So here goes the fourth chapter. Im trying to stay pretty close to the story line of the game, but pretty soon it will stray from it some.
Again I appologize for the grammar and punctuation.
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Chapter 4: If You Call, I'll Send You Away
After talking with N, Cheren and Bianca had gone their separate ways, both heading to Striaton City. Bianca didn't leave without her usual bone crushing hug, and Cheren didn't want to leave, worried N would come back and pester me, but with my pushing he decided to go on anyways.
I headed back into the Pokémon center, dragging my feet from a tiring day both physically and emotionally. That N guy was really out of line getting that close to me, and kissing my hand. But deep down I couldn't deny that my heart had fluttered a little bit, but it would have if any boy did that. I decided to try and keep my distance from him from now on.
I walked up to Nurse Joy and she handed me my three pokeballs and a small room card to the room I had decided to rent for the night. I trudged down the hall; my hand fumbled with the room key but finally got it open.
Once inside I splashed my face with water which seemed to wake me up enough to finish out the day.
"Come on out guys" I said, tossing all three pokeballs out and three small Pokémon appeared. Any scratches or marks on either Patrat or Lillipup had vanished and they looked good as new.
"I'm glad to see you guys are okay" I said with a sigh. Within a few seconds all three were chasing each other around and playing like there was no tomorrow. I smiled and sat down on the bed. I was really tired and if I planned on making it to Striaton City in a day I should get some sleep. I changed into my pajamas and let my hair down, carefully folding my clothes for the next day. By the time I crawled into bed my three Pokémon had worn themselves completely out and were settling down for bed too. Patrat and Lillipup laid down on the small couch that was unusually comfortable and Talace lumbered over and jumped up on the bed to curl up next to me.
"Goodnight guys, sleep well" I said with a yawn. I was met with a chorus of voices.
"Tepig-pig, rat-Patrat, Lilli-lil". I smiled and snuggled down.
Just as my eyes started to droop I was awakened with a deafening ring. I nearly hit the ceiling I jumped so high, and Talace let off a fire ball of fright that singed a hole in the curtain. However Lillipup and Patrat seemed pretty indifferent. I finally realized it was my X-transceiver and I picked it up.
"Hello" I said groggily rubbing my eyes.
"Oh hi honey, sorry did I wake you up?" It was my mother's voice and her happy face looked at me with concern.
"No but I was almost asleep" I responded.
"Oh, well I just wanted to see how you were doing, and if you were having fun."
"Yeah I'm fine, and I'm having a great time so far, I'm planning on challenging the Striaton gym day after tomorrow."
"Oh wow, I thought you didn't want to battle."
"Yeah, well after I tried it I realized how much fun it was, plus Talace is really good at it and likes to battle too".
"I had a feeling you would feel that way. But who is Talace"? My mother looked concerned.
I chuckled, "This is Talace" I said holding him up to the phone.
"Oh how cute, so you did get a Tepig."
"Mm Hmm" I nodded.
"Oh well I won't keep you from sleeping, but I just wanted to make sure you were all right."
"Yeah I'm fine mom, thanks for calling."
"You're welcome sweetheart, goodnight, sleep tight" she said sweetly.
"Thanks mom, goodnight."
With that we both hung up and I snuggled down for a good night's sleep.
The next morning I had packed, showered, and rounded up my Pokémon by 7:00, unusually early for a night owl like me, but I was determined to get to Striaton City by this evening.
I returned my room key to Joy, she would have a fun surprise with the small hole in the curtain courtesy of Talace, but I had paid extra for the room, and I figured that would cover it.
I walked to the far left side of Accumula town and walked into the terminal. I watched the yellow letters scroll across telling weather and news, nothing exciting so I went ahead and passed on through. When I exited I saw the sign for Route 2. 'Alright, here we go' I thought.
Route 2 was quite short and only took a few hours to get through; I managed to catch a Purloin which made me very happy as I liked the small cat Pokémon very much. I could see the end of Route 2 and the bustling people in Striaton City.
