Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon. Don't sue me. I have nothing.
Note: Not much to say except that there should be an encounter with a Grand one this time.
Roger led Ryou through the city, which was filled with many colorful buildings, until they reached a building with structures that looked like Eevee ears protruding from the roof. The building was brown and cream in color, much like an Eevee, and the door was much like that on the registration building.
"Here we are," Roger announced. "The building where the first Grand one should be. I wish you luck, Ryou."
Ryou grinned. "Like heck I'll need luck! I'll be able to win with my awesome skill on the first try without even breaking a sweat!"
Roger chuckled. "Whatever you say. Spectators aren't allowed in, so I'll be leaving you here, alright?"
"Whatever. I'll be fine on my own. See ya later, Pops!"
Ryou walked inside, leaving Roger with a confused look.
"Pops?" He muttered to himself. "Did he just insult me?"
Once Ryou was inside, he looked around. There was a brown and cream color scheme on the inside, too, along with various Eevees painted on the walls, each in its own playful pose. There were even Eevee statues and a couple of fountains, especially near the door to the far end of the room. That door was very Eevee-fied, as well. It was brown and had decorations of dancing Eevee. There were even cute little Eevee heads as doorknobs.
Are all the Grand ones' buildings going to be like this? Ryou thought as he headed for the door, reaching for the knobs.
Just as he was about to grab one, however, he was slammed into the door by what he perceived to be a pair of arms wrapped around them, along with the weight of someone around his age.
"Ryou-kun!(1) Where in the underworld have you been?" a familiar voice asked childishly from behind him.
Ryou sweat dropped as he pried the pale arms from around his chest and replied, "I've been with your father getting registered, Shinju."
"Why? Weren't you going to watch me fight?"
"Your father told me that you'd pummel the guy too quickly for me to get there in time, so he took me to get registered."
"What!?! That idiot!" Shinju pouted. "I was holding back and taking extra care to make sure you'd at least get to see my strange Pokemon! Papa's getting pummeled for this."
She was now kicking at the ground, making skid marks appear on the floor.
"Well, your father neglected to mention that you might do that, so I just followed him without question."
"Stupid baka(2)..." Shinju mumbled. Now she stopped kicking the floor, and she even had a most cheerful look to her face. "But! Now I can watch you fight against the Grand ones!"
Ryou blinked. "Your father said spectators weren't allowed in."
"I know, but the best trainer in Eaveon has the right to watch his or her potential next fight! Isn't that amazing?"
"Sounds maore like cheating to me."
Shinju pouted. "When you put it that way, it does. Meanie. Now are you going to battle the Grand First or not?"
"The Grand First?"
"That's what Eaveon officials call this Grand one. Now are you going to battle or not!?!"
"Of course I'm going to battle the Grand First!"
Just as Ryou reached for the doorknob, the door was thrown open, slamming right into his face.
"What's wid all da wacket?" a childish girl's voice asked. "I was twying to take a nappy!!!"
"Sorry about that, Kawaii-chan.(3) Me and Ryou-kun were fighting."
"Wyou-kun? Who's dat?"
The door closed, and the source of the voice appeared. It was a little girl, age five, maybe, with brown hair. It was groomed down, like the fluff of fur around an Eevee's neck. She had the most adorable brown eyes imaginable, and a cute cream colored sun dress. There were only four X's in sight on her clothes, and they were all along the edge of her sun dress. She was holding a stuffed Eevee in her arms, and was rubbing her right eye with her free hand whilst looking where Ryou was. He was holding his face and muttering angrily at the pain while tears steadily flew down his cheeks.
"Is dis cwybaby Wyou-kun?"
Ryou stopped holding his face and shot a glare at this girl.
"I'm not a cwy—crybaby!!!" He nearly yelled. "That door slammed into my face! Do you have any idea how much that hurts!?!"
The girl giggled. "Sowwy. My bad. My name's Kawaii-chan, and I'm da Gwand Fist!" She giggled again.
"Don't you mean Grand First?"
"Dat's what I said! The Gwand Fist! I just have twuble wid my awes!"
"Oh. Well, would you mind having a battle with me?"
"Not at all, Wyou-kun! It'd be a gweat way to wake me up!" She giggled, then rushed through to the next room, slamming Ryou's face with the door again. "Sowwy, Wyou-kun!"
Ryou rubbed his face, grumbling as he followed after Kawaii, with Shinju hanging onto his arm. This new room was an arena with an Eevee statue in each corner, each having its own battling pose. The floor looked like the ground outside, with white markings on it to show where the Pokemon were allowed to fight. Kawaii was already on the other side of the field, holding her stuffed Eevee ever so cutely and staring at Ryou with anticipation.
