Me: I freaking HATE you.
Green: Why?
Me: Why? Why? Because you, all of you except for Blue and Yellow, HATE ME! Then you turn around after I finally grant your wish for leaving you alone and say you LIKE ME!? Bi-polar much?
Blue: Calm down Nikki.
Me: How in the name of Mew can I be calm?
Yellow: Aren't you happy?
Me: I will once I get my ranting over with…
Green: Dang, we're doomed.
Gold: Don't say that! She'll make it worse!
Me: *Evil aura* You got that right Goggle-head.
Gold: Google-head?
Me: DIE!
Everyone: *Scream and run away*
Me: *Chases*
Blue: Someone do the disclaimer!
White: I got it! ThePokemonPress does not own Pokemon!
Me: You got that right! Now enjoy! Here's the story! *Cheerful grin at readers then murderous glare at DexHolders*
Everyone: *Sweat-drop*
Chapter Seven: VS Eevee - The Phone Call
Death. That was the only thing Kye was certain of when she saw that they would be taking a cruise ship back to Jubilife City.
"No! You can't make me! I have a phobia of cruise ships!" Kye screamed, clinging to a tree as Yellow, Pearl, and Diamond tried to drag her onto the ship.
"Miss Kye, please let go of the tree. We must get going," Platinum said in her calm voice, though it was getting clear to all of them:
Kye did not want to go onto the ship.
"You can't stay here! This ship is the only way back to Jubilife!" Pearl shouted, tugging on the Champion's arm.
"I can just use Scorch and fly there!" Kye shouted back, using her free arm to grip the tree's trunk.
"And then what? It'll take three days to get to Jubilife! You'll be forced to stay there alone for at least two days!" Yellow told her friend as she pulled on Kye's left leg.
"I don't care! You know I hate cruises!"
"That was six years ago Kye! You have to get over it! The ship isn't going to blow up!"
"How do you know? Remember the S.S. Aqua?"
"Yes! I should know because I'm the one who destroyed it!"
"You just proved my point! Do you have any idea what that did to my health?"
"No! I- wait. Are you saying you were on the Aqua?" Yellow stopped pulling to stare at her friend. Kye tensed, she hadn't meant to say that…
"Umm…. No?" she offered, knowing full well that Yellow would know she was lying.
"What!? You were on that ship and you didn't do a single thing to help me? You didn't even tell me you were there!?" Yellow shouted, storming up to Kye's head to glare at the taller girl in the eye.
Kye shied away from the angry Healer. She knew what it was like to be on the receiving end of that. And it wasn't very good. Quickly the Champion tried to think of a way out of this.
"Whaaaat? No! I was going to tell you! But then you blew up the ship! Don't blame me for anything!" Kye said, desperately trying to sooth Yellow's anger. Said girl glared at Kye for a few more moments before letting out a breath.
"Fine. Come on Kye, your attracting attention to yourself. Do you want to get challengers?" she asked tiredly, surprising Kye and the younger DexHolders. The former narrowed her eyes, was there something wrong with Yellow? She hoped not, she wasn't at all sure she could handle causing Yellow anymore pain.
"Alright. I'll go, but your getting me a bag of cookies." Kye said, crossing her arms as she got to her feet. Yellow smiled, though she still looked tired. "Deal, come on guys. Lets go before the ship leaves." with that, the Healer turned and headed towards the large white and black ship.
Kye followed Yellow, Platinum, Pearl, and Diamond as they walked across the gangplank thing. Not that Kye knew what it was, after that traumatic incident with the S.S. Aqua around six years ago she didn't trust cruise ships.
They blew up way to easy.
"Hello there! I'm Chap Ross, the Captain of this fine vessel. You must be Lady Berlitz and company. Here are your room keys and for the Champion, we offer our indoor battle field for training. Have a nice day!" a stocky man with a black beard and blue eyes told them before walking off.
"Huh, indoor battle field… say Yellow?" Kye turned to her friend with a small smile. The blonde teen paused, bags in hand as she turned to her long-time friend. "Yes?" she asked, tilting her head to the side slightly in question.
"Instead of a bag of cookies… how about a battle?"
Yellow shook slightly as she stood on the far left of the indoor battle field. Couldn't she just get Kye a bag of cookies instead?
