Sorry for the delay! Here is Chapter 4! Hope you enjoy!~
"Go Zigzagoon! Growl!" the young boy in a blue cap shouts, a wide smile across his face, as he enjoys the rush of adrenaline. On the other side of the field, another boy holds a playful smirk. His indigo eyes sharp on the battlefield, as the brown furry raccoon pokemon lets out a loud growl. His own brown fox-like pokemon falls back, affected slightly by the growl. However, eevee shakes off the effect. "Tch!" the youngster clenches his teeth.
Shinichi smirks wider, calling out his attack, "Eevee, go in for a tackle attack!" Eevee dashes with haste, effectively slamming into the other brown pokemon hard. Taking the blow, zigzagoon gets thrown across the grass, sliding close to its trainer. It lays there unconscious, telling both trainers that the match was over. The youngster quickly returns his zigzagoon to its pokeball, and Shinichi does the same with eevee. Then, the neat haired boy walks over to the youngster a smile on his face. "Great battle!" He holds out his hand to the boy.
The boy nods and takes Shinichi's hand and shakes it. "You too!"
A booming applause ruins the moment of sportsmanship, as a sarcastic voice interrupts. "Great job, Shin-chan!" Though it may have sound energetic, Shinichi could tell that his cousin was very bored from the sarcastic undertone. "Now, let's hurry up and go! I want to get to Petalburg by nightfall!"
Shinichi sighs at his messy-haired cousin's whining. "Okay, let me just wrap this up." He then turns to the youngster to say his goodbye, "It was fun battling you, let's battle again sometime."
"I had fun too!" the youngster grins, "Here is my pokenav number, just call when you feel like battling!" The youngster then runs ahead of the two cousins, "Bye!" after waving goodbye he rushes off back to town.
Kaito groans as he walks, "Geez! How many battles are you going to get into!? I have to wait every time you know! The least you could do is make them quick!"
"No," Shinichi's voice drops to a deeper and more serious tone. This made Kaito hastily to turn around and catch the expression on Shinichi's face. His cousin's indigo eyes were squinted into a leer, and his lips were tugged into a line rather than a smile—Shinichi was serious. "That would be disrespectful to my opponent—as if I were merely playing with them."
Kaito's vibe drops as well, letting the silent and cold atmosphere run longer. He glares at Shinichi with his own cerulean eyes, meeting those sharp indigo orbs. Shinichi's whole demeanor made his body feel cold. It took every bit of Kaito's control to bring back his poker face.
The messy haired brunette breaks out into an uncontrollable snicker, causing Shinichi to stare at his cousin in bewilderment. "Shin-chan, you take me too seriously!" Kaito skips ahead and with each step he took, his smile grew wider. "Don't worry, Shin-chan~ I love watching you battle~"
Shinichi's earlier seriousness lost, the boy sighs at his cousin's casual display. "Kaito… you really…"
"Yep! I really really love Shin-chan!" Kaito jests playfully as he walks ahead, "Come on, Shin-chan! Let's go!"
"'Hold 't right there!" A sudden heavily accented shout echoes past the cousins, stirring them to turn towards the speaker. A tanned boy wearing a white cap held the teal rim of his cap, creating a shadow over his eyes, stands before the two boys—his stance brimming with confidence. Kaito gives the intruder the stink eye while Shinichi cocks his eyebrow in curiosity. "Oi, you." The mysterious boy points at Shinichi, "Let's battle."
Shinichi and Kaito both stare at the intruder with slight awe before Shinichi replies. "Ah… sure, but more importantly—"
"Who the heck are you?!" Kaito finally blurts out the obvious question.
An awkward silence hangs in the air, as Kaito's question is left unanswered. "Oh! My bad, my bad! 'forgot my manners!" The tanned boy laughs, "The name 's Hattori Heiji!" he introduces himself as he shifts his cap around. "'Kay, now what're your names?"
"Kudou Shinichi," answers the neat haired boy.