I was planning on hitting the Pokémon center first but was stopped by Bianca in a fit of excitement.
"Oh White you are already here, I figured since you stayed the night that you wouldn't be here today, but I guess you are, it's so great to see you, are you okay, you must have walked really fast," Her sentence was incredibly long and carried multiple questions so I just nodded.
"Hey, let's have a battle" she squealed.
"Okay" I grinned, that was more like it.
The battle was over in just a few minutes, I had easily obliterated her team and she seemed a little bit upset, but her usual smile returned quickly.
"Whoa, there was no way I could have won" she said shaking her head, "You are really strong White, I will have to start training my Pokémon even more, Bye bye!". She waved and skipped away.
As I walked through Striaton City I expected to see Cheren but I never did. I dropped Purloin off at the Pokémon center and went looking for the gym, perhaps since it was still afternoon I could challenge the it before the day was over, I would sure be ahead of schedule if that happened.
As I rounded the corner I could see the gym up ahead, and there was a large white sign hanging from one of the door knobs, "Closed".
What! That couldn't be, then I saw a smaller sign taped to the door. "Gym leader at trainer's school".
I had remembered seeing a school when I was heading to the Pokémon center and figured that was where he or she was. I marched back down to the school and entered.
I looked around; there were a few kids that looked to be a little younger than me and a teacher, but no one else. Then I saw Cheren sitting in the corner, reading a book. I chuckled to myself, I had seen him read so many books in his lifetime that I figured he couldn't fit any more information inside his head, but he always managed.
I walked over to him, "Hey Cheren, I didn't expect to see you here."
He jumped a little and looked up with a smile.
"Oh hey White, are you looking for the gym leader?" He scanned the room and looked back to me, "I guess you just missed him." I frowned a bit, man this guy was hard to catch.
"Hey would you battle with me, I would love to test out the use of items in a battle". I looked down and saw that that was the subject of the book he was reading.
"Sure" I agreed.
"We better be careful since we are battling inside" he explained as he stood up from his stool and shut his book.
He adjusted his glasses and sent out his first Pokémon with the widest grin I had ever seen on his usually serious face. Battling made him very happy, just like it did me. He sent out Oshawott like I figured.
"Let's go Talace" I said and Talace was in his crouched position within milliseconds. The surprised look on Cheren's face was hilarious because he didn't expect me to send out a fire type against a water one. His mouth twitched into a half smile and he suddenly became very confident.
"Oshawott, water gun".
"Dodge it Talace". I said calmly. I hadn't really trained much with any of my other Pokémon, so Talace got all the attention, and was very skilled because of it. I had challenged many many trainers on Route 2 and won each battle, so I started to not be so panicky when I fought.
The tiny otter Pokémon shot a powerful blast from its mouth; it was obviously trained very well too. But Talace dodged the spray easily, and waited for the next command.
"Tackle" I called and Talace threw himself to the little otter, so fast that Cheren didn't have time to call out a move or a dodge. The small Oshawott was thrown backwards and landed on its stomach, struggling to get up. Cheren looked shocked.
"Try Water Gun again Oshawott". He stood up and again shot a powerful blast of water out of his mouth.
"Dodge again" and Talace gracefully moved out of the way. The spray of water went past him and soaked the window to the school. It dripped down the wall and the teacher frowned at both of us pointing to us with two fingers, then bringing them to her eyes. I could just hear her saying in her head, 'I'm watching you", but she didn't speak up.
"Ember" I called. Cheren laughed, knowing that fire attacks wouldn't do much for water Pokémon, but I knew Talace could pull it off.
The balls of flame hit the little blue otter, and sent him flying backwards. Much to Cheren's surprise it didn't get back up.
"Return Oshawott" called Cheren "Purloin I choose you". A familiar purple cat came out of the pokeball and sat licking its paw, seemingly unimpressed by Talace.
"Talace ember" The balls of flame appeared and were rapid fire this time, about the size of golf balls, an extremely powerful attack, it might only take one hit this time.
"Dodge" called Cheren, but Purloin wasn't fast enough.