"Don't worry so much Yellow Bird! We're only using our two Eevee! Both are still low leveled, so don't worry about it!" Kye encouraged from the other side of the large field. Yellow tried to feel encouraged by her words, but she wasn't.
Lunar, Kye's Eevee, jumped from the left to the right, ready to go; while Leafy, Yellow's Eevee, sat calmly on the field. Or so it seemed. The unusually small Eevee's ear twitched, and she shifted her paws nervously since she wasn't much for fighting; Platinum. Pearl, and Diamond sat on the sidelines, watching; meanwhile, Jetstream, Kye's Jolteon, would be watching from the referee post to make sure things didn't get out of hand.
"Really Yells, you can have the first move to prove it!" Kye said, trying to sooth her friend's understandable fear. But that was the whole point in this battle. Kye wanted to prove to Yellow she had changed in the last, what? Two? Three years? Didn't matter, she just wanted her friend to stop being so afraid of her.
"Okay… Leafy! Try Quick Attack!" Yellow called out nervously. The small Eevee obeyed, shooting forward like a rocket, crashing into her fellow normal type's side before the junior DexHolders could even blink.
"Lunar! Counter with Shadow Ball!" Kye ordered. Lunar looked at her Trainer like she was crazy. Shadow Ball was a ghost type move, it would have no effect whatsoever on Leafy. "Just do it! It'll be fine!" Kye promised. The Pokèmon shrugged before doing as she was told. A ball of dark shadowy energy formed in her mouth, which she shot at Leafy.
"Quick Attack! It wont hurt you!" Yellow told her own Eevee, who didn't hesitate to do as she was told. Kye smiled, she had thought that was what Yellow would do.
From the sidelines, Pearl's eyes widened as he realized what Kye was planning. "Oh man! Look out Senior!" he called out.
"Huh? Why Pearl?" Diamond asked, wishing (not for the first time) that he could tell what a Pokèmon was going to do just by looking at it.
"Its going to use Dig!"
"Its going to use Dig!"
Pearl's warning came seconds to late. Just as Leafy ran through the Shadow Ball, Lunar erupted from the ground, smashing into Leafy's belly. The smaller Eevee cried out in pain as she was tossed to the other side of the field.
"Leafy! Are you okay?" Yellow called out, prepared to run to her Pokèmon's aid.
"Vee!" Leafy cried, shakily getting to her feet. She wobbled over back to the battle field, crouching into a fighting stance. After a moment's hesitation, Yellow closed her eyes. Taking a deep breath she straightened. When her eyes opened, the first thing she noticed was Kye's grin across the field.
"Alrighty! I have the feeling that this battle is about to get started!" she laughed, thrusting her fist into the air, Sparky - who had been standing with her Trainer - copied Kye, a equally large grin on her face.
"Lets do this! Lunar!" Kye called out to the Eevee, who stood at attention.
"Leafy! Are you ready?" Yellow asked her Eevee, who nodded and pricked her ears.
Both Trainers eyed the other, wondering which attack the other will use…
"Now! Trump Card!" they both shouted at the same time. Instantly, both Eevee leaped into the air, seven multicolored cards spinning around their softly glowing bodies. The cards shot out, crashing into each other.
All but one was destroyed.
Yellow's.
A pale yellow card slammed into Lunar, knocking the Evolution Pokèmon out.
A tense silence followed, where the only sound was Leafy and Lunar's heavy breathing. Kye stood, eyes wide for half a second before throwing back her head and laughing heartily.
"I thought so! Ever since our first battle seven years ago, I knew you were going to be my greatest rival!" Kye laughed, walking over to Lunar as the brown Pokèmon got to her feet, looking up at her Trainer in shame. "Don't worry Lunar! You were amazing! Don't worry, even Sparky has lost to Yellow Bird." she whispered, earning a pointed glare from said electric type.
"You were great Leafy!" Yellow said, picking up her Pokèmon and hugging it. Leafy let out a light purr-like sound as a soft yellow-green glow surrounded them, a soft hum filling the air.
"That was amazing Senior! I didn't know you were so strong!" Pearl exclaimed as he, Diamond, and Platinum walked over. Yellow blushed modestly, "I don't really like talking about it. Even more so since everyone else can beat me."
