Random: I have RETURNED! :D And I've got to say… the Unova Anime is kind of, a fail. NO OFFENSE! I just don't like it that much…
Natasha: So how did your date go?
Random: D-Date? It's not a da-date-da-da-date *Faints* heee, ditched me…
Natasha: Oh you poor, poor girl…
Random: Whyyy… why? What did I do wrong?
Natasha: It's ok… shhhh.
Random: Still… not… a …. Date.
Max: *Sighs* Girls…
Tony: She doesn't own Pokemon or me and Max (:
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Chapter 4: Trouble
[[¤S¤→ Tony ←¤S¤]]
"Finally! Striaton City! We can get started on beating the Unova Gyms!" Max cheered.
I chuckled, he was a great guy but he was a little too excitable about challenging the Gyms.
"Hate to break it to you Max, but this isn't Striaton… it's Accumula Town" Max gaped at Nat, having his hopes crushed by his own crush.
Oh the irony…
"Oh, that's ok… we can wait a little longer til we get to Striaton" Max frowned, suddenly feeling let down.
"Cheer up Max! There's going to be a contest here in a few hours. In fact I planned the whole journey so that we won't miss any Contests, Gyms, or Trainer Festivals!" Natasha brought out a calendar displaying a completed one month plan on our exploration of Unova.
I could merely stand in front of her wide-eyed in surprise, much like Max was doing now.
Why did we like her again?
"Now you guys can go do whatever you want, here's some money. I just have to go catch some Pokemon for my team! See you in a couple of hours!" She handed us each a whopping wad of cash and skipped away yelling about capturing Pokemon.
Oh, so that's why…
"Well, I'm going to the Pokemon Center. The Trainers we beat on the way here exhausted my bug Pokemon and of course Oshawott" the said Pokémon chirped in agreement.
"See you later Max…" I began to walk away.
Max then noticed there was nothing else to do in this town.
"Wait, Tony… can I come with you?" I smiled at him.
"Of course Max, let's go" we walked to the Pokemon Center, side by side.
I was right earlier when I said he wasn't a bad guy, maybe I should get to know him more even though he liked Tash like I did.
He was the only guy in the trip anyway, it didn't hurt to talk…
"So don't you think you should think about getting Pokemon that aren't bug types?" he probed.
I sighed, this was going to be a long two hours…
oOo
"Hmmm, I wonder what Pokemon I should get. What do you think Andromeda?" Tasha's female Eevee turned her head to the side, she didn't know.
"How about you Jason?" Nat turned to her male Eevee, he didn't know either.
She sighed in exasperation.
"Now look you two. I know I have Andromeda for the Contest Appeals, Jason for the Contest Appeals for the next Town in the next Contest, Axel and our newest team member Serena for the Contest Battles. But we still need a couple more for the Striaton Gym as well as Trainer Battles and the next Contest over in Nacrene City… We have to build a strong team if we want to get through the Unova Region" Jason and Andromeda sighed as well.
I knelt down next to them and rubbed their backs.
"I know it's hard, but to get stronger we need to help each other out ok?" the two eevee grinned in determination and nodded.
"Good!" I stood up placing my hands on my hips.
"Let's go!" Jason and Andromeda ran in different directions looking for strong Pokemon while Tash waited for some to arrive.
"This Dragon Master is hunting for some strong Pokemon" she smirked.
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I sighed while listening to Max talk about how having more than one type of Pokemon on your team would be a better strategy for gyms and battles.
I felt this disagreement would quickly become a fight and I don't like fights so I didn't interject as he babbled on how battling through the Unova Region with an all Bug-Type Team would be completely irrational.
'Where is Tasha when you need her?' I muttered in my head.
We ended up wandering up a set of stairs of what looked like the highest point of Accumula Town. A soft melody vibrated through the town as it's folk went about their business.
The over all feel of the town was rustic, quiet, and absolutely relaxing.
It seemed Max was catching it too since he stopped trying to get any emotion other than a cool cheerfulness, or whatever you call it, out of me…
From our height we could see all of Accumula.
Children were trading Pokemon, the elderly were sitting on benches while feeding flocks of Pidove, ladies were picking flowers while men swooned from the sidelines hidden from the girls themselves but not to those who looked down at them from the highest point of the town.
This drew out a shaky chuckle from Max, I was relieved to hear it since he seemed tense since the whole "girl who likes Natasha" incident.
I think he's realized he wasn't the only one who liked Natasha.
But the fact that must have scared him was that he had to fight for her if he wanted to be the one to hold her close in the end.
I let out an elongated exhalation of breath.
"You know, Max. By now you must know that Natasha doesn't have particular interest in the opposite gender but that doesn't mean she doesn't have a fair amount of admirers" the boy looked at me, stunned not only by my grammar but by my right observation.
"A word of advice though about Natasha. She doesn't really go by 'Natasha' so don't stare at me when I nickname her like you want me to just fall off a cliff and die" Max blushed, embarrassed that I knew what he was thinking to an extent.
"She lets other people nickname her since she thinks 'Natasha' is too long. She has a couple of nicknames as you have heard; Nattie, Nat, Tash, and Tasha… those are her favorites" I let him stare for a while and ponder at whatever little information he knew about Nat while I watched a peculiar looking group trudge into town and across the streets.
"Everyone's so used to it. I could tell even during the short time I spent in the lab talking to her before going back out to see if I could catch any good bug Pokemon I was able to understand her. She's a fairly easy person to figure out…" Max seemed to raise a brow, unsure of whether to believe or doubt what I said.
I couldn't blame him though, the idea itself seemed to be both realistic and unrealistic at the same time.
"but there's another thing I noticed…" Max moved closer, aiming to remember every second of this most valuable piece of information.
"They still call her by her full first name to get her attention. She isn't used to it. Call her by her name and she'll come out of any funk to answer" Max blinked and took a step back, his face read something akin to "So that's it, that's what it is…".
I could tell he was about to say more but from the corner of my eye I saw the last of the strange group headed into the forest.
The forest where Natasha went to catch more Pokemon.
"Natasha." Max turned to look at what I was staring at, noting my use of her full name.
A piercing scream tore through the quiet Accumulean sky, Max and I flew down the stairs running until we could no longer breath.
We couldn't stop, because that scream could only mean one thing…
Tasha was in trouble.
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Random: There you have it! TADA! :D
Natasha: What happened to me!?
Random: Haha, no spoilers. ;)
Natasha: Aww…
Random: Tony and Natasha are winning in the Poll, I might just let them end up together in the story… hmm.
Max: Wh-WHAT!? You're basing Tasha's love life off an online POLL?! YOU'RE CRAZY!
Random: Calm down, you are so protective -.-
I don't know who will end up with who yet so it could be Max and Natasha or Tony and Natasha, it could even be Max with an OC and Natasha and another OC
Bottom Line: The possibilities are endless. The Poll is just there to help me chose… *grins*
Max: *Frowns knowing he's not going to win her*
Random: You still have a chance Max, all you have to do is win the audience's favor in the next chapter!
Max: *Suddenly starts smiling again* I'll do whatever it takes!
Natasha: I'm not even listening to this anymore…
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