"Is Wyou-kun weady fow his one-on-one battle?" she asked.
"Yes, I am." Ryou replied.
"Den send out yo Pokemon! It's customawy fow da challengaw to pick fist."
"Okay, then."
Ryou browsed through the X's he had put away and noticed that they had writing on them, saying which Pokemon was inside and how long ago it was first put into the X. The X with his first Eevee in it even made note of the special tufts of hair it had, and the other Eevees were noted to be the first one's friends.
He took the X out that contained his special Eevee and said, "I'll go for this little guy. I just caught it and I wanna see how it fights."
"Okies!" Kawaii said happily. "I get a lot of fist-timaws, so I'm used to it."
"Great! Now, go, Speedy!"
Ryou pressed the red button on the X, making it curl into an orange ball like the others did with his first six Pokemon. He then tossed the ball, making it open up and release that fast Eevee he caught before.
I suppose Speedy's what you're going to call me? A little boy's voice asked in Ryou's head as his Eevee looked towards him.
"Yep! You're going to be Speedy because of how fast you were back there!" Ryou replied.
That's a real original nickname there, owner. How'd you come up with it? Did you pull it out of a hat or something? The Eevee asked.
"Hey, don't insult my nicknaming abilities, Speedy!"
I was just poking fun, owner. And don't worry. I like it. You can call me that all you want.
"I would've called you that anyways!"
Kawaii giggled. "I can just tell you two awe going to be best buddies foweva!" She detached an X from her sun dress. "Now go, Cutesy!"
She threw her X like Ryou did, and what came out was an Eevee that looked well groomed. It was holding an Everstone in its mouth with its teeth, and its eyes were just as adorable as its owner's were.
Yay! I get to battle again! A voice similar to Kawaii's giggled.
"Da challengaw's suppos'ta go fist, kay?"
"Alright. So, um, Speedy, what can you do?" Ryou asked.
I can use tackle, dig, sand-attack, tail whip, quick attack, agility, extremespeed, and this one attack that I'm not sure of the name to.
"How can you use extremespeed?"
I've been practicing according to how I've seen other Pokemon do it, and some of them even corrected me as I went. I can assure you I have perfect form when it comes to using it.
"Alright, let's start off with a quick attack!"
Starting off slowly? Alright.
Speedy braced himself and then shot off like a little brown rocket towards Cutesy. The poor little Eevee could only blink before Speedy made contact, sending her flying right into her trainer's arms with dizzy eyes.
"Cutesy is unable to battle!" Shinju declared. "The round goes to Speedy!"
"Wow!" Ryou gasped. "That was amazing, Speedy! How'd you get so strong?"
Remember those sleeping Eevee I crashed into when you caught me? That bunch don't take lightly to being disturbed from their naps, so along with getting faster to avoid them, I got stronger so that I could stand a chance against them.
"Then they must've been pretty strong if that's only standing a chance to them! I made a good choice when I picked you out!"
Of course you did.
"Dat was a gweat fist battle fow yo Speedy!" Kawaii said as she recalled her Cutesy. "But dis next one'll weally twow yo Speedy off its balance! Go, Bootsey!"
The next Eevee that came out was another well groomed one with an Everstone in its mouth, but its feet were cream colored as if it had boots on.
So it's my turn to fight? Alright, then. An adult male voice said calmly.
"Bootsey, use ice beam on dat Speedy!"
The Eevee obeyed, sitting down and opening its mouth, while keeping the Everstone in, and an orb of light blue light formed in front of the stone. Beams of that light shot from the orb and towards Speedy at an alarmingly quick rate.
"Speedy, use agility to dodge, then use tackle!"
Great! We're picking up the pace! Speedy said as it obeyed his owner, dodging the ice beam with grace.
He then rushed towards Bootsey with great speed and ran into him with such force that he was sent rolling backwards into his owner. Once Bootsey recovered, it shot a slight glare towards Speedy.
You're going to ruffle my perfectly groomed fur at that rate, Speedy. I suggest you kick your game up a notch if you wish to harm me.
But I sent you flying backwards! How can you not be hurt?
I was given as much iron as I could stomach. Hurting me with attacks like that won't be easy.
"Alright, then, Speedy, use extremespeed!"
On it!
Speedy sped towards Bootsey at an unreal pace, almost breaking the sound barrier, and was about to make contact when-
"Bootsey! Use dig!"
