A couple days had passed since Quilava and his friends had helped the Starly. Shinx started his training. Quilava and Shinx have agreed on being rivals. They decided that they would be rivals.
Pikachu and Quilava kept going on the path. Shinx said he was going to see if they were getting close to the town.
"Don't you think that Shinx should've been back by now?" Pikachu asked.
"He probably found it and is taking a nap before he comes back." Quilava said.
"Speak of the devil." Pikachu said. Quilava looked and saw Shinx, sleeping.
"Told you." Quilava said, grinning at Pikachu. She sighed and walked up to him.
"Shinx." She said quietly. Nothing. "Shinx." She said a tad bit louder.
"SHINX!" Quilava yelled. Shinx jolted awake.
"What?! Is someone dying? Earthquake? Fire?" He said quickly.
"What happened is that you were asleep." Quilava said.
"I wasn't asleep...I was just enjoying the ground and closing my eyes, capturing everything good about this beatiful, dark brown soil." Shinx said, smiling. Quilava kept frowning.
"Did you find the town?" Pikachu asked. Shinx nodded.
"Yup, we need to keep walking then take a left at the cross." Shinx said.
"How do you know we go left?" Quilava asked.
"Because I went right, and all there was was a large lake and some cranky Feebas and Magikarp." Shinx said.
"Well I think we should go to the lake first. You two need a bath." Pikachu said.
"By 'you two' you mean Shinx and Pikachu right? Right? Please say right." Quilava said.
"No, by 'you two' I mean Shinx and Quilava." Pikachu said.
"Why aren't you gonna bathe then?" Shinx asked.
"Because I'm not the one with blood and dirt on me." She said. Quilava wiped his arm on her back.
"Sorry I had a bit of blood on my arm." He said. She glared at him. "Well maybe I don't want a bath. I'm a fire pokemon. Water is like poison to me. Are you trying to kill me?" Quilava said.
"No, I just want you to be clean. Honestly I don't see how you were the only one to not like water. Your brother and father took baths. You should too." Pikachu said.
"Can't I just do dry cleaning?" He asked.
"Guys we're at the cross." Shinx interrupted.
"Good, where was the town again?" Quilava asked.
"Left."
"Okay, then let's get going." Quilava said, quickly walking towards the left. Pikachu grabbed his ear. "No please I'm just a poor boy!"
"We're going right, remember?" Pikachu asked. Quilava shook his head.
"I'm stupid. I can't remember things that long ago." Quilava said.
"Well maybe a nice bath will clear you of your stupidity." Pikachu said.
"I'm pretty sure I need adult supervision while going in a pond. Maybe there's some mature Raichus and Luxrays in the next town..."
"And I'm pretty sure there are some mature Milotic and Gyarados near the lake." Pikachu said.
"C'mon Quilava, you know she will drag you there by the ear." Shinx said.
"I don't care, I'll fight my way out of here!" Quilava said. Pikachu pulled harder.
"Let's go Shinx." Pikachu said and started dragging Quilava towards the right. Shinx slowly followed.
About 5 seconds later Quilava was screaming and fidgeting. "Please let me go! I still have to beat Skitty in a staring contest! I can't die yet!" He shouted. Pikachu ignored him.
"Pikachu...he's crying you know." Shinx said.
"You don't know him like I do he's faking it." Pikachu said to him.
"I'm not faking! You're gonna rip my ear off and throw me in a lake!" Quilava said.
"It's just up ahead, it wasn't far down the path." Shinx said. Pikachu let go. Quilava looked up at her.
"You're lucky you're my friend and a girl." Quilava said, sniffling.
"You're lucky you're my friend and a girl." Pikachu said back at him. Shinx burst into laughter.
"That wasn't funny." Quilava said.
"Let's just keep moving. Quilava, I'll let you know that I have a very particular set of skills. Skills I have learned over a very long career. If you run, I will look for you. I will find you, and I will kill you." Pikachu said to him.
"Good luck." Quilava whispered.
"What was that?"
"Nothing!" Quilava said.
They walk for a little bit then Shinx says "There's the lake!"
"Okay, we found it, let's turn back." Quilava said.
"No, we're going in." Pikachu said.
"But I don't want to!" Quilava pouted.
"And I don't want to be embarrassed by walking into a town with someone who has blood and dirt all over him." Pikachu said. Quilava mumbled something.
"Hey...what's that glow?" Shinx asked. Pikachu looked. There was a pink glow coming from the lake.
"Meh, someone's probably doing light tricks." Quilava said.
"We should go see what it is." Shinx said. He started to run.
