I do not own Pokemon or any of its characters, I only own my OC's
Chapter 10
Emma gasped, leaning against a trunk of a large tree at the entrance of Viridian Forest. On her left Mankey was sitting up straight and alert, while Eevee sat between her legs with her head resting on Emma's knee. Both Pokemon were relaxing for a short few minutes as Emma had them run when she had gotten tired. Though, right now, Emma cursed herself for not materializing them back into their Pokeballs. It could have saved them a lot of time and energy.
She took out her slightly warmed up water bottle and took a large gulp. She released a happy sigh when the water slithered its way down her throat, cleansing her of her sore throat. Eevee's ear twitched and she whined loudly, giving Emma a look. Mankey glanced over to his trainer, watching as she put her water bottle back into her bag and pulled out a large jar that was full of white liquid. Placing the jar on the ground on the opposite side he was on, she then pulled out two small pieces of Poke snacks and placed them on the ground.
Mankey tilted his head in confusion at the yellow cake look-alikes, but his mouth watered when its smell wafted through the air and was picked up when he sniffed. He gave Emma an eye smile and took a bite of the snack, humming at its amazing taste. Beside him Eevee also ate her snack, eating slower than Mankey as she was used to its taste.
Emma grinned at Mankey and Eevee and retrieved two small plastic cups then poured its contents into them. Screwing the lid of the jar back on, she placed it back into her bag and then placed the two cups beside Mankey and Eevee. Both cheered happily and drunk the good tasting liquid.
Emma smiled, feeling happy that both of her Pokemon was happy themselves. She nibbled on her sandwich that she had gotten from the Pokemon Center's cafeteria. She blushed slightly, when her stomach rumbled for more. Mankey snorted, while Eevee gave her a teasing smirk before returning to her meal.
Mankey had grown nicer towards her, after she had ran away with him from the Spearow. Emma was thankful for that as she didn't think she could live if her Mankey ran away every time she let him out of his Pokeball. She was honestly surprised by his sudden change of attitude, but none the less, she was still thankful for it.
They all sat in peace for a few more minutes, before a small rustle sounded across from them in the thick shrubbery. Mankey growled lowly and stood in front of his food and drink protectively. Eevee sat up, twitching her ears and swished her tail in alarm. Both Pokemon glanced at each other as the rustling got louder, making them tense. Emma looked at the bush and felt unnerved.
As if sensing her unsettling feelings, both Pokemon got into defensive positions. They stood there until a figure made its way out of the bush, taking its time to come out from the shadows and into a ray of sunlight that was actually able to touch the forest floor. Emma's eye twitched as she stared at the small bug Pokemon in front of her.
"Pe?" Caterpie titled its head to the side as it stared at them.
Emma shook her head and let out a sigh. She stood and pulled out a Pokeball from her bag and enlarged it. "Mankey it's your time to shine!"
Mankey howled in happiness and took a stance in front of her, while Eevee returned to Emma's side. He hopped around then punched the air above him, showing he was ready for battle.
"Scratch!" He obeyed and charged at the Caterpie.
Caterpie widened its eyes and began panicking when it saw Mankey heading toward it. It tried to squirm away back into the brush, but was knocked down by a pumped up Mankey. Caterpie coughed and wiggled in pain, whining loudly at the sudden attack. Mankey huffed proudly and placed his hands on his hips, while looming over the down Pokemon.
"Alright" She threw her Pokeball up then caught it in her hand as gravity pulled it back down. "Your mine Caterpie!" She yelled as she chugged the Pokeball at Caterpie.
Mankey jumped away, when he saw the incoming ball, and landed in front of Emma. Caterpie winced when the Pokeball hit the side of his head. He was quickly absorbed in to the ball, and Emma furrowed her brows, waiting for the 'ding's' to end. Mankey kept in a defensive position, almost hoping the Caterpie wouldn't get caught. He wanted to battle more!
But, at last, the Pokeball 'dinged' a hollow sound, making Emma and Eevee cheer, while Mankey pouted. Emma hopped over Eevee and ran over to her Pokeball and picked it up.
She did a pose and held out Caterpie's Pokeball. She looked up at it in a loving way. "Welcome to the family, Caterpie." With a loud 'pop' sound, Caterpie appeared.
Clipping its Pokeball on her black belt, beside Mankey's, she cooed at the small bug-type. "Hey there little guy"
Caterpie flinched, and backed away from her. Emma frowned at that, but ignored it as she pulled out her PDA. "Caterpie, the Worm Pokémon. To repel enemies, Caterpie releases an unpleasant odor from its red antenna. It molts several times while growing." She pressed the next button, to display other information about it. "This Caterpie is a female and its known moves are: Tackle and String Shot."
"Really…why didn't you release the stench when I ordered Mankey to attack you?" Emma wondered out loud, but shook her head and picked up the small bug Pokemon. She gave Caterpie a bright smile. "Bre?"
She squealed. "Awww you're so cute!"
Caterpie looked at her in confusion, before she gave her an eye smile. "Cater pi!"
"Awww" Emma hugged her to her chest.
