Ok, here comes Chapter 7! Another long one! The second round, the semi-finals and the finals are dead-ahead! Here we gooooo!
Kitsune was rubbing her Chimchar's back and giving it pokeblock as Ryuu approached her tent.
"Can I come in?" He asked. Kitsune giggled to herself.
"Sure." She said. Ryuu walked in and Kitsune pulled her sleeping bag to cover herself. Then, she screamed as loud as she could.
"EEK! HELP! SOMEONE! RYUU IS TRYING TO SNEAK A PEEP AT ME! HELP!" She screamed. Ryuu gasped and covered his eyes, running out. He tripped and fell on his back. He opened his eyes to see everyone except Shuu, Shinji, Harley and Team Rocket standing in front of him.
"Get him!" yelled Satoshi. Everyone tackled Ryuu. He cried out. Kitsune stuck her head out of the tent in time to see them throw him aside, into the forest. Satoshi noticed Kitsune first. "Hey Kitsune, are you okay?" She nodded and giggled.
"You know, he wasn't actually sneaking a peek. I told him he could come in. I just wanted to tease him." Said Kitsune. "Where is he, anyway?" Satoshi motioned at the forest.
"You threw him in the forest?!"
"Well, what else were we supposed to do about a peeping tom?" asked Satoshi. Kitsune slapped her face.
"You idiots!" said Shinji and Kitsune at the same time, as Shinji entered the scene. "Don't you know every dangerous forest pokemon comes out at night? Especially Ursaring." said Shinji and Kitsune, though Shinji was noticeably calmer than Kitsune. Everyone gasped and looked back at the forest. Kitsune ran out and into the forest.
"I'll get him back. Next time, try to figure out whether or not I was kidding before you go and beat someone up…!" She said, disappearing in the forest. Satoshi was frozen. Kasumi came up behind him.
"I-di-ot!" She smacked him to the ground with her mallet. Haruka leaned over.
"You need to get me one of those."
"Ryuu! Ryuu!" Kitsune called out Ryuu's name in the dark forest. Finally, she heard a call. She ran towards the source to see a battered and bruised Ryuu in front of a fully-grown Ursaring. He turned to see her.
"No, Kitsune!" The Ursaring turned to see Kitsune as well, and it roared at her with powerful force, sending her flying back into a tree. Suddenly, she remembered the three bird pokemon. She remembered how Ryuu had saved her. She shook herself and looked up to see Ryuu facing her, still in front of the Ursaring. Then, the Ursaring roared once again, slashing Ryuu in the arm. Ryuu cried out in pain. Kitsune gasped as she saw Ryuu fall onto the ground, clutching his arm. She felt around for her poke ball, and realized she had none. She mentally slapped herself for leaving it at the tent. She looked at Ryuu, and at the Ursaring. It had its foot above the now unconscious boy's head. Kitsune ran forward, jumping up over Ryuu and grabbing onto the Ursaring's head. The Ursaring thrashed about, trying to throw her off. She jumped off its face, much like her Chimchar did when she battled Turtwig. She landed in front of Ryuu and took out her pocketknife. She slashed it around, while running towards the pokemon. Finally, the pokemon ran off. Kitsune sighed in relief. She heard a groan coming from behind her.
"Ryuu!" she said, turning around. His arm was bleeding, and he had three slashes all next to each other on his left arm. "I'm so sorry! We have to get you back to camp." She grabbed Ryuu's right arm and put her left arm around his back, making him walk. He seemed pretty weak.
"You know, I can probably walk. I don't need your help. Its your fault this happened." He said. Kitsune huffed, then dropped him. He landed on his arm and screamed. "Idiot!" She smiled and walked away. She figured he would call her back, though she kept walking and no one answered. She turned around to see Ryuu unconscious on the ground.
'No wonder. Well, I better take him back.'
"Kitsune! Whoa, what happened to Ryuu?" asked Kasumi. Kitsune threw Ryuu on the ground and heard him grunt.
"Good, you're awake. He just got into trouble with an Ursaring and I had to go and save him." She said. Then she frowned, turning to the now asleep Ryuu. "Actually, its my fault. He wasn't really peeping, I was just making a joke. I didn't think you all would beat him up." Kitsune turned around to see Takeshi inspecting Ryuu's arm. He was sitting upright.
