leah jumped onto my shoulders again, taking up all the space. Charmander frowned at this so I carried him in my arms again. I glanced back to the path, most of the other girls were on the path, either because they already caught their first pokemon, or they were too scared to come out. I walked the few feet back to the path, walked past the other girls, found a rock, and sat down. Leah jumped off my shoulders, pushed Charmander aside, and fell asleep on my lap. Charmander looked down at the feline pokemon and frowned. I stroked his head and back a few times before he forced some space on my lap, curled up into a ball, and fell asleep as well.
"Awww, that's so cute!" Kali cooed quietly in front of us. I glanced up at my crazy friend and smiled as well. Her hands were in front of her mouth and she swayed to and fro. "So, did you catch any other pokemon?"
"No, but they did have their first pokemon battle... At least the first where I told them what to do." I replied. "For right now, I think I'll be alright with just two pokemon. Did you catch another pokemon?" Kali shook her head.
"Nope. I couldn't find an eevee."
"That's too bad. Is everyone else ready to go yet?" I asked, looking at the backs of the other girls. Kali laughed.
"Are you kidding? I'd be surprised if they ever go into the tall grass. They look like it'd eat them up or something!" A couple girls turned to glare at her for a second then went back to staring at the tall grass. Kali brought her snorlax out again (which pushed a few girls into the tall grass) and sat down on the big pokemon. She patted a spot next to her, inviting me to sit down with her. I silently motioned to the two pokemon asleep in my lap. Kali shrugged and fell backwards onto her pokemon. "I'm bored."
"Then go find an eevee." I suggested "I'm sure you can find at least one."
"I want you to come with me, Tec-chan!" She said in her childish voice. I motioned to my pokemon again. "You can put them in their pokeballs." I frowned. Whether I had pokemon in my lap or not, I didn't feel like getting up. Plus the childish voice she used was very obnoxious. But, being the softy that I am, I couldn't say no. I sighed heavily, put Charmander and Leah into their pokeballs, and stood up.
"Fine. Let's go." I huffed. Kali squealed happily, put snorlax back in his pokeball, grabbed my wrist, and pulled me into the tall grass. "Just to let you know, if you step on a pokemon, you're battling it."
"Fine by me!" She practically sang. Kali looked around at the tall grass then ducked into the plant life. I felt a little awkward to follow her into the grass so I stayed standing, watching her look around in the grass. "Sheesh, how do pokemon know where they are in tall grass?"
"Same way we know where we are in a big city, I guess." Probably not the right analogy for this, but whatever. A bit of grass ahead shook. "Hey, Kali."
"Yeah?"
"There's some shaking grass. Why don't you check it out?" Kali poked her head from the grass to see the shaking bit of grass.
"Uh, okay." She said, stood up, and walked into the bit of grass. "OHMIGOSH IT'S AN EEVEE!" She screamed. I held my hands over my ears. Sensitive ears, Kali. I have sensitive ears. I slowly pulled my hands away from my head as Kali picked up a stunned brown pokemon and hugged it. The eevee gave her a "who the heck are you and what are you doing" look. I couldn't help but chuckle as the little pokemon struggled to jump down.
"Kali. Shouldn't you catch the eevee before you smother it?" I asked, reminding her I was still there. Kali looked up at me and tried to reach for a pokeball but it looked impossible with the struggling eevee.
"Little help here?" She asked after a moment of struggling with the eevee and getting a pokeball.
I nodded to her and took the eevee from her arms. The eevee cried out in protest and struggled against my grip. I felt bad holding it against its will, but eevee would run off if I let go, and who knows how long it will take before we find another one. Kali grabbed a pokeball after a moment of searching and held it up to the eevee and clicked the button. The eevee disappeared from my arms and into the pokeball. Kali dropped down onto the pokeball. Click. She then jumped up victoriously with the pokeball in hand.
"Isn't that cheating?" I asked my crazy friend as she held the pokeball like it was Simba from The Lion King.
