Sorry guys, but the updates are about to get farther and farther apart because of school and life in general. I'll do my best to post one new chapter per week.
"You see, this is why I hate humans." I muttered, dodging Golbat's supersonic attack. "I start to get comfortable around them." I said, replying with a razor wind. "I start to think that maybe you aren't so bad." A Koffing slammed into me, knocking me over. He was fried with a blast of electricity from Thunder. "And what do you do? You pull this little stunt." I said, freezing the Koffing, who was starting to get back up. The battle was raging on around me, with me, Nidoran, and Kirlia on the front lines. Vulpix, Thunder, and Burn were in the back, providing ranged support because they were too tired to fight up front. The Rocket recalled Koffing and replaced it with a Marill. I cursed. They each must have six Pokémon, and every time we KO'd one, they'd just replace it.
"Just give up. This'll get you nowhere. We're going to steal your Pokémon, and there's nothing you can do about it. Your Pokémon are too tired from their previous fights, and won't stand a chance against us." One of the Rockets said.
"Shut up! If I have to, I'll fight! You aren't going to get my Pokémon!" James yelled, his face red with anger.
"Y-yeah!" April yelled. I smiled, chuckling at the two's brave words. Leave it to the kids to be naïve and brave. But that's why I like them. Golbat stopped its swoop to give me a funny look.
"What're you laughing at?" He asked. I grinned at him maliciously.
"Oh, I'm just imagining all the fun ways I'm going to rip you to pieces. The one human I actually trust is depending on me, so I can't let her down." I said, and launched myself forwards, slamming into Golbat with renewed vigor. Golbat was down for the count, and I whirled on the two Watchog advancing on me. I hit one with ice beam, and then hit them both with a razor wind. To my surprise, they both got up. Nidoran jumped in then, hitting them both with a double kick and putting them down for the count.
"Leave us alone!" She yelled, and began to glow. The battle stopped, everyone watching as Nidoran evolved into Nidorina. I nodded, and blindsided a Machop, who had been trying to deliver a cheap shot on me. He got back up quickly and hit me with a low kick, which really hurt. I slammed into the ground and rolled out of the way of a karate chop. I popped back up and was about to fire razor wind when a blast of blue and purple fire hit Machop, fainting him. I glanced back at Burn, who had the purple fire streaming from his mouth. I shook my head and continued my assault.
"Burn, use dragon rage again on Murkrow!" April called. The purple fire engulfed the Murkrow, sending it tumbling to the ground. There was a yelp, and I whirled, watching as Vulpix was KO'd by another Golbat's poison fang. I cursed and shot it down with an ice beam, only to be bit by a Raticate. I growled and shook it off, hitting it with a quick attack. Three more Pokémon advanced on me, making me back up with a growl. I was breathing hard. A bolt of lightning arched over me, hitting the Raticate that had just bit me, followed by an ember that KO'd it. I launched myself forwards with a snarl, biting and scratching with the other two, another Raticate and a Parasect. Two more Pokémon jumped into the fray, attempting to overpower me. I was crushed under the weight of the four Pokémon, but managed to struggle to my feet, seeing the Nidorina had been defeated by a Drowzee. I growled, barely managing to shake my attackers off, and leaping backwards, firing a razor wind. This was not going well.
"Wow. How pathetic." A voice said behind us. Everyone froze, turning around to look at the figure approaching us. It was the same boy from the Pokémon center, wearing the black trench coat with his Lucario close behind. I could see his face now, having put his collar down. He didn't look very old, maybe 18 or 19, and had a small smile on his face. "You guys are having trouble with two kids. Seriously, that's just sad." The man said.
"This doesn't concern you." One Rocket said, attempting to sound menacing. The man just laughed, his Lucario stepping out in front of him. "Leave before we hurt you too." I glanced at the Rockets. They seemed worried about this new guy, whoever he was.
"Why would I take a threat from a Rocket seriously? You guys were taken down by a ten year old. Twice." The man said, waggling two fingers at them.
"We are not the Rockets we were back then. We are stronger now than ever before!" A Rocket exclaimed. Kirlia came to join me to fight the four Pokémon in front of me.
"Burn and Thunder will help the Lucario fight the other five. It's up to us to take care of these four." She whispered. I nodded.
