Don quickly opened his eyes to see who he just saved. He could not help it, that voice drew him in, like a drug he was taken already and to think that all came from the red belt." Hello?" he said, he was stumbling over his words, he was embarrassing himself in front of, no, below the red belt. He could feel his ears burn up; and because of all the years in crammed, battle oriented like environment; he's people skills were understandably, worse than usual, not to mention the maybe attractive woman on top of him.
Round 2, Ok going to open these eyes , he thought. Slowly and somewhat blurry, he attempted to see who the stranger was and what commotion was around him and why was Luxio growling. He stirred and listened carefully to the crowd," He's alive, He's breathing." they whispered before Don Interrupted scaring them slightly," Sorry, didn't know I was holding my breath?" He slowly lifted is torso, forgetting the 'red belt' resting on him and met her lips again. Slap! He felt that one, and the sound echoed loud and wide, now everyone heard that and Don's face reredend. He was going to start with 'Hello' then 'ow!' but he settled for 'Can I get up? Once again, he was in the near capable position of getting up, but still quite embarrassed. Slowly, steadily, with a small eyes out for stray lips, as the blurring stopped, he's ears still ringing, he looked around and felt something lift him up, the words of their chanting were slowly catching up to him,
Don ... ..Or", that wasn't it, 'Slap!' "Am I getting slapped again? Hope not." He thought.
"Don the Hero!" they cheered. Hero, I didn't Ow!' he thought before screaming in pain slightly, 'Red Belt!' He opened his eyes once again, but it was still dark? He slowly took it off and it was someone s phone number written on a T-shirt. He looked down and found himself on someone s shoulders and saw where he was headed, the Poke enter in Jubilife, 'Jubilife, yes, at least I'm heading the right way'. He looked around again and struggled to get off, 'I need to find Luxio!' then he saw something heavy headed to he's head, but he couldn't move and he could clearly see it was lights out. He closed his eyes, expecting an impact, too afraid to open his eyes until he heard," Lux Luxio!" and a small thunderbolt blasted the package in to fluff, making it look like a festival. Don returned his beloved Luxio and suddenly remembered Ralts. He saw a floating small Pok mon throwing its Poke ball, so Don caught it and returned the Pok mon. When the group eventually reached the Poke enter he and the red belt was treated for ankle burns, even after he's protests he was still forced to stay overnight.
The next morning he found red belt staring holes in to his head and giggling things like,' He sleeps like a baby... awl!' Don shook and jumped up, wide eyed and ready to defend himself, but instead of the slap he was expecting, he was greeted with food. He quickly greeted her and wanted to hear the story but the food was drawing him in and listened to her story over mouthfuls. Apparently the guy he defeated was a Pok mon thief and Officer Jenny couldn't arrest him until he showed the stolen Charizard that Don had defeated. After the story and with the plates empty he decided it was time to leave and continue his search, but with he's words he found a new problem, where were his Pok mon. His mind grew its own tunnel vision and everything around him was blacked out, Luxio, Ralts! Where are you?!" he was shouting in the blurry white area. He was stopped dead in his tracks by a Chansey that led him to the outside food court. Without Don noticing red belt (If Don doesn't know her name, how could we?) was following him the whole way, trying to explain or to say something.
She saw him in the food court having a psychic conversation with his Pok mon so she decided to join them, but only if invited," I am a self respecting female trainer and I won't force myself on a guy I don't know. Mph!" she thought as she felt something near her then a voice in her head,
If you want to, you can join us miss self respect." "He is smug but is an excellent trainer." She happily thought skipping over to him,
My saviour." Without her knowing Don was still in her head via Ralts and was smirking at her thoughts. As red belt sat down and took the initiative for introductions,
I am Pryas Maya, water type specialist and you are?" she asked with a small smile expecting to know the name of the man that saved her. Don looked at her with a curious look stating,
I am,O! Food!" he finished hungrily as an Ambipom came towards them carrying trays of food,
Lets eat!" Maya looked at Don wide eyed," Didn't you just eat, eat like allot of food?" but Don casually replied,
That didn't count!" and when he saw her puzzled face he finished," It was free food, free food never counts. Mm pity I didn't get free chocolates, I need some tasty sugar." He looked at her and smiled but stopped half way and it seemed that he was listening to someone then he smiled and started again," I am Don! I am a starting trainer and these are my friends, Ralts and Luxio who I think you should know are the actual ones that saved you?" Don looking very puzzled was watching Maya hugging his Pok mon and saying words too fast for him to keep up with. So he casually started eating. When she was done playing/ hugging/ kissing both if his Pok mon she slowly asked,
Can I join you on your quest?" When Don didn't respond she continued,
You know, you're on a quest, I'm on a quest, and lets turn this in to an adventure." She finished weakly and looked at Don that was still very unresponsive.
"Ok!" he exclaimed," Now I'm listening. Shoot." So Maya repeated herself and Don's mind went back to what the professor had said about there being a lot of people on their journeys that could help him on his quest and slowly, but accepted then asked,
Are you alone or are with a friend? And is that friend joining us?" Maya then explained that her friend that she nicknamed Rose would join them and that she was currently preparing for a contest, as a joke Don decided to enter himself, Ralts and Luxio.