"Now he's awake." Said Kasumi. Takeshi stood up. "Well?"
"He'll be fine. I'll need to put some bandages over it." Said Takeshi. Ryuu mumbled something. "What?"
"I said, 'Great. I hope you know I'm left handed.'" He said. Kitsune and Kasumi winced.
"Apologize to him." Kasumi whispered in Kitsune's ear. Kitsune objected.
"No!"
"Do it, now." Kasumi walked away, talking to Takeshi about the day's tournament. Kitsune approached Ryuu. She mumbled something. Ryuu gave her a confused look.
"What? What did you say?" he asked.
"I said I'm sorry." She repeated, louder. Ryuu blushed.
"Uh… It's ok…" They both stared at the ground. "Uh… It's going to be kind of hard to battle like this." Kitsune looked up.
"Well… I could teach you how to be ambidextrous." Said Kitsune. Ryuu raised his eyebrow.
"Right. I take it you're right handed?" he asked.
"Well, right handed people are more common then left handed people!" yelled Kitsune.
"Well, out of all people you happen to be traveling with someone who's left handed, so the odds aren't that slim!" he yelled back to her. Kasumi watched the two argue. She shook her head.
"Ah, young love. Almost reminds me of-"
"Hey Kasumi, what are you doing?" asked Satoshi, the very person she was thinking about.
"Satoshi! Nothing, just getting ready for the tournament. I want to be ready for the big battle." She said. Satoshi grinned.
"Yup! I can't wait to see who will win!"
Takeshi stood at the side of the field, holding the flags. He stated the same rules. Shinji and Hikari listened carefully to the rules, as did Kitsune and Ryuu. Ryuu had his arm covered in bandages.
"Release your pokemon!" he yelled.
"Go, my friend! Chimchar!" Kitsune yelled, releasing her pokemon. Ryuu switched hands and put his poke ball in his right hand.
"Turtwig! Come on out- Augh!" He threw his poke ball, but slipped, sending his poke ball in Kitsune's face. "Sorry! Okay, for real this time! Turtwig, go!" He released his pokemon as well.
"Weavile, stand by for battle." Shinji threw his poke ball up. A purple pokemon with three sharp claws on each hand appeared. It had a red fan-like head, and had red ears, a red ring around its neck and two red tails. It had a yellow gem in the middle of its forehead.
"Weavile, the Sharp Claw pokemon. Weavile is the evolved form of Sneasel. They live in cold regions, forming groups of four or five that hunt prey with impressive coordination. It sends signals to others by carving odd patterns in frost-covered trees and ice." Said the pokedex, having been recharged.
"Piplup, spotlight!" Hikari span around and released her pokemon. It was a blue penguin pokemon. It was different colors of blue and had two white spots on its chest.
"Piplup, the Penguin pokemon. Piplup is the pre-evolved form of Prinplup. Because it is very proud, it hates accepting food from people. Its thick down guards it from cold. It lives along shores in northern countries. A skilled swimmer, it dives for over ten minutes to hunt." Said the pokedex.
"That's the other starter pokemon!" said Kitsune. Ryuu turned to her.
"Will you stop admiring and start attacking?" he scolded. Takeshi brought down the flags.
"Begin!" yelled Takeshi.
"Piplup, Whirlpool!" commanded Hikari. The pokemon made a large pool of swirling water appear over its head.
"Turtwig, throw Piplup with Vine Whip!" yelled Ryuu. The pokemon's vines appeared and it picked up the penguin pokemon and threw it. The pokemon threw the whirlpool in mid-air.
"Turtwig, Razor Leaf!" commanded Ryuu. "Hit the water in front of you!" The pokemon obeyed.
"Chimchar, Flamethrower at the spot where the water will hit you!" yelled Kitsune.
"What are they doing?" asked Hikari. Shinji remembered in the tournament where he was partnered with Satoshi, and Pikachu used Thunderbolt at the water to weaken it before it hit the pokemon.