Caterpie snuggled happily against her chest, letting out pleased sounds when Emma petted her head or rubbed her back. "Bre!" She exclaimed happily up at her trainer, but then stopped when her stomach rumbled loudly.
Emma giggled at the embarrassed Pokemon and sat her down. "Wait one second."
Emma brought out a piece of Poke Snack and a cup of Moomoo milk then sat it down in front of Caterpie. Caterpie sniffed the strange looking food; she looked over at Mankey and Eevee, who ignored her as they ate their food. She nibbled on it then squealed in delight. She began gobbling it up quickly, before she drunk her cup of milk down.
Emma laughed. "Looks like someone was a hungry little fellow huh?"
"Bre pi!" She cheered in agreement and crawled onto Emma's shoulder. "Cater Bre!"
Emma giggled as Caterpie nuzzled her cheek. "You're so sweet, too."
"Eevee" Eevee yipped when she was done with her meal. She trotted over to Emma and gave the Caterpie a lop sided grin. "Ve!"
"Bre," Caterpie nodded at Eevee, wiggling her tiny feet.
Mankey glanced at them, before he shook his head and finished up his food and milk. After finishing up, he picked up the container, along with Eevee's and Caterpie's and handed them over to Emma. She gave him a surprised look, but thanked him. He let out a loud 'Key' then tapped his Pokeball, allowing his body to be absorbed into the circular device.
Emma shook her head at Mankey. After Eevee climbed up on her shoulder with Caterpie, Emma stared at the small bug-type out the corner of her eye. "Hey Caterpie, do you know where any streams are?"
Caterpie nodded. "Bre cater," She said, as she nodded over to Emma's left. Eevee's ears twitch then gave out a loud 'Vi'. Emma rolled her eyes at them then stood up, with the three cups in her hands, and walked with Caterpie nodded in which way she should go. She was thankful that Caterpie knew the lay out of the forest. Maybe Caterpie could help her find a way out if she ever got lost. Emma heard that it was very easy to get lost in these woods, after overhearing a conversation at the Pokemon Center.
Caterpie squealed in delight when they reached a small stream that had slow moving water. Emma squatted by the stream, allowing Eevee and Caterpie to crawl off her shoulders. She then tapped Mankey's Pokeball, which responded by releasing him onto a rock, in the middle of the stream. She then placed their three containers in the stream and washed the small droplets of Moomoo milk off, before she placed them back into her bag.
Mankey shook his body and sent Emma an irritated look, before snorting and sitting on the small rock. He ignored his trainer and team, deciding that the fruit in the trees looked much better and interesting. Emma looked up to see Mankey hopping off the rock, over the water, and onto the ground. He then climbed up a tree with such ease that it made her amazed.
Her attention then turned to her other two Pokemon, who were playing in the water. Emma grinned at them when she saw how they were play fighting with each other. Shaking her head, she dipped her hands in the cool stream water, and let out a content sigh. After flicking her fingers to get the water off, she called Mankey down from his tree.
To her surprise, he responded instantly. He jumped down with five apples in his arms, and hopped over to them. "Mankey" He said then put the apples beside Emma's bag, making her smile softly at him.
He turned back to her and walked over, looking up at her with a questioning gaze. She grinned, feeling pumped. "Hey Mankey, you want to train?"
He snorted, like she really needed to ask. He nodded and fist pumped. "Mank Key!" He yelled out as he hopped up and down, punching the air, showing off to her by doing flips.
She smirked. "Well let's do this, big guy!" She turned to a tree in front of them. "Use low kick on the tree!"
"Key!" His eyes narrowed on the tree trunk and charged. He gained his speed then hopped up and twisted his body around then slammed his feet into the tree. Using his momentum he pushed off the tree and flipped back twice before landing. His chest puffed out in pride when he saw the small indent of his foot on the tree.
"That was awesome, Mankey," Emma congratulated, looking at the trunk with renewed spirit. "Now let's go again!"
This continued on till an hour later, which Emma thought was impressive. Mankey was obviously tired after 24 minutes of running at the tree and kicking it or scratching it, but he still continued. Giving him a well needed break, she turned to Caterpie and Eevee, who watched with awe at Mankey's flips and attacks.
She then proceeded to have a small battle between Caterpie and Eevee, which Eevee won. Caterpie pouted about the battle, but Emma told her that it was just a small spare. In fact Caterpie had done a nice job by spraying Eevee with a sticky String Shot that had made the small fluff ball trip and roll into the small stream. That did give Caterpie an advantage over Eevee, but the stream had washed away the stickiness and allowed Eevee to once again move.
Mankey patted the small bug on her back, and then began talking to her in the Pokemon language. Caterpie responded back, and hunched over with a sigh. Mankey glared and patted her on the back harder, making her almost tumble forward, but Mankey caught her and began speaking to her again. Caterpie nodded to him determinedly and then walked over to Emma and tugged on her pants.
Emma looked down at her and smiled. "Alright Caterpie."
Turning away from Caterpie, Emma crouched down and picked up three large stones. In one hand she threw one up and caught it, and repeating this twice. She smirked. "First Caterpie we work on aim."
