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VIII : Silly People
I slept easily in the bed me and Michael shared. The hotel room was nice, and it seemed to nice for some one like Louis, who I've suspected deals drugs(I have no proof though). We set out almost immediately, still tired, but with memories of Robin's Ralts fresh in my mind. I needed (and when I say I, I mean us. At the time, as much as I cared about Michael, I cared more about beating Robin, or beating her head in) to capture a pokemon, just to shove it in Robins face.
The sun seemed higher then it usually did, and the day was already unseasonably hot. Michael was sweating through his bandana, and Louis was sweating like a yak, but none of them could compare to me. If I lived in snowy Sinnoh, I would adore having a fur coat, but I don't. I live in border lining on tropical Hoenn, which was about to start a heat wave.
"I'm dying here" I moaned, my tongue hanging out, as I walked beside Enfer.
"Really, I'm fine" Growlithe have heat proof fur coats, so she wouldn't feel a thing. I swear, if I had hands, I would have strangled her. I would have gone to jail for the rest of my life.
And it would have been worth it.
"Alright" Michael said, "We need to capture another pokemon, before we enter Petalburg forest. Now, the first gym leader uses Rock type pokemon, so we need a water, grass, fighting, ground, or steel type. We can cross steel, grass, and fighting off, and I think we can cross off ground as well"
Water type are the most common type, you can barely go any where and not find one. They are the most common weakness of rock, and fire types. My views on water type are that, if a water type isn't your starter, it needs to be the first thing you catch. They only have two weaknesses, and if you put a water type out to fight an electric or grass type, you deserve to loose. Also, since they can learn ice type moves, and take down the type that is the biggest pain in the ass, it's like having an ice type who is resistant to fire.
"Alright, where do we find a water type?" Louis asked, as we walked through knee high grass that set on the edge of the sandy beach.
"I dunno, it's not like Pokemon just jump out" Michael said, "I thi-" He was cut off suddenly. I looked where Michael was staring.
Sometimes, I believe God likes to mess with you. Or maybe it's the legendaries, I dunno. The fact I'm wearing a fur coat in a heat wave is proof (I know Mew picked out Eevee for just such a purpose, I know it). But, for all those times they screw with you, I believe they like to make it up to you. I could see a large tree, as could Michael, Louis, and Enfer. Sitting under that tree, was Gods little gift to us.
Sitting under the tree, was a Mudkip. As soon as I saw it, my mouth began to salivate. Now, although I would have chosen Treecko as my started, I would love to have one of each of them. I like Mudkip, although I do have a problem with the speed and defense of its evolved forms. Mudkip and its group as the highest defense of the Hoenn starters, and even its defense is described as below average(All starters in this region are cursed with bad defense).
Now, my way to combat Mudkips groups terrible speed and poor defense would be to give it a quick claw. I would still be worried, what if an electric attack got off first, or after it evolved, what if a grass attack got off first? What if I used an ice type attack, and it missed? Ice types aren't known for accuracy.
Now, my little rant makes two assumptions. One, Michael would catch this Mudkip. Two, the Mudkip would want to evolve.
Well, I was half right.
"That's a Mudkip" Louis said. As soon as he said it, all attention shifted off of the sleeping Mudkip, and onto Louis.
"Louis, don't do something stupid" Enfer said. But he heard nothing.
"Hey Mudkip dude, wake up" Louis yelled. We all let out a cry of exasperation, as the small mud fish opened its eyes.
"Kip!" It exclaimed happily. It looked at me, and at Enfer, then back at me. It winked, and then happily ran off into the tall grass.
"Louis, I'm going to kill you" Michael growled, as he pulled out a bunch of pokeballs, and handed them to Louis.
"Hey man, what are you given these to me for?"
"You lost the Mudkip, you'll help me find it. Use Enfer, don't knock it out, come on Angel" The two of us took off, leaving a snickering Enfer, and a very confused Louis.
After ten minutes of fruitless searching, Michael decided the Mudkip must have gone down to the beach. We came to the edge of the field, Michael ran onto the beach, and I stayed behind, looking at the grass and shaking. Michael took a second, to notice I wasn't there.
"Angel? Come on" Michael turned to me, his look of frustration changing to concern, when he saw me shaking, "Angel, what's the matter?"
"I think she's scared of the beach, dude" Louis called. Michael nodded.
"Angel, I've got to go look, I'll be back in a second, alright" He turned and ran down the sand.
"Why do you not like the beach?" A new voice asked. I let out a yelp, and a small jump. Turning around, there was the Mudkip from earlier. He was completely normal looking, except for a small, nasty looking scar on his tail fin, that gave it a forked look. He let out a small giggle.
"I'm not going to tell you" I cried, "I challenge you to a battle"
"No" The Mudkip said, "I'm not going to do that" He turned around, and watched Louis crawl along the ground, Enfer following behind him. Louis farted, and Enfer couldn't help it, she fired a small ember as he did. The ember caused it to ignite, and set the bottom of his pants on fire. Louis let out a screamed, and rolled around on the ground, until he put his ass out.
"Alright, that was fucking funny" I said.
"What are they doing?"
"They're looking for you"
"Why?"
"They want to capture you" The Mudkip nodded, and turned back to me.
"Alright, I'll go with you guys" My mouth dropped.
