Hello! So there is one thing that makes my fanfic unique. Well, two actually, I'll add the second thing invented by myself in the next volume.
To make things easier to write, there will be point of views (P.O.V.) from characters, so don't complain about my grammar: I have no idea when should I use present tense and past tense.
P.S. This is the one of the two most violent volumes of the whole PS2G Ch.1. It won't get any more further than this, as I want to keep the story at rating K.
P.P.S. Something shippy is going on... (one-sided, for now...)
- Round 8: From Another Perspective -
- Magenta's P.O.V. -
It's 11:30 pm. It's not late at all, but I'm going to sleep now. Normally I'll sleep much more later, because most of the times I'd have to work for Boss until at least 2 am. I clumsily got onto bed, closed my eyes... Just to find out that insomnia is haunting me. Memories of today just won't stop making a slide show presentation in my brain and in front of my eyes...
- Flashback-
I was at Mt. Moon training Sandslash. I had just captured it not long ago. I stopped the training when I saw two familiar figures.
It was those two again. I knew that I would be able to learn a lot from them about battling, since I lost to them due to an ingenious trick. I'd have to train a lot harder to help Boss with his wish. More importantly though, was to fulfill my own wish.
By luck I saw the family picture on the wallet of the handsome boy with blond-brown hair. They might be the ones Boss is trying to find!
I was at least 15 metres above them. I could confirm what I see due to my very sharp eyesight. I could also hear the boy with dark-brown hair speaking softly about the other boy wanting to catch Onix. I knew that the speaking boy is called Cyan, since the other boy mentioned his name a couple of times. However, the blond-brown hair boy... I don't know. I could only recall that Cyan mentioned his name only once, which was when I was riding on my Pidgeotto which used Fly.
I'm not up to it at all, but the next thing I would have to do was what a grunt of the Junior Rocket Squad would do: steal. I tied up an Escape Rope with a Quick Claw held by Sandslash. Five seconds later a hook made for stealing is formed. I then hooked up the picture and pulled it up in a blink of an eye, without them noticing. I don't know why I have such a smooth hand gesture, either.
When I took the picture from the claw to my hand, I stared at it for quite a long time, lost in my thoughts. I was kidnapped by my boss, at such a young age that I don't know who my parents were, whether I have siblings... I don't even know where I was born, in Kanto or at anywhere else?
My Enviometer was beeping loudly. It indicated that someone nearby was feeling envious. I took it out, and the antenna pointed towards me. Everyone knew how an orphan would feel when he or she sees other people having a complete family, but not many people would experience it; I'm one of the unlucky few. To practically everyone, families are taken for granted. To me, however, a family is still an imagination, a fantasy, a...a legendary tale.
I snapped out of my thoughts because of my fear. My boss also has an Enviometer, so do every other member in the Junior Rocket Squad. I didn't want to get controlled by boss' Pokémon because of my enviness. The results are horrifying... I've seen it myself before.
"... Then dodge the attack, and run to our right!"
I am amazed at how the boy used his skills to catch the Onix. If he had half the sharpness of my eyesight, he would be unstoppable.
I went a bit closer to them to see their training. Suddenly, the Pokédexes resonated with each other. It was then the two noticed me. I had no choice but to battle.
During the battle the boy set the battlefield on fire. I sounded as if I was laughing about them, but deep inside I was truly worried. I really wasn't a bad person; at least, I wished I wasn't one. I was going to use Sandslash to extinguish the fire, only to find out that my Sandslash was defeated by yet another of the boy's ingenious tricks.
The tough battle continued, and finally I lost. I then rushed back to the headquarters in Viridian Forest.
"I can't accept this! Train more!"
"Yes, Boss!"
"Don't keep repeating the same thing!" He yelled at me, scowling. "For your punishment, kneel down and face the wall of shame for an hour!"
Even after I knelt down there, he still wasn't satisfied. He gripped on my head, jerked my head frontwards and bumped it right onto the wall. I cried in pain, held onto my forehead, feeling as it was going to crack.
I have just no idea at all why he hates me so much. Day by day he lets me feel that I am more and more useless. In every second of history he lets me feel that I'm unworthy of life.
I could barely suppress my urge to punch him in the face. I knew that I couldn't, if I didn't want to die. He must've known that I couldn't stand anymore longer though, since he started to walk out of the room. He slammed the door, not before saying, "If you don't meet my expectations, you'll never get the chance to meet your own family!"
