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Deserax: Any way, we should probably get to the story.
Me: And a much needed disclaimer.
Lucario: Shadow7900 does not own anything about pokemon. He only owns his OC. He also gives credit for other peoples OC. Example, I'm not his Oc. Nor is Mistress Mikaela.
Me: Thanks Lucario! Story time!
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Dawn slowly came to the small town of Cherry Grove. The sunrise reflected on the water and just made it look amazing. As the sun slowly rises, you could hear people chatting, and enjoying the smell of the town. On the other hand, you could sleep through the whole thing, like our friend Deserax here. Deserax continued to sleep through the sunrise. He slept until about 10:00, and that was because of Kodiak getting him up. Deserax stretched and you could hear joints pop and everything.
"Ugh... Morning Kodiak..." Deserax got up from the bed and went to his back pack. He rummeged through it and found some clothing to wear for that day. A Green T-shirt with the picture of an Usurang, some trees around it, and yellow text saying 'If you leave a fire burning, Usurang will find you!'. He also got out some cargo shorts and some new socks and boxers, then went for a shower. Still half asleep, Deserax only moved the water temperature to on. He still had in on freezing cold. Deserax waited a moment before stepping in. He held his head under the water, eyes closed, just letting the water hit him. Five seconds later, Deserax shot open his eyes and shouted so lout that he swear Kanto could hear him.
"COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD!" Kodiak was laughing so hard, he was rolling on the floor. Next door, Mikaela looked up from her laptop and sighed.
"I think he's up now." She then took out a white chocolate bar from her pocket and took a bite of it.
A little while later and Deserax was fully dressed, had all his stuff packed and was leaving his room. Then his stomach growled. Along with Kodiak's.
"Hungry buddy?"
"Ri!"
"Ok, let me get your Pokemon food." Deserax reached into his back pack and found a can of pokemon food. He set it on the ground and removed his bag to look for his bowl. He soon found it and set it by the can of Pokemon food. He opened it and poored it in the bowl. As soon as the can was empty Kodiak jumped down and started eating. Deserax himself got out 3 breakfast bars and started eating. After both of them had finished there meal, Deserax threw the things that he needed to and put everything else in the bag. Kodiak took the opertunity while Deserax was knelt down, to jump on his shoulder, then back onto his head.
"You really like that spot don't you?"
Kodiak just grinned. Deserax put on his back pack and went out the door, closing it behind him. He knocked on the door to Mikaela's room.
"Hey, meet me down stai-" The door opened up to Mikaela and Lucario, all ready to go.
"How long have you guys been up?"
"Since about six." Deserax stared in shock.
"Why would anyone in there right mind get up that early?"
"More daylight to travel in." Mikaela then started on her way down stairs with Deserax following. Mikaela thanked Nurse Joy and made her way out of the Pokemon center. Deserax thanked the nurse as well and waved goodbye before leaving. Deserax met Mikaela at the entrance to the center.
"You know, I like this town. Way more peaceful then New bark." This struck as a little curious to Mikaela.
"Why?" Deserax looked at the ground.
"It's not something I like to share." Mikaela just shrugged.
"Ok then." Mikaela looked at her Lucario, who took the hint. Ever so quietly Lucario hummed and looked at Deserax using his aura sight. It was different when New bark town came up. Fear and unsureness enveloped his aura. He stopped humming and told Mikaela what he saw.
"It seems he has had a very troubling time there. It defiantly wasn't something good. Best to leave it alone." Mikaela nodded slightly. Deserax spoke up, eager to get off of the subject.
"So, if I remember, route 30 is next! What are we waiting for?" Deserax then started to walk off to the entrance of the route. Mikaela followed, while pulling out one of her books to read. Deserax took one step into the route, when something jumped out of the trees.
"You, I challenge you to a battle!" The boy shouted.
"Wait wha-" Deserax was trying to get things strait, but was interrupted.
"You can't decline, or else you can't be a real trainer!"
"Are you se-"
"Enough talk! Go Rattata, use quick attack!" In a flash, the boys Rattata was out of his pokeball and dashing very fast at Deserax's head, or more specifically Kodiak. Deserax rolled out of the way and growled.
"Your asking for it! Kodiak, ready?"
"Riolu!" Kodiak shouted as he landed on the ground.
"Ok then, fore sight!" Kodiak closed his eyes and when he opened them, a flash of purple enveloped his eyes, for a brief moment, then went back to there normal color.
"Quick attack again!"
"Dodge it!
Rattata sped toward Kodiak, who dodged it easily.
"Our turn! Use quick attack to get close then force palm the Rattata!" Kodiak dashed at the Rattata to close the distance. As he got closer he focused energy into his palm and slamed it into Rattata's side. Rattata took a direct hit and flew into a tree. It then slowly slid to the ground, knocked out cold.
"Rattata, no!" The boy ran to pick up his fainted Rattata. He held it in one arm as he dug into his back pocket. He pulled out a little bit of cash on the ground, then ran to the Pokemon Center to get care for his pokemon.
"Do I really have to accept every single challenge a trainer yells out to me?" Deserax asked Mikaela who was reading a book.
"Yep. Gets tiring after a while, but it helps level your pokemon up."
"Well if i'm going to stand a chance, I really need to get another pokemon. Not only that, but the next gym leader is all about flying. I only have Kodiak here, and normally, I would give him a shot, but this guy has a pidgeotto. Against Kodaik, we would lose."
"Ri Riolu!"
"He says bull crap." Lucario said suddenly in everyone's mind.
"Even though your strong, two flying in a row could be trouble."
"Ri..." Deserax could tell Kodiak was a little upset, so he shut his mouth and just continued on the route. About 15 minutes later, another young boy issued a challenge with a rattata. It met the same fate as the last one. As the boy ran and tossed down some cash, Deserax went over to pick it up.