"Kuroba Kaito, at your service." The bird's nest head boy playfully smirks with a bow. Kaito skips over to the tan boy, smile content on his lips, and he clasps his hands together before Heiji. Counting, "3… 2… 1…!" A pink poof of smoke explodes in Heiji's face, causing him to cough and wack the smoke away.
Once the smoke had cleared, noticed that his head felt heavier; so curiously he glances up while simultaneously feeling for the weight. His hands touches something soft and cottony, causing the thing on his head to coo. "What 's this?"
Kaito, grinning, stands on his tip toes in order to grab what was on Heiji's head. He brought down the blue and white bird pokemon, a swablu. "Welp~ I'm gonna go exploring, Shin-chan, so you two can go have fun!" Kaito waves to the two boys as he trots away, "Be sure to call me when you're finished!"
Shinichi raises his hand to strengthen his shout, "Oi! Don't wander too far, okay!"
"Yeah, yeah!" Kaito waves Shinichi off.
The remaining cousin sighs and shakes his head, before returning his attention to his next opponent—the mysterious kansai-ben challenger. That said challenger had a smug smirk stuck on his mouth which made the neat haired boy squints his eyes and locks on to the tan skinned opponent.
Meanwhile, the ever-so-irritated Kaito was stomping around the tall grass, a pout stuck on his face. "Geez! Shin-chan!" He throws up his arms suddenly, scaring his swablu, Saya. Taking note of his blue bird's distress, he coos her to his hand. Saya's fluffy white wings flap and condense them when she lands on the brunette's hand, and she coos gently under the sensation of being petted by her trainer. "Sorry about that, Saya." A gentle smile replaces Kaito's original pout.
Abruptly, this peace was broken as the tall grass rustled, and a pokemon jumped out. Kaito's quick reflexes made it possible for him to take a glance at the pokemon. It had a white body and a green head with a pink horn sticking out, but best of all… It's so cute! Kaito couldn't help but engage this pokemon with a battle. "Saya, use tackle on it!"
The blue bird pokemon rushes towards the wild pokemon as Kaito grabs his pokedex to check out the new pokemon. "Ralts, the Feeling Pokemon, Ralts senses the emotions of people using the horns on its head. This Pokemon rarely appears before people. But when it does, it draws closer if it senses that the person has a positive disposition… huh." At his last word, Kaito's lips lift up into a playful smirk. His swablu collides with the small pokemon, and it, in turn, counters with a growl. "It's perfect! Go Saya! Peck!" Kaito's swablu glides towards the wild ralts at great speed, elegantly and swiftly delivering a peck attack.
The ralts takes a direct hit, however, it didn't seem to have been very effective. That growl attack must've weakened Saya's attack a lot. Kaito doesn't even pause for a second before calling for a wing attack. Saya uses her wing to make a swift attack on the ralts. This attack was enough to knock down the pink horned pokemon, giving Kaito a chance. Smoothly, Kaito pulls out a pokeball, expands it, and throws it at the wild ralts. It took only a few tense seconds before ralts had become his.
With a grin, the messy-haired brunette picks up the pokeball and throws it up into the air, only to catch it smugly. He excitedly turns to his swablu, "We did it, Saya! I think we caught the perfect partner for our contests!"
Saya coos in congratulations towards her trainer as she lands on his head. Kaito laughs in joy, "Come on!" he starts dashing back to where he had come from, "We need to show Shin-chan our new partner!"
Back to the grass field, Shinichi and Heiji have been battling for the past ten minutes and were having a great battle. On Shinichi's side, he was using his eevee, and on Heiji's side, he was using his poochyena. Both sides were equally exhausted and in focus as the atmosphere of the battlefield grew even more serious.
"Yer pretty good, ya know." Huffs the tan skinned boy, impressed.
"Same goes for you." The neat-haired boy replies, amused.
