Only a few more days of walking then I should reach the next town. And so far, Wonder has stayed by my side, watching over Dratic who still learning how to sort out his legs but is getting better with every minute. Ria, the hyper maniac that she is, is zooming all over the place like an addict high on that good shit.
Whenever we stop for breaks, we usually take an hour so to train. I'm not training Dratic yet until he gets a better sense of how to figure out his surroundings, beings the blind boi that he is. I have theory that he can see shadows or silhouettes through that thick fur of his since he does well to avoid trees and obstacles, but I still think that he should learn to sense things around him before I get to training him as I do the girls, who I continue to train in speed (By making them run laps) and strength (By having them hit tree's or rocks. I take it easy with Ria though)
As we are walking I notice someone running behind me. I stop abruptly and turn around, he is jogging and is about 2 minutes away. I narrow my eyes before calling out "Ria, Dratic, return to your Pokeballs"
My pokemon look surprised at my unusually cold tone, but Ria and Dratic come up to me anyway. I take out their Pokeballs and return Ria, I quickly explain the process to Deino who nods calmly before I return him to his Pokeball as well.
Wonder stands beside me and watches as a raven-haired boy approaches us. He looks around my age, but he has the air of someone who thinks himself above others.
He slows down and looks down at my deerling in all sense of the word. He chuckles before saying "Is that your Partner? Looks rather weak"
I coldly reply without missing a beat "Is that your hairstyle? Looks rather weak" He stops laughing when I insult his long, spiky hairstyle that looks rather Emo.
I then tilt my head to the side slightly, keeping a cool expression on my face "What do you want? Or are just wasting my time?"
He starts to glare at me "I was going to challenge you to a battle, there isn't many people travelling his time of year with the league having just ended and all"
I nod slowly "So you are just wasting my time. Your answer to the battle is no. I don't care for pokemon battles"
I am careful not to mention how I don't have a full team or that ⅔ of my existing team are just hatchlings, probably best not to give this guy and more ammo than is needed.
I can tell Wonder is slightly disturbed at my sudden change in behaviour, but I'll have o talk to her later, once this loser has buggered off.
He smirks "I think your just chicken, but I understand that really, it's not like girls can battle well anyway"
He what? Oh, I can not just going to roast him, I'm going to flambe his $$! I say as coldly as I can "No not chicken, just not interested in battling a waste of space like you. And girls can't battle? Oh yeah sure, tell that to Diantha and Cynthia who would wipe the floor with you. How about you pull your head out of the ground and bugger off or I won't need Pokemon to knock your teeth out"
He looks rather stunned, but hastily recollects himself and glares "Fine, if you are too cowardly to fight me properly then I don't have time for you. But trust me, I'll get a battle out of you eventually, then we will really know who is stronger. My name is Jax, remember it if you can"
He then continues to jog off after his prideful declaration is finished. I scoff "Loser"
Once he is out of sight, Wonder looks up at me and paws my leg with her hoof, demanding an explanation. I sigh and release Dratic and Ria, who have been spared the awful conversation.
I then sit down on the dirt road to be more level with them all. I take a breath a begin to explain "You all can take this as a promise, I will always be kind to you all and I will never abandon you or something like that"
Ria and Dratic look confused and Wonder has a look on her face that tells me I need to explain more, so I continue.
"Listen, I don't like people very much. My family? I love them. Pokemon? My best friends. But just regular strangers? Well, I don't like them very much. I have no real problem with people who have done against me, but I don't like to go out of my to become friends with them or anything. But people who act like they are better than everyone else, or think power is everything or just plain jerks? I can't stand them, I won't tolerate people like that,"
Ria wanders over to my lap where she makes herself comfortable, I take pause to think about how to say this before continuing on "I have never had the best experience with people as a whole, so the less I have to do with them, the better. Now I am told that being a hermit isn't very healthy however, so I do have a couple of friends but just hardly. I prefer the company of Pokemon to be honest. I hope this, well, information about me doesn't change anything"
Wonder and Dratic both come close to me, Dratic lightly gnaws my arm (Not really biting, just more mouthing if anything) and Wonder nuzzles the side of my face.