"They are weakening the water before it hits them to make less impact." Replied Shinji. Hikari looked back at the pokemon. "Weavile, use Blizzard on the water!" The pokemon froze the whirlpool and it hit Turtwig and Chimchar dead-on. The whirlpool tipped over and trapped the pokemon in the curve on the top.
"Turtwig, can you hear me?" screamed Ryuu.
"Chimchar! Use Flamethrower!" yelled Kitsune. She could barely see through the frozen ice to see her pokemon turning red. "Chimchar?" The pokemon was now burning red and blasted fire from its mouth, making a hole in the ice. Chimchar jumped out of it, carrying Turtwig.
"What was that?" asked Kitsune. Ryuu shook his head, indicating he didn't know.
"That was Overheat!" said Takeshi. "How did you get your pokemon so strong? Didn't you just get it?" Then, suddenly, Shinji realized something.
"That's it! That's my old Chimchar!" said Shinji. Hikari looked at him.
"What?! I thought Satoshi had your Chimchar!" she said. Shinji shook his head.
"When I first started my journey, I chose Chimchar. I trained it all the way until it was pretty high level, and then for some reason he didn't evolve. He knew every move I could teach him, but he couldn't evolve. So I took him back to Professor Nanakamado, and exchanged it for Turtwig who I trained. He quickly evolved into Grotle and then Torterra." Explained Shinji. "Much later, I found the other Chimchar, and I realized he was much stronger. I caught that one. That's the one your loser friend over there has."
"Why wouldn't Chimchar evolve?" asked Kitsune. Shinji shook his head.
"I don't know. What is odd though, is it already knew Overheat and Blast Burn. I guess I left it there so long it forgot those moves." Said Shinji. Kitsune looked at Chimchar. The Chimchar studied Shinji. It ran up to him. It turned to face Kitsune.
"Chim- char! Chimchar, char!" said Chimchar. Kitsune tilted her head to one side. Nyarth came up to Chimchar.
"He's sayin' that dis trainer was his older trainer, and dat he treated him like doit. He's sayin' dat you needs a coiton amount of friendship with a trainer in oidah to evolve." Said Nyarth. Kitsune tilted her head again. Nyarth sighed. "'Scuse me if my accent isn't to your likin'." Ryuu sighed.
"He said, 'He's saying that this trainer was his older trainer, and that he treated him like dirt. He's saying that you need a certain amount of friendship with your trainer in order to evolve.'" Explained Ryuu. Kitsune nodded. "I can't believe you need a translator for your translator." Kitsune punched Ryuu in the head, pushing him into the ground.
"Quick, now's our chance! Piplup, Bubblebeam!" Piplup shot bubbles from its mouth. They hit Chimchar.
"Chimchar, dodge them!" Chimchar quickly dodged after getting hit by many bubbles.
"Weavile, Ice Beam." Said Shinji. The beam of freezing ice froze Chimchar and then went past, freezing the bubbles.
"Turtwig, use Vine Whip to send the bubbles back!" Ryuu yelled. The pokemon used its vines to hit the bubbles back, hitting both Weavile and Piplup.
"Chimchar, use Ember to get out of there!" The pokemon started heating up and the ice shattered, sending bits of fire and ice flying and hitting Weavile and Piplup.
"Weavile, ExtremeSpeed!"
"ExtremeSpeed?!" yelled Takeshi. "Weavile can learn ExtremeSpeed?" The Weavile shot forward and hit Chimchar with amazing force, sending it flying back, hitting Turtwig.
"Piplup, use Peck!" The pokemon shot forward and started hitting Turtwig on the head.
"Turtwig! Sunny Day!" The pokemon's leaves began glowing and the clouds moved, revealing the sun and it brightened. Once again, Chimchar's tail blasted out.
"Flame Wheel, Chimchar!" the pokemon shot fire out of its mouth and spun around, making a circle of fire. It sped forward and hit Piplup. The Piplup flew back but landed on its feet next to Weavile.
"Turtwig! Solarbeam!" yelled Ryuu.
"Chimchar! Overheat!" commanded Kitsune. Hikari gasped.
