Hey, 2 more rounds 'till the end of book 1. Not that far, but it's only been a short time since I started.
Wow I love doing short chapters, it feels great knowing you did a chapter, it doesn't take up much time doing 1 and it seems like the manga's rounds itself.
Triple yay!
Book 1: Colosseum Chapter
Round 10: Vs Noctowl
Spinal and Rui were driving along the deserts of Orre at around 6 pm (it was getting dark), when in view came a town that looked very eerie.
"Spinal, we should stop there, it's getting dark" Rui suggested, over the noise of the bike and wind.
"Good idea. I can barely see ahead of me even with the lights on" Spinal said, driving towards the town. When they reached the town, they immediately noticed that the locals didn't look at all friendly.
"Spinal, these people don't look too friendly" Rui pointed out.
"I didn't realise before, but this is Pyrite Town, not a place for a kid like you" Spinal said.
"Oh Pyr- HEY! I'm not a kid! I wanted to fight in that double battle with you!"
"And I didn't let you because your a kid" Spinal walked towards his bike. "You can sleep with the moveable roof on my bike"
"Hey, I'm 12 and a half you know! I'm capable by myself!" Rui argued.
"And I'm 14, respect your elders and stay in the bike" Spinal ordered.
"THAT'S IT! I'M LEAVING! I SHOULD'VE LEFT YOU DAYS AGO!" and with that Rui stormed off. Spinal only realised what happened 10 seconds later.
"Rui, this town is full of thugs! Not a place for you!"
"Where am I?"
Kyanite woke up on the boat and had climbed to the side to see were she was, to find total darkness.
"This doesn't seem too good" Kyanite said to herself.
"Oh this won't do. This won't do at all. The XD001 commanders said nobody else was on the boat, but they missed this little girl" a voice said. Out of the shadows came six...power rangers? No, they were the six coloured Cipher Peons.
"You six! You red one! You were in Kanto when I visited Professor Oak!" Kyanite growled.
"Yes, and I was by myself then, but now I-we can beat you" Resix said.
"Red!"
"Blue!"
"Green!"
"Brown!"
"Purple!"
"Yellow!"
"Triple amazing different type attack!"
"The nerve of Spinal! Calling me a kid!" Rui muttered, as she walked around Pyrite Town looking for a place to stay, when a bunch of thugs came up to her.
"Hello there pretty lady, what's your name?" one asked.
"Stranger danger, stranger danger, don't-! Hi there, my name's Rui. Damn it!"
"My name's Thorin. How about I buy you a drink from the local pub?" Thorin asked.
"Um, sure?" Rui reluctantly agreed. They walked over to the bar and sat down.
"So, what brings you to Pyrite Town?" Thorin asked, using his hands to tell his friends to go away.
"Well, I suggested to my friend Spinal that we stop here for the night. We came here, when he called me a kid so I stormed off" Rui explained.
"Hey, you're not a kid! I'll tell this Spinal person everything he deserves!" Thorin stomped on the ground as he stood up, also feeling Rui, which she didn't feel, unluckily.
"No, please don't!" Rui pleaded.
"I won't...if you come with me" Thorin evilly grinned, gesturing her to follow him. They walked into a hotel across the street and into Thorin's room. Then, Rui was pushed onto the bed and felt cold all of a sudden.
"AAAAH, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Rui cried, jumping up and pushing him away.
"Oh, we're just getting started" Thorin licked his lips, only to be rugby tackled by Spinal.
"Hands of her, freak!" Spinal yelled, taking his Espeon out.
"Freaking! Skiploom, Stun Spore!" Thorin commanded.
"Espeon, Confusion!" Spinal angrily instructed, smashing both Thorin and Skiploom into and knocking over Thorin's bed.
"Jeez, anger management! How did you get into my room anyway?" Thorin angrily asked.
"Easy, I followed you, then hid behind your couch in your room" Spinal explained, clenching his fist, ready to slam it in Thorin's face.
"Wait Spinal, don't do it! Please, let's just take his keys and room and let him off" Rui frantically tried to negotiate.
"Rrrrrr...fine. Give us your keys" Spinal growled, as Thorin immediately gave him his keys and then zoomed off. Spinal turned to Rui.
"Are you okay?" Spinal asked, his voice changing immediately from mean to nice.
"I'm fine, just really scared" Rui admitted.
"That bastard. If we meet with him again, don't hold me back okay?" Spinal declared.
"Sure. But I have a feeling we won't meet him again" Rui said. "I'm sure"
...
"Step up, step up, step up to take the Duel Square challenge! No ante, no cost, just fun!" a man standing on a box announced. Spinal and Rui happened to be walking by at that moment. The announcement made Spinal perk up.
"I'll do it" Spinal said.
"Okay then, come with us" the man issued Rui and Spinal to follow him. They walked towards a drawn square with trainers outside it.
"This is the Duel Square. No bets, no antes, no cost and your first opponent will be me" the man said. "My name is Novar, Rider Novar they call me" he introduced.
"My name's Spinal. How many Pokemon?" Spinal asked.
"Orre never does single battles, so let's do one! Noctowl, go!" Novar sent out his Noctowl.
"Go Umbreon!" Spinal sent out his trusty partner.
"Spinal, that Noctowl is one of those Shadow Pokemon!" Rui called.
"On it" Spinal called back. "Umbreon, Quick Attack!"
"Noctowl Gust!" Novar commanded, blocking Umbreon's attack with Noctowl's Gust.
"Umbreon, use Quick Attack again!" Spinal commanded, not learning from the previous Gust.
"Noctowl, Shadow Rush" Novar instructed. Noctowl and Umbreon collided, and Noctowl was pushed away and hurt from recoil damage, while Umbreon was badly hurt from the collision.
"You didn't learn from the first Quick Attack? You must be a slow learner" Novar remarked.
"Well, I still won" Spinal said, pointing at the Snag Ball now containing Noctowl.
"What? What did you do to Noctowl?" Novar demanded.
"It was a Shadow Pokemon, so I lured it closer to me with multiple Quick Attacks, then I snagged it" Spinal explained.
"Impressive, but you still have to get past the next couple of Duel Square trainers!" Novar said, stepping out of the square as someone else stepped in.
Was it good? Man, going through these rounds fast, I like it!
Next Time: Spinal takes on the rest of Duel Square
Amber: Eevee (Ve-Ve) Lv 14, Pansage (Sa-Sa) (pronounced Sei-Sei) Lv 12
Spinal: Umbreon Lv 32, Espeon Lv 31, (s) Makuhita Lv 30
Kyanite: Swellow (Swell) Lv 23, Simipour (Pour) Lv 27