Edric sprinted through the forest, Chimchar trailing behind him. He pushed his way through bushes of leaves. He burst out of the clearing to a sharp pushing into his stomach. Treecko bounced out and landed on the ground firmly. Edric fell to the floor.
"Baby! I'm so sorry!" Ethan rushed over to him and dropped to his knees. He ran his hand over Edric's stomach. It was swelling rapidly. He pulled Edric's shirt up, and grimaced at the site of the boy's purple abdomen.
"It's alright Ethan, I'm fine." Edric scrambled up to his feet, but fell back on his knees. Ethan signaled Treecko to come over to Edric. It was like Treecko and Ethan were talking with their eyes about what to do. Treecko put his two-fingered paw on Edric's shoulder. It stretched it's curled tail out towards the sun and initiated a deep concentration. Chimchar stood there and gazed at Treecko as he was doing this. Treecko began to glow a high yellow. First, a stardust resembling substance floated from the sky, and floated towards Treecko's body. The high yellow glow seemed to glow to even a brighter color, and it spread from Treecko's tail, to its red abdomen, to It's arms. It shot down Treecko's arm and onto Edric's shoulder. The glow spread around Edric's body as well. It seemed to envelop him, and make him more live. The glow throbbed for a second, then faded. Treecko's tail scrunched back up into it's usual position, and it took it's hand from Edric's shoulder. Ethan extended his hand over to Edric's shirt again, and lifted it up slowly. The purple swell was gone, and Edric's stomach had returned to It's usual tan tightness. Edric looked down in surprise, and then look back up at Ethan.
"Was that Synthesis?" Edric said getting up from his feet, and wiping himself off.
"…And Quick Attack" Ethan said getting up as well. "He had just now learned Quick Attack and it kinda tired him out. So he found a patch in the sun and just sat there, until he started glowing." He lifted Edric's shirt up again, and caressed his stomach. "Are you sure you're okay Ed. I'm really sorry and I just got kinda excited about Treecko learning two new moves in ten minutes. And I…" Ethan's jabbering mouth was met by a pair of lips. Arms stretched around his sides and he was pulled into a deep embrace. They kissed passionately for a while, hands exploring everywhere, until they stopped. Ethan broke the kiss first.
"Where are the dishes?" He said, a smirk on his face.
"Oh! Speaking of dishes…" Edric snaked his right arm from around Ethan's waist and reached into his back pocket. He pulled out a small Pokemon, which he enlarged in his hand. He pecked Ethan on the lips one more time, before removing his other arm from around Ethan. He pressed the top of the Pokeball down and released the Pokemon. Shinx sat there, his head slightly turned and a smile on his face.
"Oh my god! It's so cute!" Ethan said bending down on his knees again. Shinx jumped into Ethan's lap. Etahn scratched behind the Pokemon's ears and rubbed it's back with both hands. Shinx let out a soft purr and melted into Ethan's lap. Edric, smiling at the sight, noticed Treecko and Chimchar, who had been playfully wrestling with each other near the Picnic table. He heard a weird sound, and then rushed over to his bag. He reached in the front pocket where his badge case was and pulled his Droid Razr out. He slid his finger across the screen and put the phone to his ear.
"Hello?… Who is this? …Hi Mom!… No not yet, were on our way though. We've got about two more hours until Jubilife City… Oh really? That's great!… No, tell her to go shopping or something, well be their in a few hours. Okay, Bye."
Edric reached in his bag once again and pulled out another Pokeball.
"Chimchar, Return." Chimchar got pulled back into the Pokeball by a red beam. Edric reduced it and put it in his back pocket. He also took the other Pokeball out and returned Shinx. He held his phone up and showed him the time. It was 12:41 pm.
"We need to be in Jubilife City by 4:00 to meet up with Emily. Now, I suggest you plug your head phones in your Ipod and get on your bike." Edric said, putting the mahogany jewelry box back in his bag. He picked it up and strapped it over his head and around his shoulder. He pulled his sunglasses from his pant pocket and put them on while Ethan put Treecko back in his Pokeball and undid the DuraBag.
They were soon off on the road again, and pedaling in the open sunlight. They had stopped a few times for bathroom breaks and inspecting Pokemon. Ethan finally caught his first Pokemon. It had jumped out in front of his bike, and he skidded to a stop. He got off his bike and pulled a Pokeball quickly from his back pocket. Soon enough, Treecko came sprawling out of the Pokeball and facing the Pokemon. Ethan's PokeTech beeped and scouted information on the Pokemon ahead. It was a Buneary, and a long way from it's home. Treecko subdued it almost immediately and proved that the training Ethan was giving him was doing for him. After catching the Pokemon, they set off again. They stopped again at a Pokemon center and after healing their Pokemon, they had about 30 minutes left of riding until they reached a fork in the path. They were marked by signs, and one sign lead to a cave, while the other lead directly to Jubilife City. After another two minutes. They were roaming the streets of Jubilife City. There were huge buildings lining the streets, and lights everywhere. It was certainly a magnificent city. Townspeople buzzed and shot around, and cars rid up and down the roads. They came to a halt at a smaller building in the town. It was labeled at the sign "Pokemon Trainer School".
"That's where she wants to meet us." Edric said, pulling Ethan into the front lawn. Inside, there were trainers everywhere, taking down notes and looking through books about certain Pokemon. They looked around the room and the adjoined, and didn't see the girl anywhere. They looked corner around corner, until they spotted a door leading to what seemed like a playground. They went through that door too, and before them stood three adjoining battlefields and a group of people. They stared at the giant mass of people on the bleachers, taking their seats to watch something. There must have been some type of event going on.
"Eddy!" Edric heard a voice scream, he was suddenly tackled in the stomach by a small girl.
"Emily!" What's up!" Edric exclaimed, regaining his footing.
"Hurry!, Sign-ups are about to close!" She said, she let go of Edric and gave Ethan a hug as well.
"Hi Ethan, have you been taking care of him?"
Ethan had a dumb look upon his face, and she just shrugged him off. She suddenly had an outburst and grabbed the both of their hands. They were pulled away from the crowd of people scrambling into the bleachers and towards the corner of the Stadium, where two tables were. She talked to the people behind the tables before turning around and asking for their PokeTech devices. Ethan and Edric quickly unlatched the straps on their forearms and handed them to Emily, who passed them to the men at the desk. The men then turned to a machine behind them and slid them into a slit in the side. The machine made a weird sound and spit the PokeTechs back out. The two men gave the PokeTechs back to Ethan and Edric and they strapped it back around their arms. They sat there in confusion and Emily signaled for them to follow her. She lead them with another group of people to a room behind the bleachers. It was a wide room, with multiple televisions streaming from the three battlefields. Edric finally got Emily's attention when they settled down in the room.
"Emily, what did you just now do?" Edric asked.
"Oh, I signed you guys of for the Trainer School Championship!"
Author's Note: Hi guys!, so I've been working on this story everyday for as much as I can and have kept a steady pace of uploading two chapters per day. I've just been working hard and not taking breaks, so I was wondering if anyone would maybe like to co-write this with me. Maybe we could take point of views or maybe even combine just a regular narrator spot. If you want to apply to co-write this story with me all I ask is that you just write another chapter off of this one to give me a feel of your style. I'll pick the one I see most suitable. If you want to apply, you can just review this story with the link to your version of chapter 8 and I'll consider it. Thanks!