Tears started to roll down my cheeks. By meeting his expectations it would mean that I'll have to defeat him, which is totally impossible for now.
20 minutes later my legs started to get numb. I straightened my body upwards, though still kneeling, such that I didn't continue to sit on my legs and put additional pressure on them. It didn't help the blood circulation for long, though.
At the 40-minute mark my legs were begging for help. I wanted to cheat by sitting on the ground beside my legs, but I decided not to. The CCTVs were way too high-tech, seeing that it is the year 2026 now.
50 minutes after the punishment started my legs went completely numb. I still held on, thinking that I would have to do the punishment all over again if I failed.
And at last an hour went pass. I was then ordered to do the cleaning of the machine made to fulfill Boss' dream.
At supper I handed the picture to Boss. Normally he would order me to do all the labor work after supper, such as transporting metal ore from the forest to the headquarters by using only a wheelbarrow. However, he told me that my work for today was done when he received the picture. Deep under his breath, I heard him say a somewhat relieving statement.
"She finally has a value..."
- End of flashback -
Seeing that I wasn't going to sleep soon, I sneaked out of bed, taking my Poké Balls with me. I flew to Pewter City and ran towards the gym, stumbling a few times along the way due to the punishment. I want to follow the steps of the two boys, to train and win in the gyms.
It is almost 1 am now. I saw a middle-aged man locking up the door of the gym. I asked whether he was the Gym Leader, and luckily he was. I asked if he can accept one more challenger.
"I can, but... You must face two trainers first, who already went home." The Gym Leader said.
"But... can there be any exceptions?" I asked, hoping to get a chance.
"... Okay. Normally trainers would only have to win 2 of my gym-standard Pokémon. If you win 3 of them I'll give you the badge. Deal?"
"Yes, it's a deal."
I then knocked the Onix and Belrick out using a few Water-type moves by Wartortle. However, my Wartortle was exhausted and fainted when I faced his third Pokémon. I sent out Sandslash, which only landed a single move before getting knocked out by a critical hit. I only have Pidgeotto left. What should I do?
- Round 9: A Point-size Neutron -
- Cyan's P.O.V. -
"NOOO!! My gym!"
"It's not yours, Orange!"
After travelling across Mt. Moon, we arrived at Cerulean City, where the second gym is located. Orange is being a battle maniac again once I mentioned that there was a gym here. I advised him to train more, but he wasn't up to it at all.
It's closed.
I yawned. It is 4 am. We only slept in a basic tent for two hours since we arrived here. The gym opens at 7 am in the morning.
"Standing there won't help you get the badge, right?" I taunted Orange.
"Fine!" Orange gave in. "What should we do now?"
"As I am here, I want to visit my cousin, who is staying at Route 25." I suggested.
"Visiting her won't help me get the badge, right?"
I face-palmed. "Yes it will." Well, I have no idea. I'll just hope that the same thing at the museum happens again.
"Look, think it this way: the longer you stand here the later we'll go to my cousin's home and the later you come back at the gym." 'No, not again!'
"Ugh, Fine! You'll pay if I don't get to see the door of the gym open!"
'And... what's that for, anyway?' I thought.
Orange then followed me (a bit hesitantly) to Route 25. Cousin Basil always wakes up at about 5 am to help her parents with documenting and stuff like that. By far I know that Uncle Bill is away for giving speeches, and Aunt Daisy is helping him as well, so Basil is basically alone. That is the sole reason I want to visit her.
Okay, maybe there is another reason: I miss my bed and my sleeping... Following a battler isn't easy at all.
We went our way across Route 24 when Orange focused himself on training his Pokémon.
"Bugpie, one last shot!"
The wild Bellsprout fainted. Bugpie level upped.
"Looks like I'm done training Bugpie. I hope it can play a bigger role in the forthcoming battles." Orange said.
Suddenly, Bugpie looked as if it was being attacked. It was pushed back by some invisible force.
"A secret ambush?" I asked.
"No, it isn't. We would see the move used." Orange noted.
I used my Pokédex to see if there were any other Pokémon nearby. Sure enough, it detected one. When I registered it into my Pokédex, it showed sequence number FN008. Bugpie then dropped a few inches for some reason that I don't know until I see the stats of the Pokémon.
"Orange, it's a Neucle!" I shouted. "It's one of the smallest Pokémon ever seen!"