"Maybe, but it worked, didn't it?" She smiled. Kali let eevee out of its pokeball. The feline pokemon meowed something (and it didn't sound happy). Kali practically fell backwards in surprise and started to comically freak out. "You can talk?" Eevee was surprised by Kali's antics then fell back into a somber state of pure hate. The pokemon mewed something else, I could only imagine what she said, but I figured it wasn't complimentary. Seeing as I was being ignored, I walked back to the path and sat down on my rock. I brought out my pokemon from their pokeballs and let them sleep in my lap, Charmander on my left leg and Leah on my right. A shadow passed over me and I looked up to see Kali holding onto her eevee above me. I shrank under Eevee's gaze, it looked like it was ready to murder someone. "Why did you leave me, Tec-chan?" Kali pouted.
"Don't look at me like that." I protested. "You were talking to eevee-"
"Trouble."
"... Trouble... And that made me feel like a third wheel." After a moment I gave Kali a questioning look, "'Trouble'?"
"Yep!" Kali smiled happily while Trouble scowled. That's a weird name. I glanced back at Trouble. That eevee looked like it was ready to get into a lot of trouble, which may or may not involve killing someone. Although, it does make sense in this case. Charmander shifted on my leg and yawned, letting out a blast of hot air as he stretched out. He sat up and rubbed his eyes sleepily. All of his scratches and cuts were gone. "Good morning, Charmander!" Kali exclaimed, startling Charmander. "Or is it afternoon now?" Trouble growled something.
"It doesn't matter." I shrugged. Charmander sat up on my leg, making sure of his surroundings. "How are you feeling?" I asked him.
"Lots better." He smiled. "Ready to battle the world!"
"We're not battling the world, Charmander." I giggled. Trouble hissed something, probably to Kali, whose cheerful demeanor was fading away into indignation. Charmander was staring up at Trouble.
"Who is that?" He whispered to me, turning just enough for me to see him blush.
"That's Trouble." I replied in a hushed voice.
"That's not true at all!" Kali shouted, looking up, I realized she was arguing with Trouble and probably didn't hear what I said. I glanced back to Charmander.
"I seriously doubt they will ever be able to get along." I whispered.
"Wanna bet on it?"
"Not really, no." I replied, checking on Leah, her scratches were almost completely healed. Kali and Trouble were arguing to a boiling point, people were walking away behind her and down the path. Either they felt awkward listening to a person- seemingly- talk to herself or the group was leaving. Telling Charmander the second possibility, he leaped off my leg and landed on the ground a few inches away from my foot. I cradled Leah in my arms as we walked behind the group. Kali started following me, still arguing, and probably insulting, her newly caught pokemon. If pokemon really could run away from their trainers, I would not be surprised if Trouble would be gone by morning... or in an hour. The other girls tried to put as much distance between Kali and themselves, and I honestly didn't blame them. Still, Kali is my friend, so I put up with it. Finally I heard the sound of a pokeball and turned to see Kali put Trouble back in her pokeball. I didn't ask any questions, Kali still looked really pissed.
"Tec-chan? How is it you catch really nice pokemon while I got a jerk?" My friend asked, her anger replaced by sorrow.
"I didn't jump on the pokeballs when I tried to catch them." I commented, "Plus I already kinda had a bond with them before I caught them." Kali frowned and crossed her arms, walking alongside me. She was feeling down, and what could I do to cheer her up? I grinned as a Codement reference came to mind. "Kali, how'd you get here so fast?"
She caught on immediately. "Through the MAGIC of television!" Kali laughed. "Nah, I just got a ride from the XLPD officers. They drive CR-AZY!" We giggled for a moment before Kali started to sing "I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts" and I came in soon after, putting even more distance between us and the other campers.
(A/N Tecy: Kali is my friend doing the collab with me, if that wasn't clear before. All of her pokemon are her characters. Leah, my eevee, is based off of a person who loves Pokemon and was excited about this story but didn't want to collab. Granted, it's hard enough writing two trainers in one perspective, three would've been too much.
Also, Watch Codement. It is hilariously spontaneous.)