"Piplup! Bubblebeam!" Hikari commanded frantically. But instead, the pokemon shot water from its mouth. "That's Water Gun!" Hikari smiled.
"Weavile! Blizzard! Now!" The pokemon shot freezing snow from its mouth. Then, all four attacks collided with each other, sending smoke across the field. The smoke cleared to reveal Weavile and Piplup fainted.
"Weavile and Piplup are unable to battle! Turtwig and Chimchar are once again the winners!" said Takeshi. The two pokemon sighed in relief and then fell to the ground, fainted. Both Kitsune and Ryuu returned their pokemon.
"Its okay, Piplup. You were great." Said Hikari, holding her pokemon and then returning it. Shinji didn't say anything to his pokemon, but returned it. "Hey Shinji. That was a great battle. I know we didn't win, but… You're a good partner and battler."
"I let them win. It won't happen again." Said Shinji. Walking away, he realized he didn't fool Hikari. "Yeah, whatever. It was a good battle." He walked away without looking back. Hikari smiled after him, knowing how he really felt. He sat down on the grass. Hikari went over and sat next to him. Shinji didn't bother moving or telling her to move. He just watched the next battle. Takeshi approached the side of the battlefield.
"Since Turtwig and Chimchar are tired from their battle, we shall take a one hour intermission."
"Chimchar! Dodge it!" commanded Kitsune, but it was too slow. The pokemon was hit directly in the chest. It was sent flying backwards.
"Good job, Glaceon!" said Haruka. Shuu quickly commanded his pokemon before Chimchar could get up.
"Absol, Razor Wind!" He yelled. His pokemon lunged at Chimchar and swung around its head, sending a blast of wind at Chimchar, sending it flying at Turtwig.
"Turtwig! Synthesis!" Yelled Ryuu frantically. Kitsune and Ryuu were quickly losing the battle. It had started out rough. Glaceon and Absol were unharmed, and Turtwig and Chimchar were almost completely out of energy.
"Glaceon, Ice Beam!" The pokemon froze Turtwig, but Turtwig was already fully healed.
"Turtwig, use Solarbeam to get out of there!" The pokemon slowly charged up his powerful attack, still frozen.
"Chimchar, Overheat!" yelled Kitsune. The pokemon turned red and basted fire from its mouth, finally hitting Glaceon directly. Turtwig then shot its Solarbeam, sending ice everywhere. Kitsune suddenly got an idea.
"That's it! Chimchar, use Scratch to send those ice shards at Absol!" Chimchar jumped up and slashed the ice. The shards went flying towards Absol and hit it directly.
"Absol, Flash!" yelled Shuu.
"Turtwig! Use Sunny Day!" The pokemon slowly waited as its leaves lit up, making the clouds part and the sun shine brightly. Kitsune and Ryuu covered their eyes.
"Ryuu! Why did you use Sunny Day? It just made Flash brighter!" asked Kitsune.
"I used Flash for cover. Sunny Day takes a long time when a pokemon is tired!" explained Ryuu. Kitsune nodded. Chimchar's tail blasted out yet again.
"Absol, Razor Wind again!" yelled Shuu. Kitsune then got another idea.
"Chimchar, use Overheat on the Razor Wind!" the pokemon shot fire, only to have it blown back at it.
"Kitsune, tell Chimchar to dodge its fire!" yelled Ryuu. Kitsune stood watching as the fire advanced on Chimchar. Then, the fire engulfed Chimchar completely. The fire cleared to show Chimchar extremely powerful from the fire power up and Sunny Day.
"Turtwig, Solarbeam on Absol!" The turtle pokemon took Absol by surprise and knocked it out.
"Absol!" yelled Shuu.
"Chimchar! Overheat!" screamed Kitsune. The pokemon turned blazing red and shot fire out of its mouth, completely engulfing Absol, Glaceon and everyone else watching. Absol and Glaceon fell to the ground, knocked out. Haruka looked horrified as Shuu stared at his pokemon.
"How- could- a- rookie- trainer- beat- us?!" asked Haruka, too stunned to speak in complete sentences. Shuu shook his head, mouth still open slightly. Kitsune happily twirled around. Ryuu was slightly stunned, but quickly recovered and returned his pokemon. Kitsune followed suit, along with Haruka and Shuu.