"Really?"
"Not quite" Of course not. Nothing is ever free. "I'll come with you, if you can do one thing"
"What's that?" The Mudkip smiled, walked up to me, and pressed his nose against mine.
"Tag, you're it" Oh God, you've got to be kidding. This is so fucking stupid. I jumped at him, attempting to pin him, but he hit me with a water gun, and I fell on my back. I was actually happy for the cooling.
"Why are you doing this to me" I asked pulling my self up. The Mudkip took off running, and I followed close behind. Suddenly, he turned and fired a water gun, which I easily avoided. We both stopped, and faced each other. "I mean, why are we playing tag?"
"I'm trying to make you happy, I think you're sad"
"What would I have to be sad about?"
"You're a human recently reborn as a pokemon, that's why you're sad" My mouth dropped, and dropped so wide, the Mudkip fired a water gun, hitting me in the mouth.
I choked and coughed, as water dripped out of my mouth, and onto the bone dry ground below. I locked eyes with the Mudkip, anger seething from my face, and glee radiating from his.
"Why did you do that?"
"I didn't think you would ever close your mouth, and you were starting to attract flies" He responded.
"How do you know that I'm a reborn human?" He laughed.
"I can only recognize recently reborn humans" The Mudkip said, "Because they don't act like pokemon"
"We don't?"
"No. I've been traveling for fifteen years, and I notice things, and I've met people who are reborn humans. All the actual Eevees I've met are happy, and cheerful, and optimistic. You're cynical, pessimistic, and a little sad"
"Sad?! I'm not sad" I sighed. "What ever. Tell me, can you tell if any one was originally human?" I turned my gaze to Enfer. "I mean any one"
"No, as a matter of fact, I can't" He said. "Over enough time, a reborn human can become completely pokemon. Also, you have the scent of a human, something else that wears off"
"Good to know" Alright, he seemed calm, so I jumped. He was ready, so he also jumped back, and shot a water gun right at the dirt an inch in front of me. "I don't understand.
"But you will" Mudkip said, before turning tail and running. I took one step charging forward, and my forepaw hit where he had fired the water gun. The dry dirt turned into thick mud, which I got my paw stuck in. The mud acted like a bear trap, holding my leg firm, only releasing it when it caused me to flip onto my back.
"Alright, I think I understand now" Mudkip walked over to me, and brought is face close to mine, until we were almost touching.
"Angel, where are you?" Michael called.
"Whose that?"
"That would be Michael" I said, "He's my friend whose in love with me, but doesn't know it. He wants to catch you" He nodded.
"Well, he's never going to"
"Why would you say that?"
"Because you'll never get the chance to tag me"
"Wrong, I win" With out another word, I stuck, and caught him on the end of his nose. "You're it"
"You got me" He laughed, as I flipped over, and stood back up. "Congratulations"
"Angel, there you are" Michael said, running up. "I was worr-" He stopped, when he saw the Mudkip. Slowly, he pulled out a pokeball.
"What's he doing?"
"Michael thinks he sneaked up on you" I said, "And he's going to capture you"
"Should I turn around?"
"Eh, don't shatter the illusion" Michael tossed the pokeball, "Tell me, what's your name?"
"Does it matter?" He asked, as he was sucked inside the pokeball. I suppose not. The pokeball fell to the ground, shook three times, and clicked shut. Michael bent down, and picked up the pokeball, cupping it in his hands.
"Oh my God, I caught something" Michael looked at me, "Angel, I caught something" He turned to Louis and Enfer, who were looking near the entrance to Petalburg forest. "Guys, I caught something!"
"Really?" Louis asked, "Fuckin' A" Michael laughed, and released the Mudkip in front of him. He got down on his knees.
"Hey little guy" Michael said, stroking the Mudkip alone the side of the fin on his head.
"I like you, you're nice" Mudkip said, happily.
"You need a name" Michael murmured. "Angel, what do you think is a good name"
"Pain in the ass"
"Thanks Angel" Michael said, "But I don't think Vee will work" Stupid pokespeech. "Alright, what a good name?" He turned his head. "You're a hyperactive little fellow" Mudkip nodded. "Fast, you seem fast" Michael smiled. "I like the name Rush, what about you?"
Rush let out a Kip of approval. Michael stood up, as Louis and Enfer came back over. "Guy's meet Rush"
"Hey Rush" Louis and Enfer said in unison. "Alright dude" Louis said, what now"
"Now, we get started again" Michael said, "To Rustboro" He looked at Rush's pokeball, then at him and me. "I think I'll leave you out Rush, give you and Angel a chance to bond"
"WHAT?!" I cried. "Don't leave me out with this moron!" We began to walk towards the forest, and Rush clung to me.
"Come on, let's talk" He chirped happily, "Like, why do you not like the beach?"
"I'd rather not say" I muttered.
"Okay, then lets sing a song"
"NO" I screamed.
"What do you want to sing?"
"Nothing!" I cried, "Enfer? Where are you"
"Sorry Angel" Enfer called from behind Michael and Louis, "You're supposed to bond"
"Alright" Rush said, "I'll pick the song"
"PLEASE GOD KILL ME" I screamed, "I WANT TO DIE, I JUST WANT TO DIE"
"Merrily we roll along"
"Aaaaauuuuugggghhhh"