"That's no good... No good at all." Orange mumbled in a deep voice. "A Pokémon which is so small that I can't see... I need to think, help me distract it please, Cyan." He pleaded.
For the first time ever in my life Orange asked me for help in a battle. I can barely see the Neucle, which I know that Orange can't. Orange faced many obstacles, turned many tides back to opponents, but the battler in front of me still has his one deadly weakness.
"Roundplant, use Sweet Scent!" Only like a second later, Roundplant was pushed back, quite far away this time. At just about the same time, Bugpie was also attacked. What speed!
"Don't knock it out, I want to catch it." Orange said.
I was stunned. How is he going to catch a Pokémon he can't even see?
Nevertheless, I helped Orange to lower the HP of the Neucle. I believe that Orange could once again make a miracle.
- Orange's P.O.V. -
This is the first time I had to ask for Cyan's help. I had no choice - it is my one and only weakness after all. I want to catch the Neucle, or more precisely, Neucles. They should be a normal type, since they only use Tackle, Pound and Body Slam. I could recognise the moves by the effects on Bugpie and Roundplant. If I can catch them, I will have the smallest and lightest Normal-type Pokémon, to compare with dad who has the biggest and heaviest Normal-type Pokémon, Lax.
Seeing the surroundings, we're at the foot of a hill. The slope of the hill is caved in, compared to the slope on both sides, forming an arc shaped close to a semicircle. Seeing Bugpie, I had an idea.
"I know how."
- Normal P.O.V. -
"Geosnake, go and complete the arc into a circle!"
After a few Rock Tombs, Geosnake lay on the rocks, forming a circle which trapped Neucle. By then Neucle only had a few HP left.
"Go, Poké Ball!"
Cyan knew Orange tried to confine Neucle such that it was easier to catch, but compared to the circle Neucle was still a pea in a football field.
"One more Poké Ball!" Orange threw the second Poké Ball.
The ball also missed, and was nowhere near to Neucle.
"Bugpie, use Gust as many times as you can!"
"NO! WAIT!"
"Cyan, before saying 'no wait', you really should remember that I always use my Pokémon to help me catch other Pokémon, okay?"
Cyan found out that Bugpie wasn't aiming at Neucle, but aiming on the right side of the cliff. The wind followed the wall of the cliff and the circumference of the circle which formed a light tornado.
"Lie down!" Orange shouted in the strong wind such that Cyan could hear,"unless you want to get blown to the centre like the Neucle and the Poké Balls!"
Cyan, who finally understands Orange's plan, followed Orange's order, but said loudly, "But they might be blown up and away!"
"You'll see."
Once the Neucle and the Poké Balls rose to the height near Geosnake, they stopped going up. Soon, one of the Poké Balls made contact with the Neucle, successfully catching it. Well, it looks like one of the Poké Balls made contact.
"Hey, there are two Neucles! I didn't even notice that!" Cyan found out happily.
"I threw two because Bugpie and Roundplant were attacked at almost the same time."
"But how did you know that Neucle wasn't so fast?"
"If they were that fast Bugpie and Roundplant would have fainted in five seconds or so." Orange noted.
"More importantly... How did you know that they won't be blown away?"
"It's a bit harder to explain. You already know that Neucles and Poké Balls would be blown upwards, but what you don't know is that the tornado didn't go above Geosnake. Other than that, since moving air has lower pressure than still air, and the air inside the rock chamber can seep out a bit along the holes between the rocks, without preventing the formation of the tornado, this caused the air above to flow down, pushing the Neucles and Poké Balls down."
"... What? How did you think of physics while catching Pokémon?"
"I'm a battler, you know!" Orange gave a quick smile. "I'll give you one Neucle, since I don't really need two."
"Thanks! Now let me heal them with some Fresh Water..."
"Hey, where did you get that?"
"Oh, come on! You should at least know that you can buy Fresh Water, Lemonade and Soda Pop from vending machines!"
I wonder how is this story going? It's okay for me, but I don't know for others, so feel free to give reviews!
Pokédex entries
FN008: Neucle - Neutron Pokémon -
Type: Normal
Height: 0' 0.1" (0.25 cm)
Weight: 0.06 oz. (1.7 g)
Ability: Run Away
Entry: The smallest and lightest Normal-type Pokémon. However, it's moves and the power of it is entirely comparable with normal sized Normal-type Pokémon.