"That was a great battle! I can't believe you won." Said Haruka, rubbing the back of her head.
"I haven't been that challenged in a while. You know, having Haruka as your rival, you don't get much of a chance to get challenged." Said Shuu, smirking. Haruka growled.
"I could be you any day, crybaby!" said Haruka.
"Crybaby? May I remind you that you cried too?" said Shuu. Haruka roared. Kitsune was confused.
"They're teasing each other about how on their first losses they cried." explained Kasumi in Kitsune's ear.
"One day I will beat your stuck up green nose into the dust!!" she screamed. Kitsune laughed.
"I hope I'll live to see that day. Oh wait- I won't." said Shuu. Haruka roared and finally tackled him to the ground. He was surprised at first. "Hey! Get off me!" Haruka easily beat him, as she was much taller. She stood up with her foot on Shuu's chest. He smirked and laughed.
"What's so funny?" asked Haruka. Shuu grabbed her foot and pulled it out from under her. She landed on top of him, her face right on top of his. They both blushed. Kitsune giggled. Haruka quickly got off of Shuu and helped pull him up. Shuu walked off as if nothing had happened, throwing Haruka a red rose. She caught it with ease. She blushed again. Ryuu and Kitsune smiled to each other. Takeshi, finally getting up, said:
"Absol and Glaceon are unable to battle, Turtwig and Chimchar win again…" he said, still dizzy. "The next battle will be the final between Kitsune and Ryuu." He said, shaking his head. He turned to Kitsune.
"When would you like this battle to start?" asked Takeshi. Kitsune and Ryuu looked at each other and nodded.
"Now."
"Will Kitsune and Ryuu release your pokemon, please!" said Takeshi, more commanding it then asking it.
"Chimchar, my good friend! Come on out!" Kitsune threw her poke ball in the air, and a fully healed and well-rested Chimchar appeared.
"You too, Turtwig!" yelled Ryuu. Turtwig appeared, equally ready for the battle.
"Let the battle begin!"
"Turtwig, Sunny Day!" commanded Ryuu. Kitsune chuckled to herself.
"Bad move. Chimchar, Flamethrower!" she yelled. The pokemon shot fire out of its mouth at Turtwig, burning the pokemon. Then the pokemon finished using Sunny Day. Chimchar grew even more powerful from Sunny Day.
"Turtwig! Solarbeam!" The pokemon charged up Solarbeam and quickly fired it.
"Chimchar, dodge it!" commanded Kitsune. The pokemon jumped up in the air. "Flamethrower!" The pokemon shot Flamethrower at Turtwig. Ryuu grinned.
"I knew you would do that. Dodge and jump up!" The pokemon swiftly jumped sideways, doing a flip. Then it jumped up. "Solarbeam!" The pokemon shot Solarbeam in Chimchar's face. The pokemon was sent tumbling towards the ground.
"Chimchar! Try to recover!" yelled Kitsune.
"Turtwig! Use Quick Attack!" Turtwig, still in midair, shot forward and hit Chimchar, jumping off it before it hit the ground. The pokemon hit the ground with tremendous force. The dust cleared to reveal Chimchar, not moving on the ground.
"Chimchar is- huh?" Takeshi said. Chimchar had begun glowing white. Its shape began to change until it was a completely different pokemon. It stood up and faced Turtwig.
"Monferno!" It said.
"Chimchar evolved!" said Masato, completely in awe. "Its now Monferno!" The pokemon had a blue outline over its eyes, and was much bigger. It had an actual tail that was very long, with a tall fire on the end. Kitsune took out her pokedex.
"Monferno, the Playful pokemon. Monferno is the evolved form of Chimchar and the pre-evolved form of Infernape. To intimidate attackers, it stretches the fire on its tail to make itself appear bigger. It uses ceilings and walls to launch aerial attacks. Its fiery tail is but one weapon." Said the pokedex. Kitsune smiled as she put he pokedex away.
"Yes! Monferno, Overheat!" she said. The pokemon shot fire out of its mouth at Turtwig. The pokemon barely dodged, still shocked. It shook it off.