The two were smirking at the other pleased with the development. However, the moment was broken by an annoyingly cheery voice singing, "Shin-chan~! Hei-chan~!" Kaito was skipping towards the two trainers.
"Hei-chan?" Heiji pointed at himself with a comical sweat drop.
Shinichi shrugs, "That's just how he is. Don't mind it too much for your own good."
Heiji takes one look at Kaito before nodding, "Ahh—'ll take yer word for it."
Suddenly, a crash was heard, making Kaito abruptly stop in his tracks.
No one could react to what had happened next.
A wave of water swallowed Kaito whole and began to drag the poor brunette away. Desperately, Kaito tried to fight the tide and stay above the raging waters. It took a few seconds before Shinichi and Heiji could break out of their shocked daze, and once they did they broke out into a mad sprint after the struggling Kaito.
Shinichi shouted desperately, "KAITO!"
Kaito himself reaches out from the newly made stream, "SHINICHI!" Shinichi himself reached out to the other boy. They struggled to reach each other, but just as their fingers were about to touch, they slipped away.
"KAITO!"
"SHINICHI!" Kaito is slipping away, out of reach, fast as more water runs over him. His hair was matted down and clothes drenched and sticky from being continuously doused in water.
Shinichi was getting desperate, his cousin that he promised to watch over was being taken away from him before his eyes. I need to do something—anything! I just need something to work with! Shinichi twirls his head from side to side, searching for something that could help in this situation. However, he came up with nothing. Now he was outright mad in desperation.
Shinichi was ready to dive into the rushing waters to rescue Kaito; however, right when he was about to jump, a hand harshly grabs hold of his wrist and pulls him in. Heiji had pulled Shinichi into his arms and was holding him back. "Idiot! Do ya want ta die!" He scolds with a yell, "That water'll only drag ya both farther apart! There's no tellin' where 't could drag ya to!"
"But then Kaito-!" Shinichi tries to force himself out of Heiji's restraints, but with no avail.
Kaito's shouts for help could no longer be heard nor was he in sight. He had been engulfed in the harsh flood which disappeared along with its momentum. All that was left was the thin river made by the leftover water which was sure to clear out after being dried in the sun and the sinking aftermath.
Shinichi drops to the ground, shocked, as he couldn't help but let uneasiness take over his stomach. Heiji is alarmed and quickly comes to his aid. "Oi!" He rubs the brunette's back soothingly, "Ya gonna be alright?"
The neat-haired boy bangs his fist against the muddy dirt out of frustration. "How could I let this happen?!" His indigo eyes were wide from the shock and his whole body trembled. "Kaito…"
Heiji couldn't stand seeing the guy he thought was so amazing just a few minutes ago look so pathetic. Abruptly, he grabs a hold of Shinichi's shoulders and gives him a good shake. "Ya be quiet for a minute!" This caused Shinichi to finally stop muttering under his breath over and over again, allowing Heiji to have the opportunity to continue. "Now look here, ya couldn't do anything in that sort of situation—if anythin' you'd be a nuisance! Don't get me wrong—the thought was nice, but what would ya 've done after you jumped into there! You definitely don't have the strength ta fight that strong of a flood!" Heiji sighs, trying to calm himself down. "Anyways! There's still a chance that he'd be alive! Ya can't just give up without a fight!"
The two stand there in silence with Shinichi hanging in Heiji's hands. The neat-haired brunette's lips were agape as he opens and closes his mouth slowly as if to calm down his urging instability. Finally, he speaks calmly, lifting his head so that his indigo eyes would meet the teal eyes of the tan-skinned boy. "I have some acquaintances in Petalburg that most likely can help locate Kaito."
Heiji's lips lift up into a grin which met with Shinichi's serious scowl.
"Then, what're we waiting' for!" Hattori wraps his arm around the other brunette, pushing him forward. "Let's go—!"
"—to Petalburg!"
Oh no! Kaito has been swept away!
What do you think happened to him?!
Where is he now?
And now, Shinichi and Heiji are teaming up?!
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