"Shinx wait!" Pikachu said, running after him. Quilava stood there. Then he slowly walked after them.
Once Quilava was at the edge of the lake with his friends he could get a better view. It was definitely another pokemon. It had a small light blue body with two tails. Each had a red gem on it.
It's face had a magenta color, with four long drooping appendages, as well as another red gem in it's forehead. Quilava stared. Something about it made him seem calm and relaxed.
He felt happy. Then the pokemon suddenly vanished. Quilava still stared. "What was that." He though out loud.
"I don't know, but I'm feeling pretty happy right now." Shinx said. "So happy I could just lunge myself into a lake."
"Now's your chance." Quilava said. Shinx jumped forward and dove into the lake. A few seconds later he burst out gasping and quickly swam towards the shore.
"Don't go in there, it's fr-fr-freezing." He said, shiverring. Quilava laughed.
"We'll get used to it." Pikachu said. Pikachu slowly walked in. "It's not too bad."
"Well you're an electric type. Electric types don't get cold." Quilava said.
"Shinx is an electric type as well." Pikachu said.
"Shut up, please." Quilava said.
"Quilava it's your turn. Get in here." Pikachu said.
"Uh uh, no way. I'm not taking one step in that death trap you call water." Quilava said. He felt a huge force hit him from behind. Next thing he knew he was in the water. He started swinging his arms and legs around frantically.
"Good job, Shinx." Pikachu said. Shinx grinned.
"It was nothing." He said. Quilava desperately swam towards the shore. However Pikachu grabbed him.
"No! Nononononono! I'm gonna die if you keep me here!" Quilava shrieked.
"Hush you big baby." Pikachu said mockingly. Quilava whined.
"Remember that thing we saw earlier? Remember it, so you can calm down." Pikachu said.
"I don't want to remember! I want to escape! Someone please help me! I require special aid!" Quilava yelled, shutting his eyes.
"Everything will be alright." Said a voice.
"Everything will NOT be alright, Pikachu!" Quilava screamed.
"I didn't say that." Pikachu said.
"Quilava, look in front of you." Shinx said. Quilava opened his eyes and saw what he saw earlier. The pokemon. Pikachu let go of him. Quilava looked into the pokemon's eyes.
"Please, relax." She said. Quilava did exactly that. He forgot all about the water.
"Uh...who are you?" He asked.
"I'm Mesprit. I am the guardian of this lake. I am known as the being of emotion." Mesprit said.
"The emotion I feel is happiness." Quilava said. She flew in a circle around him.
"That's a good thing!" She said. "My brothers are guardians of the other lakes. If you are travellers, you possibly have met them." She said.
"I've met lots of pokemon, but never any lake guardians. Until now." Quilava said. She sighed.
"They don't trust others, I guess that's why. They don't understand that every single pokemon and human want to beat them up." Mesprit said.
"That's true, for pokemon anyway. I don't know much about humans." Quilava said.
"Humans are interesting creatures. They catch pokemon in little spheres called pokeballs. I've met countless of those pokemon caught by trainers. They all enjoyed being with humans." Mesprit explained. "Most humans I've met are usually very nice as well."
"Who knows, maybe I might meet one or two." Quilava said.
"You might like them, I sure do." Mesprit said. She was silent for a moment. "Say travellers, why are you travelling?" She asked.
"I'm on a journey to train for something important. I plan on taking the Pokemon League challenge." Quilava said.
"Ah yes, the Pokemon League. There are 8 squads that special in a certain type. The 8 leaders are a challenge. The one near the town is named Roark. He's a Cranidos. Though he is young, he is quite the fighter." Mesprit said.
"Roark the Cranidos. Sounds like a worthy challenge." Quilava said. "What do you know about the champion?" He asked.
"Oh I simply adore her. She is an interesting character. She is very strong as well. If you want to beat her you must know how and when to strike. It requires patience, precision, and a little bit of luck." Mesprit said.
"I can't wait for the battle, then." Quilava said.
"Don't let confidence get to your head. The only person to have defeated her is a young pokemon, similar to you in appearance. He had red fur instead of blue, though. He refused the champion title however." Mesprit said.
"Red fur...? Mesprit, what color was his eyes? Do you know?" Quilava asked. Mesprit grinned.
"Same as yours. He referred to himself as Red." Mesprit said. "Your brother is the only pokemon to have defeated the champion, my dear Quilava."
Yep you now know Quilava's reaction to water. Hope you enjoyed this chapter. If you did, I would appreciate it if you told me what you thought with a quick review :) Stay awesome my fans and I will catch you later!