Caterpie gave her a nod as she watched Emma take her shoes and socks off then walk into the stream, and place the stones on the large rock that was in the middle of the stream. She pointed at the rock. "Alright Caterpie, String Shot!"
"Bre!" Caterpie answered then shot out a white string, rather than using a String Shot that had a wider range, and hit the side of the first stone, making it spin, but otherwise stay on top of the rock.
Emma clapped her hands. "Good job, Caterpie!"
Caterpie's shoulders slumped at the almost hit, but straightened up at her trainers comment. "Now again." Once again Caterpie shot out a white string from her mouth, but yet again it missed, going over the stone instead of the hitting it.
Caterpie's shoulders slumped again and she hung her head in defeat. "Cater bre…"
"Awww don't worry about it Caterpie. Everyone has something they're not good at and besides with a little practice, you'll be knocking over the stones in no time." Emma said, trying to cheer her up.
Caterpie lifted up her head. "Cater…bre"
"Come on Caterpie, if you want to get better you have to train." Emma told her. "So how about we give it another try huh?"
"Bre!" Caterpie agreed loudly, and glared at the stones that laid on top on the rock. She blinked as she wiggled a little then focused solely on the stones. She puffed out her chest and released another white string and this time it actually hit, but still on the side of the stone, though, the sticky string shot grabbed a hold of the stone and fell into the water.
Emma blinked and then grinned widely. "You did it!" She jumped up and down. "You really did it! Good job Caterpie!"
Caterpie gave her an eye smile. "Bre bre!"
Emma winked at her. "Keep up the good work Caterpie"
She nodded. "Bre!" She then returned back to shooting white string at the other two stones.
Seeing Caterpie keeping herself busy with the stones, Emma turned to Eevee and Mankey. "Sparing time!" She clapped her hands together, while the Pokemon stared up at her in surprise.
Emma quickly stood to the side, while Eevee and Mankey stood across from each other. Their battle last longer than Eevee's and Caterpie's. Eevee came out on the top once again, but was obviously injured bad by Mankey, who still stood ready for another round. Both had endurance and stamina, though, Emma could tell if this battle continued Eevee would lose to Mankey. Their battle lasted about 15 minutes with Emma shouting the both of them orders to attack to dodge. Emma was proud of the two as they had battle amazingly and still stood strong.
She had trained them some her, deciding right then that she should just go ahead and settle camp in the area. While the others trained, she sent up her tent and rolled out her black sleeping bag inside. Placing her messenger bag inside, she walked over to the stream and grabbed her shoes and socks then placed them inside her tent.
Crawling out, she stood up and wiped her forehead. Turning around she saw her Pokemon all training with each other. Glancing over at the rock, she noticed that all the stones were knocked off, with the large stone covered in white string. She walked over to them, and sat Indian style. She petted Caterpie on her head. "Good job at knocking off the stones Caterpie."
"Bre" Caterpie gave her an eye smile and nuzzled her hand. Before she could say anything else, though, Caterpie turned it's up towards the sky and released a wide ranged Stringed Shot that flowed back to the ground like a fountain.
Emma gasped and scooted back, along with her other two Pokemon. The three of them watched in wonder as Caterpie was soon covered by silky string as a bright light enveloped her. Emma's eyes widened as Caterpie began to take on another shape, before the white light slowly diminished and left behind was a different Pokemon from Caterpie.
Emma's eyes turned teary. "Awww Caterpie y-you evolved…"
"Meta…" The new version of Caterpie replied back lazily.
She wiped her eyes and brought out her PDA. "This Pokémon is vulnerable to attack while its shell is soft, exposing it's weak and tender body." The device made a 'dinging' sound. "Metapod has learned harden."
Emma felt pride swell within her. "Oh, Metapod I'm so proud of you!"
"Pod…"
She picked up Metapod and placed her in her on her lap. She began cooing at Metapod, rubbing her head. Metapod gave her an eye smile, and let out a lazy 'Meta'. Mankey stood on Emma's left side, looking down at his team mate's new form. He tilted his head then clenched his fists, feeling a pang of jealously enter him. He looked away from Metapod, but then shook his head. If he wanted to get stronger and one day evolve, he had to train hard and get stronger. His actions weren't missed by Eevee, who gave him a look, before turning back to Metapod and giving her an eye smile. Metapod rocked its body, in a sort of nod, towards Eevee.
Metapod basked in its trainers and team mate's praise, giving them all an eye smile. "Metapod…"
"Your so cool looking Metapod" She cooed, but then added. "You guys are cool to."
Eevee grinned and puffed out her chest, giving Emma a knowing look. Mankey glare softened and he crossed his arms, swishing his tail back and forth at a constant rate. Emma grinned at the two and wrapped her arms around the both of them. Mankey and Eevee looked up at her confused, but she just smiled.
"It looks like our family is getting stronger, eh guy and girls?" She asked them with a goofy grin.
"Pod…" Was Metapod's only answer, with two blinks following after it.
"Eevee!" Eevee yipped with enthusiasm.
Mankey rolled his eye, but nodded in agreement. "Mankey"
R&R