Later that night they decided to stay in the forest nearby to get used to the fact that they would be sleeping in the forest and similar lands for quite a while. The girls never showed their Pok mon but he still had that large and powerful Milotic stuck in the back of his head. Don decided to sleep in a tree because he was afraid that he would wake up to bulging eyes and giggling again. The girls complained asking,
What if a Skorupi snuck in to our tent or a Zubat or something degusting like that? Who will protect us?" but Don was clearly un phased and he suggested,
The wild Pok mon are expecting to be scared away by something big and scary so you shouldn't disappoint them. Make like a Rhydon and Roar, or make like a Gyradose and Screech or make like a Girafarig and? Um just make like a Rhydon and Roar?" (If you get this joke you are South African) He felt like an idiot lying to them but they didn't seem to notice but had a feeling that could have deserved him a slap. He felt as though he would sleep soundly because they seemed to care too much for their nails to climb a tree, but higher in the branches was something moving at an alarming speed towards them, but what could it be.
Don's eyes flashed wide open, following the movements of the new, quickly approaching, shadowy figure. Panicky slowly creeping its way in to his mind. I must keep the girls safe. I must at least try. Words and letters quickly crossed his mind, counting and calculating the odds of who this could be.
He slowly reached for Ralts's Poke ball, and releasing him in his chest, "Ralts, I need you to quietly teleport the girls to a hotel and teleport back as quickly as possible. Ok?" he slowly whispered. Ralts stared for a second into space then shook his head,
"Sorry I cannot, I can only teleport moving objects, and I was never able to move stagnant things. Sorry master", Ralts telepathically said.
Don looked back up and the shadow was dangerously close and did not look too friendly.
He removed his jacket and slowly drew a sword, one that seemed to be hiding in the back spine of the jacket where the red stripe was, then scratched through the many pockets and pulled out a mask, that was a shiny silvery colour, that seemed to only have a few gaps in it so see through, the gaps had a black rubber outline for safety and comfort and hooked it onto his face taking a deep breaths, focusing on the nearing shadow opponent. He pulled out another Poke ball and released Luxio,
"Protect the girls and stay silent!" He commanded,' hope that buys me some time'. He put his jacket back on but inside out this time, that showed a full white colour and a sword holster that he quickly used by sheathing the sharp, long blade.
He closed the mask to his face, and started following the shadow with his eyes. A bright glint of light gave him a signal to approach, so he silently obliged, following the shadow to a moonlit clearing.
The stranger did not hesitate to see what he was up against, turning around to reveal his appearance. He wore a dark outfit, he had on a cloak that was tied to his body by multiple belts and a mask similar to Don's, it had slits for eye holes and a cage design so that he was still able to speak. He slowly unsheathed his blade but was interrupted half way and paused to hear what his adversary was saying.
"Shouldn't we sort this out using our Pok mon?" Don suggested politely, but the stranger was not interested, "Do not insult my intelligence, it is well known that you are an experienced trainer, facing you head on with almost any Pok mon with always end in my demise, and I was planning on seeing blood tonight. So enough stalling and prepare to die!" The stranger angrily shouted. Before Don could return with a witty comment, he was greeted by a blade and an angry looking mask, showing a distorted reflection.
Shink! Don unsheathed his blade and was on a full defence, trying to find a clear opening. 'OOF!' His opponent gave him a powerful gut shot with his fist and was not as timid as Don was, using every chance he could to create an opening and cause as much damage as possible. Don was on his knees and tried to loose his pain creating opponent in the pitch black forest. 'Doff' The shadow's sword narrowly missing Don's head and slicing half way into a tree, shocking a fart out of Don.
"Now s my chance," Don whispers as he swipes his opponents side, leaving him bleeding but amazing he didn't even flinch. Don tried again but the shadow was able to release his blade and blocked just in time pushing Don back.
"O, no! I'm back at the camp, How am I supposed to keep them safe from the lunatic now? I know!" Don struggled a bit to catch his breath but whistles waiting for Luxio to come.
"Luxio, create a four level electric field around the girls and try to wake them up! Hurry, he's coming!"
Shink! "No one leaves alive!" The shadow says with a smile slicing Luxio's thighs, leaving Luxio immobile. Don angrily retaliates and trips over a thick root, falling on to his face. Swoosh! The shadow narrowly missed again slicing the tent horizontally in half, throwing the top aside. Don slowly got up, blood dripping down his face, blurry vision, returned Luxio and trying to attack shadow again. The attack was greeted by shadow's dark blade and the stirring eyes of Maya and Rose. Shadow noticed that Don was not attacking but rather defending and protecting the girls, so, now rather frustrated by his opponents distraction, was going to remove the distraction at any cost. He prepared a heavy blow towards the now frightened and wide awake Maya and released it with divesting power.
In the final second Don dove slightly over the electric wave and weakly defended against the blow, scraping the metal blades together and shooting blinding sparks everywhere and slicing Don's mask nearly in half, deeply scarring his face. Don quickly tossed the mask, regained his composure and tackled his foe to the floor, knocking both of the blades aside. The both slowly got up, but the shadow gave the first blow, a strong gut shot, dropping Don on his back, too weak to move, lying helplessly watching the scene unfold, leaving shadow time to catch his breath.
Maya shot up to save Don but was hit by the electric wave that was supposed to protect her, paralyzing her. Maya collapsed onto Don, their lips millimetres apart and both seemingly unable to move.
The field was down temporarily and Rose felt brave, so she shot up nearly as Maya and swung her fist at the confused villain but with her arm strait and stretched reaching for his face, she was hit by the electric wave paralysing her in mid swing and because her force, she toppled over and hit this privates on the way down, landing her back on Maya's back. The shadows mask fell off as he slowly toppled over, with his face landing on Rose's chest, leaving Rose furious but frozen in place. Bzzt! The electric field flashed back on, paralysing all of them in their same positions.
Will they find out who this new character is? Find out next time on LotD!
Next chapter - Living in the Past
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