Author's Note: This was a fun chapter for me to write. I was able to do a good deal of comedy in this one. And it was relatively short, which was kind of refreshing. A lot of the stuff I've been writing lately has been a little long, so it was real nice doing a simple chapter for a change. Anyway, in this little episode a small accident, a huge misunderstanding, and a lot of insane jealousy leads to a very unexpected rivalry.
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon.
Chapter 6: Misty vs. Bianca
After several days of traveling, Ash and the others were finally getting close to Nacrene City. Only a few more hours of walking and they would be in the city by the afternoon. The previous night the group had camped out by a stream that was running along the path to the city. The morning had come and Ash was busy packing up his things. With is bag in order Ash went with Pikachu and Lucario to where Chili was already standing in the middle of the path.
"Ready to go?" Chili asked.
"Yep, just gotta wait for Misty." Ash replied.
"Oh yeah, where is she?" Chili wondered.
"She uh… had to use the bush." Ash explained delicately.
"Oh…" Chili replied. "Well, I guess we'll have to wait a little longer."
"WAIT!" a female voice suddenly called from a distance.
Ash and Chili turned around to see barreling down the path behind them a girl who was running so fast that she seemed to be leaving a dust trail. The girl looked to be about sixteen and had blond hair that ended above her shoulders. She wore a white and orange dress with a long white skirt, and orange stockings with yellow shoes. Slung over her shoulder was a large light-green purse, and atop her head was a light-green beret with a thin white stripe around the middle.
"Wait up, wait up, wait up, WAIT UP!" the girl quickly and repeatedly called as she came at them like a runaway train.
Suddenly the girl tripped over a pebble and began tumbling at them. In a matter of seconds the girl tumbled into Ash, knocking Pikachu off Ash's shoulder and pinning Ash to the ground. When it was over, the girl was on top of Ash, their faces only inches away from each other. The girl began to blush a little as she looked into Ash's eyes. At that moment, Misty returned from the forest.
When Misty saw the girl and Ash in their rather awkward and somewhat suggestive position, an expression of murderous rage came to her face. With her fists balled in anger at her sides, Misty stormed over and kicked girl off of Ash, sending her five feet away into the stream. She then forcefully grabbed Ash by the collar of his shirt and pulled him to his feet.
"Ow! That hurt!" the girl cried as she attempted to get to her feet in the stream.
"Who the hell are you?" Misty angrily demanded as she put her hands on her hips.
"Well that's a nice way to greet someone." The girl said sarcastically as she walked out of the stream and rung the water out of her hat. "But since you asked, my name is Bianca. Um, one of you three is Ash Ketchum, right?"
"I'm Ash." Ash replied as he raised his hand.
"Oh good! Professor Juniper sent me to look for you." Bianca explained as she went up to Ash and pulled an item out of her bag. "She forgot to give you your badge case when you were at her lab." Bianca then held out a small flat blue box with a light-blue stripe and a triangular symbol near the far edge of the lid.
"Oh awesome. Thanks." Ash said as he took the case and placed his Trio Badge inside. He then put the case in his inner vest pocket.
"So Bianca, are you like Professor Juniper's lab assistant?" Chili asked.
"I only help the Professor out sometimes. I'm actually a Pokemon Trainer like you guys." Bianca revealed. "Though I've only just recently started out on my journey."
"Aren't you a little old to be just starting out as a Pokemon Trainer?" Misty pointed out. "I mean you're like what, sixteen?"
"You know Misty, the punk Trip…" Ash began to cut in.
"Shut up!" Misty yelled at Ash.
"Okay." Ash quickly said with a terrified expression on his face. Pikachu and Lucario flinched back as well.
"Well, my daddy wouldn't let me start a journey when I was ten." Bianca admitted with an embarrassed expression as she pushed her two index fingers together. "He said it was too dangerous for me. But he finally gave me permission to go last month."
"Oh great, a daddy's girl." Misty said sarcastically with crossed arms.
"And just what is that supposed to mean?" Bianca asked angrily. "You don't think I have what it takes to be a trainer, do you? Well I'll show you! I'll prove how strong I am with a battle, how 'bout that?"
"Fine by me!" Misty agreed.
"Uh Misty, maybe we…" Ash began to suggest.
"Stay out of this!" Misty shouted at him, causing Pikachu and Lucario to flinch again.
"Okay." Ash quickly replied.
"Wow, that flaming anger looks way too hot to handle." Chili whispered to Ash.
"Chili, do you know what it's like to face a thousand angry Gyarados at once?" Ash whispered back.
"Uh, no?" Chili replied.