"Turtwig! Vine Whip!" Turtwig used its vines to try and grab Monferno, but it was too fast.
"Monferno, keep dodging!" Kitsune said happily. Ryuu watched as the pokemon playfully skipped around.
"Turtwig! Razor Leaf!" said Ryuu.
"Why? What's the point? Your attack can't hit my Monferno!" said Kitsune tauntingly. Turtwig shot leaves above Monferno, who was jumping in the air. "Dodge!" The pokemon ducked down, and did a flip, landing right in Turtwig's vines. The Turtwig reeled Monferno in.
"Solarbeam!" said Ryuu. Turtwig charged up Solarbeam and blasted it in Monferno's face, sending it flying backwards, scraping the ground.
"Monferno is unable to battle! Turtwig is the winner! The victory goes to Ryuu!" said Takeshi, handing Ryuu the egg and the Azure Flute. Kitsune returned her pokemon and sat on her knees. She got up and ran away, tears forming in her eyes. Ryuu took the prizes. Kasumi looked at Ryuu.
"Huh? Ryuu? Why aren't you smiling? Aren't you happy?" she asked. Ryuu quickly shook his head and smiled, nodding. He looked in the direction Kitsune ran off in.
It was sunset. Hours had passed since the end of the tournament. Ryuu was looking around for Kitsune. He saw her lying on the ground away from the rest of the group. He walked over to her, carrying the Azure Flute and the egg.
"Uh… Kitsune?" he asked. Kitsune ignored him. "Kitsune, I want to talk to you." Kitsune turned around. Her eyes were red and swollen. She had been crying. Ryuu stared at her until she spoke.
"Well? What?" she said harshly. Ryuu ignored her tone.
"I… Want you to have these back. They aren't mine, and… Well… I think you deserve them more than I do." He said. Kitsune blinked and rubbed her eyes.
"R-really?" she asked. He nodded, handing her the flute and the egg. Kitsune set them aside and reached up to hug Ryuu, He blushed, frozen to the spot. She pulled away and kissed him on the cheek. He blushed even more, and Kitsune was smiling. She gave him another hug. "Thank you so much Ryuu. You are the only one here who cares about my feelings." She said. Ryuu was still frozen, not exactly sure what was happening. Ryuu looked behind Kitsune to see the egg glowing.
"Kitsune! Kitsune!" Ryuu shook her. She turned away to see the egg glowing even brighter. Then, the egg cracked. A hole appeared, and a claw came out of it. Kitsune smiled and laughed. Then, a pokemon burst out of it. It had the same design as the egg. It was blue and had a gray part over its head that went halfway down its back. It had a yellow stomach and its bottom jaw was yellow. Kitsune took out her pokedex.
"Bagon, the Rock Head pokemon. Bagon is the pre-evolved form of Shelgon. Dreaming of one day flying, it practices by leaping off cliffs every day." Said the pokedex. Kitsune smiled as it leaped into her arms.
"A Bagon, huh?" said Ryuu. He looked at Kitsune, and he blushed again. Kitsune sighed.
"You know, you don't have to be nervous about everything." She said. She turned around and put her lips to Ryuu's nose. He was extremely nervous, but something about Kitsune made him calmer. Suddenly, Bagon crashed into Ryuu, sending him flying backwards. The Bagon looked at Ryuu threateningly. Kitsune gasped.
"Ryuu! Bagon!" she said, scolding the pokemon. It ignored her and quickly ran up to catch up to Ryuu. Ryuu stood up and ran towards a waterfall, only to stop. He was standing in front of a cliff, under it was a cold waterfall. Ryuu turned around. He waved his hands in front of him.
"Its okay, Bagon! I wasn't hurting Kitsune! In fact, she was the one who kissed me!" he said. The Bagon's head began to glow blue. "Oh, dang it… Why does this pokemon know Zen Headbutt?" Ryuu looked at the charging Bagon.
"Better yet- Why me?!"
The end of Chapter 7! Ooh! Shipping! XD Anyway, I always like making Ryuu the nice one in he end, and then having him somehow hurt. I like getting people beat up. XD Thank you for reading!