-Bootsey dug into the ground, causing Speedy to hit the ground hard.
Owww...
"Speedy, go in after it with another extremespeed!"
Alright.
Speedy rushed down into the hole at the same speed as last time, disappearing from sight.
"Bootsey, use ice beam!"
"Speedy, dodge with dig!"
A blast of light blue light came out of the tunnel where Bootsey first dug, and Bootsey followed shortly after, spinning like a ball right into the ceiling. When it fell down, it hit the ground hard, and its eyes were spinny. Speedy crawled out of the hole with a triumphant look on his face.
"Bootsey is unable to battle! Speedy wins round two!" Shinju announced.
Kawaii called her booted friend back with a slight frown.
"I fed Bootsey lots of iron! Dat time when he was sent into da ceiling shouldn't have happened! How did he pull it off?"
While that booted prettyboy was busy with his ice beam attack, I dug around in a circle while still using extremespeed to knock him hard and out of the hole!
"That was awesome, Speedy! But I think I'll use my other Pokemon now, okay?"
It's your call, owner.
Ryou put Speedy back in its X and put it away. He then pulled out another X and sent out his next Pokemon at the same time as Kawaii.
"Go, Shellstomp!" Ryou called, sending out his Torterra.
"Time to battle, Wootsey!" Kawaii called, sending out another Eevee. This one had ruffled fur everywhere and the eyes of a fighter. It also had an Evestone in its mouth.
I'm fighting a big guy now, huh? A cocky male voice asked. This'll be fun!
Are you sure you wish to send me out to fight this one? A calm woman's voice asked.
Ryou assumed this was his Torterra and nodded.
"Wootsey, use shadow claw!"
The Eevee's claws glowed a sinister purple color as it rushed towards Ryou's Torterra, and it slashed Shellstomp right across its face. It merely yawned in response to the minor bruising, putting a slightly frigtened look on Rootsey's(4) face.
"Shellstomp, use leaf storm!"
Okay.
Ryou's Torterra shook its body, causing a lot of the leaves on the tree on its back to fall, and they all flew at the Eevee like a bunch of leaf-shaped ninja stars. Rootsey freaked at the sight of this attack and tried to dodge it frantically, but failed miserably in doing so and was hit so hard its eyes started spinning.
"Rootsey is unable to battle! Shellstomp wins!" Shinju declared.
Kawaii called Rootsey back while pouting.
"Dat was mean! Attacking widout even giving Wootsey a chance to attack. Oh well. Dis next one's my last one, okay? Go, Lootsey!"
This Eevee also had an Everstone in its mouth, and its fur and eyes were normal for an Eevee.
"Lootsey! Use dig!"
The Eevee dug underground, and Shellstomp merely yawned.
"Shellstomp, use earthquake!"
Shellstomp yawned once more and stomped on the ground harshly. The surface below them started shaking violently, and it was starting to crack where Shellstomp's feet were pounding. Once the crack got big enough, Lootsey was visible.
"Shellstomp, use leaf storm once more!"
The Torterra shook once more, causing more leaves to be shed from its tree, and they flew right at Lootsey. They struck hard, sending the Eevee out of the crack and into the air, and when it landed on solid ground, its eyes were swirling.
"Lootsey is unable to battle! The one-on-one victory goes to Ryou!" Shinju declared.
Ryou jumped for joy, grinning widley and cheering to himself as he called back his Torterra. Kawaii called back her Eevee while pouting.
"You awe a meanie!" She said angrily. "I'm going to kick yow butt tomowwow in ow double battle!"
She pouted and went through another door, matching the one that took Ryou to this arena.
"Double battle?" Ryou asked.
"Didn't I tell you? The day after you beat a grand one in a one-on-one battle, you have to beat that same Grand one in a double battle. Otherwise, you won't get the proof you need to move on to the next Grand one!"
Ryou laughed nervously. "I guess I forgot..."
Shinju pulled an anime fall.
(1)-kun—This is pretty much a Japanese suffix added to the end of a name to be polite. Kun is for boys, mainly around high school age.
(2)Baka—The Japanese word meaning stupid, idiot, anything that could mean "not smart", I believe.
(3)Kawaii--Kawaii means cute or adorable in Japanese. , -chan--Another Japanese suffix. This one is used towards friends, pets, loved ones, you get the point.
(4)If Rootsey confused you for a second, don't worry. Remember how Kawaii has trouble with her r's? Wootsey is just an example of this.
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