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Chapter 9: Brawl in the Streets
The café was dimly lit, sitting at one of the booths in the back was the Blackthorn City Gym Leader. Sitting in the booth next to hers was a young boy who was boasting to his friends about his victory at the Cerulean City gym. She rolled her eyes as she continued to listen in on his rather loud conversation. Her cousin came through the door and she thanked him for his timing. He sat down opposite her and thanked her for ordering his meal.
"So what brings you to Kanto Clair?" he asked dipping a fry in the ketchup.
"Oh you know the scenery." she said taking a sip of her soda. "That and the Gym Leader's Ball. Plus I have to have my dinner with my cousin."
"Yes but we could have had it back at the Indigo Plateau."
"Not really with all the construction that's happening there, plus our ball is being held here. You did get the invitation." she said and he shook his head. "Oh well maybe it has to do with the fact that you guys are staying in a hotel room while the construction is happening. So you're invited to this year's ball and you have to bring a guest."
"Okay though I don't think I'll be attending." he said receiving a glare from his blue haired cousin. "Okay I'll go."
"Good." she said. She rolled her eyes again as the boy in the booth next to their's was talking again. "That kid hasn't shut up, he's been talking the entire time I've been here." she groaned quietly. "I thought I was bad when I talked about all the trainers that challenge the gym."
"Yeah so before I challenged the gym I met the girl of my dreams. She was with this Johto loser boy." the kid said and Clair's head snapped up. "Yeah so I challenged the boy and his Aipom. I mean the boy made it to top four in the Silver Conference and he has an Aipom that has a temper problem. So this kid manages to beat me and I punch him in the nose because he cheated. Enough about that punk I'll tell you about the girl, she's a sight to behold though I think she'll look better without the hat and pigtails. I think she's a bit off because she says she won the Silver Conference but I love her all the same even if she's from the stupid region of Johto."
"Why do you think that the Johto region sucks Marc?"
"Well they have no tough gym leaders and it's pokemon are lame." he said smugly. "Enough about that lets get back to my girlfriend. So she yelled at me because I lost and didn't save her from that ogre known as Ethan. She says we'll meet again in the Indigo League though I don't think she'll be participating."
"Why not Marc?"
"Due to the fact that she is in fact a girl. Girls are meant to be coordinators while boys are meant to be trainers." he said. "I know that the gym leader of the Cerulean Gym is a girl but I beat her without breaking a sweat because she's a girl."
Lance watched as his cousin slowly lost her mind. He could swear that any second now she would use eruption. He noticed that her nails were digging into the table and her eyes had turned into slits. He knew that one more crack comment would have Clair using all of her pokemon to throw him out of the café.
"I bet you that the gym leaders in Johto are so weak that I could beat the eighth one with my eyes closed and my hands tied behind my back." he said and that did it. The comment took away the little sanity that Clair had managed to hold on to.
"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY!" Clair yelled so loudly that the two kids outside backed away from the door and ran home. Lance sat there with an amused look on his face as the boy named Marc stared at Clair dumbly. "I ASKED YOU A QUESTION DUMBASS!"
"Dumbass, I'm the smartest person I know." he answered.
"Obviously not since you just crossed Clair." Lance said watching Clair pull out two of her pokeballs. She put them back when Lance shook his head.
"Clair…Clair…Clair I have no idea who you are." he said.
"I'M THE GYM LEADER THAT YOU CAN BEAT WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED AND HANDS TIED BEHIND YOUR BACK!" she roared. Lance was amazed that the boy wasn't phased by Clair's screaming and angry eyes.
"Oh so you're a Johto loser." he said.
"Yes…I mean NO!" Clair reached over his table grabbed him by the shirt and pulled him out.
"See guys girls are weak they can't even control their emotions." Marc said pushing Clair towards the brink of murder.
She carried him outside and threw him onto the ground. He smirked at her and she kicked him in a place that made the smirk on his face vanish instantly. She watched him roll around in pain and was sickened by the sight.
"Get up you bastard you're going to battle me with your eyes closed and hands tied behind your back." she said angrily not aware that she had drawn a crowd.
"Clair I don't think that's a good idea." Lance sighed. He turned to face the pathetic boy. "This kid may be a sexist punk but I don't think there was a reason to neuter him."
"Of course there was he sees women as insignificant beings and now he must fight as one!" she yelled at her red headed cousin.
"Just because you neutered him doesn't mean he's a woman." Lance said. Clair growled at her cousin and he took a couple steps back as did the rest of the crowd. "Clair you're going to give the gym and the order a bad name."
"No I'm going to show this sexist little fucker the female power and the strength of the Johto region." she said through clenched teeth.
"Just try not to kill him, remember last time you did that grandpa didn't let you handle the gym for a week." Lance joked and Clair went along with it.
"Grandpa's not here is he now?" she said slyly.
"Well okay one on one." Lance said.
"I'd prefer to cream all six of her pokemon but I guess one of them is okay." Marc said taking out his one pokeball. "Go Sceptile!"
"Kingdra let's kick this guy's ass!"
"As if you could."
With Lyra and Ethan…
"I hear that this town has a café that's supposed to have the best food on this side of the region." Ethan said happily. He turned to face his friend and noticed that her attention was somewhere else. "What's up Ly?"
"Look over there." she said pointing to the white beam of light that collided with the orange one. "That's solar beam and hyper beam."
"Ugh and that's where the café is located." Ethan groaned. "All I wanted was to eat in peace for once. No fate seems to work against me." he said his shoulders drooping. He turned away from her and started to walk sulkily towards the café.