Sure enough after a single blow the Purloin was down.
Cheren grunted and called back his Pokémon.
"Wow, you are really strong, I didn't even get a chance to use any items." He admitted. "Here". He walked over to me and placed a small blue berry into my hand. "It's an Oran berry; it will help heal your Pokémon. He sighed and exited the school. Sometimes I felt bad beating trainers. I knew when I lost I felt terrible. But it pushed me to train even harder. I exited the school and walked back to the gym which had taken down the sign and there was a man with green hair standing in front. My heart skipped a beat, N? No, it was a different boy, who looked to not be much older than myself.
"Um hi, I'm here to challenge the gym leader." I stated trying to make myself look tough.
He looked at me, and squinted his eyes, silently judging.
"Well you don't look like a half bad trainer, I am the gym leader. What Pokémon did you chose to start your journey with?"
"Tepig" I answered
"A fire type, so it would be weak against water then". He nodded. "I suggest you go to the dream yard and train, you need to find something to counter water." He sighed and looked up at the sky which was rapidly getting darker. "Plus the gym is closed for the day". He quickly turned around and disappeared into the gym.
You have got to be kidding me, I thought, after all that the gym is closed. I sighed and walked back to the Pokémon center to pick up Purloin. It was really too late for anything, so I decided to visit the Dream Yard, whatever that is, in the morning. I once again rented a room and let out my now four Pokémon. Lillipup and Patrat had fit right in very easily, and Talace enjoyed their company almost instantaneously, but it took a lot longer for them to get used to Purloin.
By nature Purloins were independent creatures with an attitude. But after an hour or so with my Pokémon, they had put Purloin in its place, and now began to chase each other around. I was relieved they had finally taken a liking to the small cat, even though Lillipup kept its distance, but that was to be expected.
I sat criss cross on the bed with my book of Pokémon information open in my lap. I was looking for Pokémon that really stood out to me. I liked Purloin, but I didn't think a Liepard would be the best choice for an unbeatable team. I didn't see that in either a Stoutland or a Watchog either, so I resorted to just having fun training with those Pokémon, not too serious. Talace however would have an automatic slot on my team, being my first. I was more confused as to which Pokémon were the best by the time I was done, than I was when I started looking at the book. I finally realized that I simply needed to form bonds with my Pokémon, and if I did that, any Pokémon could be undefeatable.
Just then the small phone on the nightstand rang. It was a phone to the front desk so you could let Joy know if you needed anything, or if she needed you for anything, a much less likely option, but apparently it was happening now.
"Hello" I answered in a hesitant voice.
"Yes this is Nurse Joy, calling for White" she responded in her usual chipper tone.
"This is White" I answered, still hesitant.
"Um, I have someone here to see you, he says his name is" she paused and I heard muffled voices, her hand was over the mouthpiece to the phone.
"Like the letter?" I heard Joy ask in a confused tone.
"Um he says his name is N".
I froze. What, N was here? Why was he here, and more importantly, WHY WAS HE HERE? I really didn't want to talk to him, he was an odd seed and I wasn't sure if forming a friendship with him would be the best idea in the world. Plus he had kinda crossed a line in Accumula town.
"Um, tell him I don't want to see him" I said reluctantly. I kinda did want to see him, but I didn't at the same time, he was weird, but maybe in a good way. Plus I was interested because he claimed to be able to talk to Pokémon, which I wasn't sure if that was even true.
'No, White' I thought 'you should really keep your distance; there's something off about him'.
"Are you sure" piped up Nurse Joy, a little louder than normal, which made me realize she had been talking and I had been deep in thought, not listening.
"Yeah, I'm sure" I said in defeat.
I again heard muffled voices, then Joy was back.
"Okay, thanks for your time".
"Yeah" I half-heartedly responded, hanging up the phone.
I put up my book and laid down. It was already one in the morning; I should really get some sleep. Talace once again curled up next to me, I found I liked this; he gave off some serious heat that kept me warm all night. I snuggled down with my Pokémon, and fell asleep easily.