"Well it's nowhere near as bad as facing Misty when she's this mad." Ash told him.
"Hey, Chili!" Misty angrily called, causing Chili to flinch. "Come over here and judge our battle!"
"Uh, okay." Chili replied with a somewhat terrified expression as he went over while Misty and Bianca took their positions.
"Bianca, how many Pokemon do you have?" Misty asked.
"Two." Bianca answered.
"Okay, then we'll do this two-on-two." Misty decided.
"Fine by me." Bianca agreed.
"You hear that Chili?" Misty asked almost shouting, causing Chili to flinch again.
"Two-on-two, okay." Chili understood. "Uh, let the battle… begin!"
"Go Minccino!" Bianca called as she threw out a Pokeball.
Emerging from the thrown ball was a somewhat large fury grey chinchilla-like creature with large dark-brown eyes and very large ears on the sides of its head. Its ears were dark-pink on the inside and had white tips on the top. The rodent also had a long bushy tail with a white tip. Ash got out his Pokedex to find out more about the Pokemon.
"Minccino, the Chinchilla Pokemon." The Pokedex identified. "Minccino prefer everything to be neat and tidy and often clean things using their tails."
"Wow, that's a pretty cute Pokemon." Ash commented.
"You really think so?" Bianca asked him. "I caught it because I have a thing for cute Pokemon." Misty began to grind her teeth in rage. Suddenly a Pokeball on her belt opened.
"Osha!" Oshawott cried with a smile as it emerged from the ball.
"You wanna battle Oshawott?" Misty asked the sea otter Pokemon.
"Osha!" Oshawott replied with an eager smile and a nod.
"Well you're a lot more reliable than the Psyduck I left back home." Misty admitted. "Okay Oshawott, use Water Gun on Minccino!" Oshawott sprayed out a powerful stream of water from its mouth, hitting Minccino in the chest and knocking it back a bit.
"Minccino, use Attract!" Bianca commanded.
As soon as Oshawott's attack ended, Minccino winked at the sea otter and took a suave pose. From its wink it had fired a pink energy heart that hit Oshawott in the face. After the attack hit though, Oshawott merely gave Minccino an odd look.
"Hey, why didn't that work?" Bianca asked with a confused look.
"Bianca, is your Minccino male?" Misty asked.
"Well yeah, but I don't see what that has to do with anything." Bianca answered.
"Attract only works on Pokemon that are a different gender from the one using it." Misty informed her. "Oshawott's a male too, and that's why Attract didn't work on it."
"Really? Hmm… well I guess that makes sense." Bianca replied as she held her chin in thought.
"Oh god, she's more air headed than that Hoenn Region tramp." Misty said to herself with a groan. "Oshawott, use Razor Shell!"
Oshawott detached the seashell from its chest and held it in its right paw. A blade of water extended around the shell, turning it into a sword. Oshawott then charged at Minccino and slashed him across the chest with the blade.
"Minccino, use Hyper Voice!" Bianca commanded. As soon as Minccino recovered, he opened his mouth and let out a powerful earsplitting blast of sound that knocked Oshawott to the ground. "Now use Double Slap!"
Just as Oshawott had gotten back to his feet Minccino charged forward and began repeatedly slapping his cheeks. The attack went on relentlessly for several moments and with one last powerful slap the chinchilla Pokemon knocked Oshawott into the side of a large rock next to the path. Oshawott managed to recover though and got to his feet again.
"Let's finish this Oshawott!" Misty declared. "Use Aqua Jet!"
Oshawott put his seashell back onto his chest and suddenly his entire body became shrouded in water. He suddenly took off into the air, leaving a trail of water behind him. Oshawott then rammed into Minccino with incredible force. The chinchilla Pokemon fell to the ground out cold.
"Minccino is unable to battle!" Chili declared. "The first battle goes to Misty and Oshawott!" Oshawott stood with a confident pose.
"Fine then, go Pignite!" Bianca called as she threw out another Pokeball.
Emerging from the thrown ball was a three-foot tall bipedal pig creature that looked similar to Tepig. A large section of its torso was black and it had gold ornaments on its chest, making it look as though it was wearing a wrestling singlet. The ends of its hoofed arms were black and it had gold stripes on its wrists, giving the creature the appearance that it was wearing gloves. On the tip of its spring-like tail was a large black tuft of fur. Ash got out his Pokedex again to learn more about the Pokemon.
"Pignite, the Fire Pig Pokemon, and the evolved form of Tepig." The Pokedex announced. "the more this Pokemon eats, the stronger the fire in its stomach becomes, making it even more powerful."