"Get them!" The Rocket yelled. The four Pokémon charged us, and I fired an ice beam, hitting the ground in front of them. They slipped on the ice, and fell onto the ground at full momentum, skidding towards us. Kirlia threw multiple magical leaf attacks, hitting two of them. I fired another ice beam, knocking out a Gloom that was attempting to use sleep powder. Drowzee got up, cursing me. I raced forwards, using a pursuit to knock him back. Raticate launched itself at me, only to be caught by Kirlia's confusion and thrown into Parasect. I fired a razor wind at them, sending them tumbling backwards, and Drowzee cursed again, attempting to use a psychic on me.
"Why won't this work?!" He yelled in frustration. I KO'd him with another pursuit, and grinned.
"You must be especially stupid. Psychic moves don't work on dark types." I said, and turned to where Kirlia was being attacked by Parasect. I launched a razor wind, blowing Parasect away from Kirlia, and Raticate latched onto me with a hyper fang. I yelled in pain, and twisted around, managing to the tip of my horn between Raticate and myself. I growled and fired another razor wind, blowing Raticate off of me. His teeth scraped me as he was blown backwards, causing me to let out another yelp. I froze Raticate with ice beam, and saw Parasect fly over my head. That made four. I whirled around, ready to help Lucario…only to see that he was sitting on a pile of Pokémon, all KO'd. He grinned at me.
"Finally done, huh? Good, now help me with those three." Lucario said, jerking his head to where the three Rockets were. "Or not." He said, seeing that his trainer, trench coat guy, had them tied up.
"You were taking too long, so I went ahead and took care of it." Trench coat said, grabbing their pokeballs and recalling their injured Pokémon for them. Lucario smiled and shook his head. Trench coat walked towards April and James. Everyone but Kirlia and I had been recalled. "Hey, you two ok?" He asked. April and James nodded. "Good. Any minute now and Officer Jenny will be here…" He said. As if on cue, (which seems to happen a lot) the sound of an engine could be heard, and Officer Jenny came roaring up in her police cruiser. She stepped out of her car and nodded to Trench Coat.
"You called?" Jenny asked.
"Yeah. I've got three Rockets here, who were attempting to steal their Pokémon." Trench Coat said, pointing to April and James. Jenny nodded.
"Alright, I'll take them into custody. I'll need to ask all of you some questions, but that can wait. You need to get your Pokémon taken care of, so I'll drop you off at the Pokémon center." Jenny said. I glanced at April. "So recall your Pokémon, and we'll be off." She said. James recalled Kirlia, and April glanced at me.
"Just this once." I said with a sigh. April nodded and pulled out a pokeball.
"Mars, return." She said. The world turned into a swirling vortex of colors, and I was sucked into the pokeball.
POV CHANGE: Soul (Lucario)
My trainer, Lucien, and I stood in between two alleys, hidden in the shadows. The girl, April, and her Absol, Mars, had just exited the police station with James. I scanned their auras, detecting a sense of unease. I also noticed a familiar aura creeping up behind me, and I turned around, grinning at Red.
"Hello, Red." I said. Red sighed, shaking his head.
"I still can't get over the fact that you can speak English, Soul." He said. I grinned. Lucien ignored both of us, watching the kids (Not in the perverted way). "Still lurking in the shadows, huh Lucien?" Red said. Lucien nodded.
"I like it better this way." Lucien said. "So those are the two kids you were telling me about?" He asked. I turned to look at the kids, who were now talking excitedly to each other, pointing at the gym across the street. Red nodded.
"Yep. That's them." He said. "Sorry I can't stay with them, but with Team Rocket on the move again it's my duty as the Champion to try and stop them. Sure you don't mind watching over them?" Red asked. Lucien shrugged, turning around and grinning at Red.
"Sure. I'd be glad to watch them. I'm not as anti-social as I seem, you know." He said.
"Sure you are." I said with a grin. Lucien glared at me.
"Whose side are you on?" He asked. I grinned and shrugged. Lucien just sighed.
"So, Team Rocket's on the move again, huh." He said turning back to the kids. They had just entered the Cerulean gym. "It's probably got something to do with that." He said. Red nodded.
"Undoubtedly. Come on, let's go watch their match. I'll introduce you guys and then treat you all to lunch." Red said. Lucien shook his head.
"No, there are a few things I want to take care of first. I'll meet you at the only café in town at noon. Come on, Soul." Lucien said, and walked past Red, who just sighed and shook his head.
"Don't worry, I'll make sure he's on time." I said and followed Lucien, who was muttering to himself. I glanced back at the gym one more time, and then shook my head. It figured that we had to play babysitter, even after all that we had done. And it was probably precisely what Lucien wanted. He may seem distant and disconnected, but he could read the world better than I could, even without the use of aura. He wanted to be right in the thick of the action, and knew that by sticking with those two, he would be.