"Cool! 400 pokemon dollars richer already!"
"Nice job on two in a row, but that could only buy you about two potions." Mikaela turned a page in her book.
"What?"
"That's what I said the first time I went into a pokemart."
"Oh boy..." Deserax then picked up Kodiak. "How ya feeling?"
"Ri!"
"Good?" Kodiak nodded. "Well then lets continue." Deserax and company walked on a little more, defeating a rattata along the way. They soon came to a fork in the path way.
"Two ways to go eh?" Deserax looked down both paths, yet couldn't see the end. "Which path do you guys think?" Kodiak pointed right, while Mikaela pointed left. Deserax facepalmed.
"Well that doesn't help."
"Don't you have a map?" Mikaela asked, putting away her book for the moment.
"Oh yeah!" Deserax took off his back pack and rummaged through his stuff. He rummaged through it some more and started to be frantic. "I know I had it somewhere..." Five miuntes passed and Deserax sighed and put everything back. "Well, no map, so no definite path... What time is it anyway..." Desrax checked his watch and it read '11:21' "It looks like we have time before night fall, so lets head right.
"If we get lost and night falls, your going to be in trouble, got it?" Deserax nodded and headed toward the right path, with Mikaela and Lucario following. Walking along the path, Deserax noticed it was quiet. More so then he was used to. There were hardly any pokemon around.
"Well this is strange." Deserax said, looking for any pokemon, but seeing none.
"It is. Were could all of them be?" Mikaela looked around, but even she could not see any.
"Gathering lunch maybe?"
"At the same time? I don't think so."
"Well I'm sure its nothing major. Should we continue?" Deserax started walking, but was stopped by an idea in his head. "How bout we race!
"Race? Why?"
"Well think of it. The only thing that has been happening is battles, and we all seemed a little bored, so this could liven things up."
"Ri!" Kodiak jumped down from Deserax's head.
"Kodiak says he doesn't really mind, and I don't have a problem with it." Lucario said in both of there minds.
"Well..."
"Come on Mikaela, please?" Deserax put his hands in a begging pose.
"All right, but were is the finish line?" Deserax looked around.
"I didn't think of that..." While Deserax was busy seeing if he could find a close finishing spot, Kodiak spotted a small house up ahead.
"Riolu!" Kodiak pointed in the direction of the house.
"What is it?" Deserax looked in the direction that Kodiak was pointing and saw a small structure in the distance.
"The house? Hey, good idea! We could race to the house!" Deserax turned to Lucario and Mikaela. "How bout the house in the distance? That way we can explore it when we get to the finish line!"
"Ok, but don't cry if I beat you!" Mikaela said in a challenging tone as she got into a starting position. Kodiak ran over to her and got into one as well, with Lucario doing the same.
"Your on!" Deserax went to the side of Kodiak and looked at who he was up against.
"Lets see. A Riolu, who can run for a while. I've always been able to keep up with him so it shouldn't be to much trouble. A Lucario. Well I'm screwed there. Then Mikaela. She's only got about two inches on me so that shouldn't be a challenge. I got this." Right as Deserax finished thinking, Lucario said go, and the race was on. As expected, Lucario shot ahead of the group fairly quickly. Kodiak then started to move in front of Mikaela and Deserax.
"Nice try!" Deserax then moved past Kodaik.
"Your not leaving me behind are you?" Mikaela sprinted up past both Kodiak and Deserax. The house closed in and Lucario was already waiting. Between the three still running, it looked like Mikaela would win it. That is, until Kodiak decided to sprint.
"Kodiak is the winner between you three. As for who came in third, It was to close to call." Kodiak jumped for joy while Deserax and Mikaela recovered there breath.
"I was just barley in front." Deserax said in between huffs.
"Only in your dreams! You know that I was in front of you." Deserax looked at Mikaela and actually saw a small smile on her. Deserax decided not to say anything though. Once the two recoverd there breath, they looked at the house. Instead of a nice looking house, it looked like it was abandoned.
"Looks abandoned." Mikaela said to Deserax, who didn't answer. She looked around, but saw that he had gone into the house, with Kodiak right behind.
"Eager as ever..." Mikaela then motioned for Lucario to follow her into the house.
The houses interior was not a big one. It had a living room with a couch that looked like it could be pulled into a bed, a small coffee table, a broken computer, a kitchen, and a door presumably leading to the bathroom. Of course, it wasn't in the best condition. The couch/bed looked like a war zone. Some of the springs were sticking out and had a whole bunch of holes. The wooden coffee table looked cracked and rotted. The kitchen looked molded and rotted and just looked flat out horrid.
"Well... this place looks... interesting..." Mikaela commented.
"Very... Might as well look around any way..." Deserax went over to the couch/bed and sat right on a spring. He shot up holding his but.
"Yeaaaaa! Owww!"
Mikaela just shook her head. She searched the kitchen, but really didn't find anything of interest. Lucario helped Mikaela, and Kodiak went to the bathroom door. It was cracked, so Kodiak pushed opened the door the rest of the way, and wished he hadn't It looked so horrible that I can't even describe it in this sentence dear readers. Kodiak quickly found a way to shut the door, and looked a little green. Deserax, having found nothing sighed and leaned up against the back wall.
"Man, this place is a dump!" Deserax hit the wall with his elbow, and something suprising happened. The wall opened up behind him and Deserax fell in.
"Waaaaah!" Mikaela heard Deserax yell and ran over to the entrance. It was pitch black, so she couldn't see a thing.
"Deserax!"
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I am so evil! Giving off a cliff hanger.
Kodiak: -Whimpers-
Me: Oh don't worry, Deserax will be fine. You all just have to wait and see how this turns out. See you all next time!