"Wow, awesome!" Chili commented.
"Okay Pignite, use Heat Crash!" Bianca commanded.
Pignite suddenly jumped up high in the air, much higher than most might expect considering its weight. As it rose in the air, Pignite's body became covered by gigantic red ball of flames. The ball of fire began to plummet back towards the earth towards Oshawott. A terrified Oshawott frantically tried to run out of the way, but ended up being crushed by the fireball, which hit the ground with such force that it created a crater. The fire faded and Pignite got out of the crater, leaving an unconscious Oshawott on the ground.
"Oshawott is unable to battle!" Chili declared. "Victory goes to Bianca and Pignite!"
"Hah! I'm not so bad after all, huh?" Bianca said with a confident smirk as Pignite flexed its muscular bulk in victory. Misty called Oshawott back to his ball with an exasperated sigh.
"Alright. Enough playing around." Misty said as she pulled out another Pokeball. "Go Corsola!"
Emerging from Misty's Pokeball was a round and somewhat rock-like creature that was pink on its top half and white on its bottom. On its back were four branch-like horns that resembled coral, along with one short horn on its forehead. It also had two stubby arms and four stubby legs on its underside.
"Wow, I've never seen that Pokemon before." Bianca said as she got out her own Pokedex.
"Corsola, the Coral Pokemon." the Pokedex identified in a mechanical female voice. "Corsola prefer to live in unpolluted southern waters. Their shed horns are sometimes used to make jewelry."
"At least she's not using Suicune." Ash commented. Pikachu and Lucario agreed with a sigh
"Use Bubble Beam!" Misty commanded back in the battle. Corsola fired a barrage of bubbles from its mouth that exploded as they hit Pignite.
"Okay Pignite, fight back with Flamethrower!" Bianca commanded.
"Use Mirror Coat!" Misty ordered.
Pignite shot a powerful stream of flames from its nose at Corsola. Just as Corsola was about to be hit, its body began to glow with an orange aura. The flames suddenly bounced back and hit Pignite like a wave.
"Okay, now use Recover!" Misty commanded. Corsola's body glowed with a white light. Once the light had faded, all the damage it had received from Pignite's flame attack, however minimal, was healed. "Now use Ancient Power!"
A ball of white light formed between Corsola's horns. In moments the ball of light was fired like a cannonball into Pignite's chest, knocking the pig wrestler to the ground. Pignite tried to get up, but fell to it back unconscious.
"Pignite is unable to battle!" Chili declared. "Victory goes to Misty and Corsola!"
"Darn! I came so close." Bianca said with a look of disappointment as she called Pignite back to its ball.
"Hey, don't feel too bad. You did pretty well." Chili assured Bianca as Misty called back Corsola. "Didn't she Misty?"
"Yeah, whatever." Misty said with crossed arms as she looked away from Bianca with an angry expression.
"Chili's right, did pretty good." Ash chimed in. "And there's no shame losing to a strong trainer like Misty. Her family runs the Cerulean City Gym in Kanto." Ash's comment caused Misty's expression to soften a bit.
"Oh wow, really?" Bianca said looking impressed. "Well, I guess I'll just have to train harder for next time then. Well, I'll be going now. I have another gym to get to."
"Okay, I hope we'll run into each other again." Ash replied.
"Same here. Bye!" Bianca said before taking off down the road like a rocket, though she seemed to be heading in the opposite direction of Nacrene City.
"Well Misty, looks like you might have a new rival." Ash observed.
"Whatever." Misty said with indifference as she headed off towards the city. "Let's just get going."
"Man, what is her problem?" Chili wondered.
"No idea." Ash said as he scratched his head in confusion. "I haven't seen her like this since we traveled through Hoenn about three years ago. Couldn't figure out what was ticking her off then either. I'm sure she'll calm down in awhile though."
"Well, we should get going then." Chili suggested. Ash nodded and the two followed after Misty with Pikachu and Lucario.
Author's Note: One thing that I got to do in this chapter was show just which Pokemon are currently on Misty's team aside from Oshawott. The rest were seen in the previous chapters. I assure all of you though that Misty will capture more Pokemon later in this story. Anyway, Bianca is one of the few recurring characters from the Black and White anime that I actually like, and I really wanted to use her in this story. And I have some big plans for Bianca much later on. One more thing I feel I should mention is that even though the Ash in this story is a bit more mature from the version we see in the anime, he's still fairly clueless at times when it comes to girls.
In the next chapter we get a lot closer to the second gym. In the meantime, please review and let me know what you think.
