Chapter 8
Challenge of the Ninja!
"Viridian Forest is much bigger than I thought." Akira looked at the mass of giant tress that canopied the sky. Akira and her knew partner, Erin, had stayed at the pokemon center, and had headed out to get to the next city that morning. "Yeah. This place is known for that." Erin quipped. Before, Akira wasn't sure if bringing Erin along was a good idea, but now she was happy Erin was an ally. "The forest is known for it's vast amount of pokemon, primarily bug pokemon." Erin informed. "It's easy to get lost though."
It was very true. Even Akira's poke-scout was having a hard time pin-pointed a location because of the tall overgrowth. As they walked, Erin turned to Akira in question. "So what's your goal for pokemon?" "What?" Akira was profoundly confused. "You know, catch all the pokemon, be a master. That kind of thing." Erin looked into the distance as she said this. Akira thought about her answer. "Oh...well I really do want to be a master, but I want the rarest pokemon that no one else would have really. What about you?" She said, changing to focus to Erin. "Ah, I just want to study pokemon, but I'll probably have other things to do." She shoved her hands into the camouflage jacket's pockets.
It had been over 4 hours since the girls had enter the forest. They were truly and sincerely...lost. "This is horrible." Akira panted. Erin had plopped herself down on a large stone, and sighed. Just then the rock started moving, and using two muscular arms, begun to move away. Erin jumped off the rock pokemon screaming. It floated away quickly. "How Erin. That was so great." Akira said sarcastically. "Shut up!" Erin cried.
The girls kept argued, little did they know they were being watched. A branch cracked from the area, making Akira and Erin jump. "Who's there!?" Akira yelled nervously, and Erin added in, "Show yourself coward!" The figure in the bushed seemed to be struggling, but jumped out eventually. "How dare you call me coward!" It was a young boy, a year or two younger than Akira, dressed in a ninja costume. "I have challenged many a people for a victory! But today is my day!" The kid cried. "My name is Kuru and I am the ninja of this forest!" Akira and Erin eyed each other, confused. "Um...I'm Akira from Pallet, and this is Erin-" She started, but Kuru jumped and yelled. "Yip! Your from the city of Pallet? I would like to battle, and defeat you!"
"What in the world?" Akira watched the ninja kid come forward. "I wish to defeat those who come from pallet! I was defeated by the great Tanya!" He cried, and Akira rolled her eyes. She's nothing special. "And a girl who spoke the language of the Spanish!" This caught Akira's attention. It must have been Risa! "So what do you say, trainer from Pallet?" Kuru wondered. "Fine, let's battle."
"For my first pokemon, I will chose caterpie!" Kuru exclaimed. He tossed a pokeball like a ninja star, releasing a teeny bug pokemon with bright yellow eyes. "Okay then, I choose you! Mitt!" Akira threw her pokeball into the air, the ball exploding in light. Her little brown fox-like pokemon shook itself, and then prepared for battle. "This will be a one-on-one match." Erin jumped in as judge. "Start!"
Kuru started with a quick tackle. It knocked eevee a bit, but because caterpie was so small, it didn't make to much of a difference. "Mitt, use agility!" cried Akira, as eevee begun to move rapidly. "Caterpie, use string shot!" Kuru demanded, but eevee was simply moving to fast for caterpie to hit it's mark. "Mitt! Bite!" Eevee rushed at caterpie, sinking it's little teeth into caterpie's soft skin. It winced in pain. "No! Are we done for?" Kuru cried, but as he spoke caterpie begun glowing. Eevee backed off in fear, watching the little bug pokemon form into a strange green cocoon. The three trainers watched in awe as the pokemon took it's final shape.
"Ew, gross! It's a metapod." Erin looked on with disgust. "Do not mock my pokemon, and this battle is far from over! Metapod, use tackle!" Kuru pointed for an attack, but nothing happened. Erin smirked, as Akira looked on in confusion. "Metapod is basically useless until it evolves again." Erin informed. "Oh, that right. So what happens now that metapod can't battle?" Akira asked, as Erin smiled. "This match is a default. No one really wins."
"Well," Akira smiled as Kuru, as he removed his head cover to revel very pale green hair and blue eyes. "Technically, you didn't lose against another pallet kid." Kuru looked up in gratitude. "I thank you for this opportunity, and thanks to you, caterpie finally evolved. One day we shall battle again, and then a real victor shall be determined!" And then Kuru ran off.
Night fell quickly, as the girls set up camp. "So what pokemon do you plan on using for your first badge?" Erin wondered, as Akira pulled up a small tent. "Um, Mitt and Leona, why?" Erin winced. "Um, Akira, you do know that this gym specializes in rock pokemon, don't you?" The comment was very degenerated, but he message got threw. "Oh no! I totally forgot Pewter City is a rock gym! Normal and Electric pokemon don't stand a chance!" Akira cried. "I have to catch another pokemon!" She said, jumping up. Akira looked around impatiently, like a pokemon would come flying at her, ready to catch. Erin rolled her eyes, as she sat down on a tree stump. "Let's wait 'til we can actually see, huh?" Akira gawked nervously, and then agreed, half-heartedly.
Akira stared at the night sky, to nervous to go to sleep. She was an assured loss to this next gym if she didn't get another pokemon soon. She felt guilty for leaving Erin by herself, but she need to do some thinking. Akira left the tent very quietly, making sure shinx and eevee were securely hooked to her belt. He pajamas weren't exactly walking around material, them being a very soft, purple set of pants and button down, but she went out anyways.
The moon shimmed down upon the forest, leaving small water droplets shimmering like crystals. A small lake graced the center of the area, moonlight shimmering softly along the surface. It was very quiet, and Akira felt a little more at peace here, that is until, she was rudely disturb by a water gun to back of the head. "What in the world?" Akira growled, and turned around to see a little blue water pokemon chuckling. It was somewhat of a small crocodile, with red spikes running across it backs and a yellow stripe across it abdomen.
The little blue pokemon skipped away excitedly. "Oh! Wait up pokemon! I need to catch you!" Akira pulled her self up and after the little blue pokemon. "Twah! Diiiile!" It cried as it ran through the forest. Akira tried to keep up with the pokemon best she could, but it was just to fast. Akira had worn herself out running after the little water pokemon and the worst part was, she didn't even know what it's name was.
"Akira, where did you go!" Erin yelled, as she saw Akira walking back into their camp area. "I woke up and thought some thing bad happened!" She scolded. "Sorry Erin, but I saw pokemon..." Akira stopped there, feeling too tried. "Let's just go to sleep, huh?" Erin nodded, though she still seemed pretty peeved. "Next time," She stuck her nose up and smirked. "Wake me up!"
To be Continued
Author's Note
Hello again everyone! I guess more and more people are reading my story, which is pretty cool. This chapter is a spin off from the samurai episode from the original pokemon (if you didn't catch it), but I changed to the rules a bit. I think I do a pretty good job of explaining what the pokemon look like, especially because I didn't reveal the pokemon that Akira found. It's a bit of foreshadowing, but you'll just have to try and figure out what pokemon it is!
Hey Everyone! Want to see a picture of Akira? Well visit this link so that you can see what my little trainer girl looks like!
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