A little while later…
Ethan turned the corner with his head down. He noticed when Aipom jumped off of his shoulder but didn't care why. He found out when he skidded on the ground hard, stopped when he hit a building, and opened his eyes to find something green on top of him.
"Why is it always me?" he asked in a pained voice. "Can someone please get this heavy thing off of me."
"Septile is unable to battle, the winner is Clair." Lance said in a bored tone.
"Ah Septile!" Marc said running to his unconscious pokemon. "Hey are you okay?"
"Yeah." Ethan whispered in pain.
"Not you Sept-oh it's the giant ogre, what are you doing here?"
"Oh you know just lying around." Ethan said wondering when the weight would be lifted off of his body.
"Well you're in the way." he snapped. "Now where is my beautiful girlfriend? She is with you right or did you lock her in some tower that matches your ugliness."
"Get your pokemon off of me, she's not your girlfriend, and I am not ugly!" Ethan yelled through his pain.
"Could have fooled me." Marc said calling back his pokemon. Aipom ran to it's trainer with Lyra at it's heels. She helped Ethan stand up and glared angrily at Marc. "Hey babe you made it."
"Oh will someone kill me now." she groaned. Her eyes drifted to the kingdra standing proudly by it's trainer who wore a proud look on her face. They then shifted to the red headed man next to her who was looking at the ground. She fought the blush and failed.
"Ah baby yes I am a sight to behold." Marc said. He was on the floor twitching in a matter of seconds. Ethan and Aipom were laughing. "Hey w-what w-was t-that f-for?"
"I guess Chimchar doesn't approve of you." Lyra said. She was happy that her orange monkey had burned the creep. He stood up and tried to make a move on her. Without thinking her fist collided with his face and he was thrown backwards into Dragonite's arms. Dragonite tossed the creepy teenager into a trashcan and kicked it. "Uh bye."
Lance called his pokemon back. He ignored Clair who was yelling things at the trashcan that was rolling away and walked towards the two friends. He smiled at Lyra taking Ethan off of her shoulders, she smiled back and thanked him for his help. Aipom went and picked up it's trainer's hat and jumped onto Lyra's shoulder with it on.
"All I wanted to do was eat at this café." Ethan groaned. "But no I get attacked by a heavy pokemon."
"Oh don't worry you're going to eat at this place." Clair said finally satisfied with her rant. "I'll be paying for the whole thing so feel free to order whatever you want."
"Wow you sure seem happy." Lyra told the gym leader.
"Well yeah I kicked some sexist punk's behind and showed him the power of the Johto region. I sent him crying to his mama." she said proudly.
"Technically I sent him to his mom you just made him cry." Lance corrected.
"Whatever that kid now knows what's in store for him if he steps foot in Johto. If he even comes near my gym he'll have an early flight out." she said her face was scarier than a mean look. She turned to Lyra. "Win the Indigo League and make him never want to battle again."
"Clair you're really starting to scare me." Lance said.
"Whatever we now found our guests for the Gym Leader's Ball. You take Lyra and I'll take Ethan." she said with a laugh as she saw the blush crawl across her cousin's face as well as the one that plastered itself on Lyra's face. "I didn't mean anything by it. The rules are that girls invite guys and guys invite girls."
"Sure we'll go." Ethan said stuffing his face with all of the food he ordered. "I need to get myself cleaned and wrapped up first but we'll go." the three other people looked at him confused. "Well you see my back is bleeding from sliding across the floor and my head hurts from hitting the building."
"Uh I think we should leave then." Lyra suggested.
"I have been waiting for days to eat here and now that I am I'm not leaving just because I have a couple of cuts on my back." he said. Lyra shook her head got him a box and started shoving his food in it. "What are you doing Lyra?"
"We're going to get you all patched up. You're going to take this to go." she said getting up. She turned to the two cousins. "When is the Gym Leader's Ball?"
"Tomorrow night." Clair answered.
"We'll see you then." she said and Ethan nodded in agreement.
At the pokemon center…
Ethan sat on the bed looking at the box of food he was being denied and sighed. Lyra had gone to go get some bandages and strictly told him not to touch the food until he was all patched up. She came back into the room and was amazed that the food was still there. He took off his shirt and she proceeded, with a sponge she cleaned his back, she sprayed it with the same spray as before only this time it made his eyes water, and she wrapped him up tightly in white bandages. She moved on to his calves and did the same. When she was finished she handed him his pajamas and stepped out of the room.
"You can come back in Ly?" he said. She walked in and sat on her own bed. "You're right." he said sadly. She gave him a confused look. "You do always take care of me."
"Hey you take care of me sometimes." she said hating that he was feeling useless.
"I guess but that's going to change. From now on I'll be taking care of myself and you." he said.
"Okay but first let's get through tomorrow." Lyra said laughing as her friend dove into his food. He looked up from his food and swallowed what was in his mouth. "What's the matter Ethan?"
"I may have gotten hurt but I'm really glad that Clair kicked Marc's butt." he said. He smiled a sly smile that made his eyes sparkle. "I am really proud at the fact that you punched him in the face and that Chimchar burned his face."
"Me too."
To be continued...
Well all i have to say is that i enjoyed writing this chapter and the next one is going to have the Gym Leader's Ball. I feel bad for Ethan though all he wanted to do was enjoy a nice meal and he winds up getting hurt. Thanks for your reviews. Please review and tell me what you thought about the whole thing.