Kye grinned at this, she winked at Yellow before turning to the younger trio. "Let me explain. Yellow Bird lets the others beat her. After a certain number of hits, she has her Pokèmon pretend to faint so they don't get hurt too much and the others don't know about her true power." the Sinnoh Trio's eyes widened with wonder as Yellow shuffled her feet nervously.
It wasn't that big a deal, she didn't even like battles! So how was she able to beat Kye? In fact, the only battle between the two of them she lost was that one when she had been under the control of Coltitine and the Bright Stone, as the name suggested the Bright Stone was a stone, though it allowed the user to connect heart and mind with Mew, having the legendary Pokèmon under his/hers control.
"Anyway, I'm starving! How about we get something to eat huh?" Kye asked, putting both hands behind her back casually as she watched Yellow heal Lunar. Diamond grinned, he was all for that plan.
Kye, you have a phone call! Jetstream's voice called out to her from where he stood beside her satchel, which was in the bleachers. Kye looked up, realizing that her Pokègear was going off. She frowned as she walked over to answer it. Who could that be?
Picking up the 'gear, Kye looked at the caller ID and her eyebrows rose. This was a surprise. She hadn't even known that one still had her number…
"Well hello old friend!" Kye said, her voice clearly sarcastic. "How nice of you to call! How long has it been? Six? Seven years?" she asked in a sweet voice that wasn't so sweet.
"Hello Kye. Yes, it has been a while hasn't it? So sorry for not calling. But I couldn't help but notice your back in Sinnoh. That wouldn't have something to do with me now would it?" the voice that came through the 'gear was highly sarcastic, voice grating as if the speaker was made of gravel.
"See you? Please, don't flatter yourself. I'm only here for a friend. And no, I'm not telling you who it is. Knowing you, you'll find out anyway. You always seem to knew what's going on in my life, mostly."
"Yes, but its because I worry. I have to know how my favorite Champion is doing after all. Oh, and by the way. You sound just like you mother," the speaker cackled as Kye tensed, almost as if he/she could see her.
"I don't take that as a compliment. We're not on speaking terms. Now, don't call me again. If you do… well don't. Goodbye." Kye started to hang up, but the voice got another word in before the line went dead.
"You can't change your fate Kye. You'll always be a monster. I can offer you a cure, though it will come with a price. You know we're rising. You know that I can and will find you. Your friends can't protect you this time. Oh yeah, one more thing:
"You can't save your little friend from the fate that awaits."
Kye froze. No. "Wait! What do you mean?" she asked. But it was too late. The line was dead.
Her hand clenched, nearly crushing the device. What had the speaker been talking about? No. Not her. Not again.
"Kye? Is something wrong?" a quiet voice asked her. Kye whirled around, staring into Yellow's concerned amber eyes.
She forced a smile, she couldn't let Yellow know about the conversation that had taken place. "Yeah, don't worry Yellow Bird! Wrong number."
Yellow looked at her for a few more seconds before turning away. "If you say so. Come on, the others are waiting for us. I think Diamond's going to burst with anticipation from waiting to get at the ship's buffet!" she laughed and Kye joined her.
For a few fleeting moments Kye forgot about the phone call. Forgot about the voice. Forgot about the warnings. She was with her best friend. And there was nothing to worry about.
Of course, that was when everything fell into chaos.
Me: Whew! FINALLY! I finished the next chapter!
Green: Took you long enough.
Me: Well excuse me for feeling hated!
Blue: Green! Stop harassing Nikki!
Me: Thank you Blue. Sorry for the wait guys! I've been having writer's block lately. I don't like writer's block. Who came up with that idea?
Green: How are we supposed to know?
Me: Well I didn't ask you! It was a rhetorical question!
Green: Whatever.
Blue: Anyway, review!
Me: Please! I have so few!
Green: Be grateful you have any.
Me: I am! Oh yeah, here's a thank you to all my faithful readers, reviewers, fans, and everyone else!
Everyone: THANK YOU ALL!
Me: Bye! Till next time! Peace out peoples of the world! *Flashes peace sign*
Green: Not a peace sign when your thumb sticks out…