I reach up to pet Wonder behind the ear before picking Ria up out of my lap and standing to my feet. "Well, we should get walking again. But with Jax's jogging pace we shouldn't meet up again for a while"
Wonder and Dratic nod before turning and walking down the path again. Ria squirms, so I let her down so she can run around. I follow my Pokemon down the path, keeping an eye out for any more Pokemon trainers. I don't want anyone to know about Ria and Dratic at the moment, because they are on the rarer side people will want to test their strength, but they are just hatchlings yet, so I want to give them a chance to grow on age and in strength before they have to battle.
After a couple more hours of walking, I feel a thrumming in my backpack. I quickly stop and open up my bag to confirm if it is what I think it is! I take out the last egg to see it glowing and releasing quick, thrumming vibrations.
It looks an hour away from hatching so I call out to my Pokemon "Hey guys! The other egg is close to hatching! Can Ria and Wonder please go scouting around here for a good campsite?"
Ria and Wonder nod before bounding off into the woods. Dratic stays close to me and gnaws my knee curiously.
Its been ten minutes since I sent out the girls now. Are they ok? What is the holdup? Are they in trouble? I knew I should've looked with them!
Before I can start to really panic, the girls smash through the brush and lead me through the thick foliage.
I struggle a little bit, holding the incubator under one arm and Dratic under the other and a backpack that weighs a bloody ton on my pack.
After a few minutes, the underbrush clears up and a small clearing becomes clear. It is rather small, around the size of the average living room, and it has no water source, but that's fine, I still have water in my canteen.
I set Dratic, the incubator and my backpack down on the moss before pulling out my hammock and begin to set it up with the help of Ria and her useful little paws.
I set up campfire but don't light it yet, I'll wait until it gets dark, even though it's only just after noon.
I take the egg out of the incubator and sit on the hammock with the egg in my lap and Ria and Dratic cuddling on either side of me. As we wait, tell a couple of stories about my family, with the most interesting ones about my older brothers.
40 minutes drag by slowly and so I think about the eggs, or where my bros got them. I know Scotty won Ria from a contest in Sinnoh, but what contest would give away a Riolu egg with good breeding? And least of all David, he simply found two eggs apparently abandoned, one which had a DEINO in it! Maybe the trainer didn't know what they were? But why leave two eggs in the wild? Maybe the trainer had just left them there for a short while and Davy DID steal them!? That's a spooky thought. I'm not going to think about it anymore or I'm going to give myself anxiety.
Thankfully, before more paranoid thoughts can enter my head, the egg begins the crack, with little bits and pieces chipping off, not so much the flash of light and then BOOM a Pokemon. It takes another 10 minutes or so, but I can see on large crack all along the sides. With one more push, the egg splits in half and out tumbles and fluffy, bird like pokemon!
I am quick to soothe the tired chick by giving it gentle pets. Its eyes are still closed as I quickly scan it
Rufflet
The Eaglet Pokemon
Rufflet will challenge anything, even strong opponents, without fear. Their frequent fights help them to become stronger.
Male
Egg Move: Tailwind
Ability: Keen Eye
Knows: Peck
Evolves into Braviary
"A Rufflet huh? Well hello there sweetheart" I greet as he slowly opens his eyes and looks directly at me for a few seconds, then the rest of the pokemon.
He shakily settles down in my lap before dropping into a deep sleep, still exhausted from getting out of the egg, so I take the opportunity to read more about Rufflets.
Well. After doing some reading on the little guy, I am surprised he did not attack me outright as the Pokedex says that Rufflets are known to do to be accepted by their parents. The little guy seems to be quiet and calm, I suppose he is an exception to his kind so far.
As he slowly wakes back up, I think of names that would fit a cute Pokemon but also a future powerful pokemon. I am still trash at naming.
He wakes up fully and is raptly paying attention to everything that moves, already proving to be observant.
I get his attention and say softly as to not overwhelm his senses "So sweetheart, you need a name, but what to call you… Cumulous? Nah, it is a bit of a mouthful so how about… Cirrus? Does that work?"
He stares at me for several long moments before nodding. I sigh in relief, thank the lord, that wasn't too hard after all.
It is still light out, so I can't sleep, so I decide to let Ria and Dratic play on the mossy ground let Cirrus sleep some more on my lap. Wonder as usual just lays below my hammock and watches the two play.
Now all of my eggs have hatched and I have three more members on my team that all can evolve and become even stronger. All in all? It's been a good day. Could've done without that loser Jax trying to battle, but it was bound to happen at some point.
I hope the rest of my journey turns out this well!
