* * * chapter IX * * *
- Trades, Training, and Miscellaneous
Author's note: All eggs in my story start at lv 1 after being hatched. Not sure if eggs can be traded in HGSS, but they will be able to be traded in this story.
Murasaki, 22:01 (Ecruteak city) —-
In the 'center I healed everyone, pulling out my Pokegear to make a call.
"Hello,"
"Hey Hunter, I finished at the gym,"
* Should I be callin' him that? *
"Hn, you win?"
"Yeah,"
"So where are you at right now?" he asked.
"Healing at the 'center,"
"Why don't you come to my room, we still need to talk remember."
* And do more I hope ... *
I could just imagine how he'd react, slamming me against a wall (or the door) and swallowing my shocked cry with a searing kiss that would leave me breathless.
* Arceus damn ... *
"... you still there?"
"Yeah, sorry,"
"In your own little world?"
* How did you know? * I thought sarcastically.
"Yep,"
"So, see you in a bit then?"
"Sure,"
—- —- —-
I stood in front of the door to Silver's room, trying to make my hand move.
* Knock already! Your pokemon aren't here to make fun of you and you know you want to ... *
Even Klefki had stayed in my room. I took a deep breath and knocked softly.
"Hey, thought you'd never knock,"
I shrugged.
"This is kinda awkward for me too. Haven't really felt ... like this before."
"What do you mean? Come in before you answer that,"
I stepped inside, immediately smelling a scent that was so familiar. I wanted to curl up on the bed and just lie there, his scent surrounding me. His voice brought me out of my fantasy.
"You alright?"
"Yeah, just a little overwhelmed."
"By what?"
I bit my lip.
"This is your domain. Well, you've stayed here for a little while, so it's ... Your emotions and scent are all over this room ..."
* Fuck it, might as well have told him you're fuckin' obsessed right? *
"... ok. Think you can explain that a little more?"
"I ... To a non-psychic it's probably hard to understand. You leave a kind of 'footprint' where ever you go. All people do really, and someone like me, a Psychometric on the highest end of the scale ... it's even stronger to me."
I ran a hand through my hair in frustration, 'feeling' his confusion.
* Maybe being sighted for him might help here ... *
"Look at it like this. Normally someone would leave an afterimage, some sort of color that a Psychometric might be able to pick up on. In your living space, even though it's only where you might have slept, the color is brighter. Just not colors when its me obviously, but I've heard of some that see like that who are like me."
"So you're saying because I've stayed in this room, what you feel is stronger ... than you would normally 'feel' from me?"
I nodded. "Exactly,"
"So ... uh, who goes first?" I asked finally, walking toward him.
I placed a hand on his arm, having to hold back a shiver at the contact. I could feel his interest in me (not just in a sexual way) and it was not only overwhelming, but also surprising.
* I thought sex was all he wanted the first time we kissed, but I'm pretty sure I was wrong ... *
"You I guess ..."
I raised an eyebrow in his direction.
"What do ya wanna know?"
There was silence for a moment.
"Why not how your powers work? The book I found gave some explanations, but was kind of vague on any ... specific Psychometric."
I sighed, letting my fingers start a slow circular pattern on his wrist. It was actually calming somehow.
* That's something I should remember for later ... *
"What, not going to tell me now that we're alone?" he asked angrily.
I grimaced, gripping his wrist just tight enough to keep him from walking away.
"No, just give me a minute to gather my thoughts. That's a much more complex question than I'm sure you realize,"
I quested with my other hand, dragging it along his arm 'till I found his face. I cupped his cheek lightly.
"I will tell you," I said with finality, tempted to just kiss him and smooth away the anger I could 'feel' slowly leaving him.
"Ok." he said, one of his hands landing atop mine on his face.
A few minutes later I was as ready as I would ever be.
"Basically, when I enter a building or area, I can sense several things about it. The people and pokemon are the easiest, since they have emotions, but objects also give off a sort of emotional charge. When someone touches an object, they leave a small impression of themself on it, not unlike the 'footprint' I told you about earlier. This one is much fainter, more like 'someone was here' and not 'someone is here.' Does this make sense so far?"
"I think so. You really feel all that? Being in a Department store must be hell on you."
"Yeah, it is. The Game corner in Goldenrod was a lot worse though."
"Why's that?"
I shrugged. "So many emotions, most of them desperate or depressing."
"Shit ..."
"If there are strong enough thoughts in an area I will 'feel' those too. For example ... In Azalea I arrived just in time to see a Rocket grunt torturing a woman. I 'felt' his malice and eagerness to harm."
"Was it more like thoughts, or actually emotions?"
"If I'd been closer or actually touching him I coulda gotten thoughts easily."
"But you can't actually read minds?"
"I could if someone was frantic enough or trusted me. By touching them I would only get the thoughts on the surface though unless they wanted me to get more."
"How does that work?"
"If they want to give me more they would 'project' the thoughts consciously. Normally someone just thinks, and I 'hear' their thoughts when I am able. When they do it on purpose, I can get more."
"That goes with what I read ..." I heard Silver mutter.
"So is there any more to this Psychometry thing?"
"Yeah. It used to just be that I could get the information when I was really close to its source. Now though, it seems like if I concentrate enough, I could find out exactly who was in a building or area, and what they were feeling."
"Sounds like a lot to process,"
"Sure fuckin' is,"
"So what about ... what did you call it? Talking in your mind with your pokemon?"
I sighed, biting my lip.
"I don't have any material for you to read on that."
"I don't care about that anymore."
* You sure about that? *
I must have had a disbelieving expression on my face because he gripped my jaw tightly and turned my head.
"Look, I know all this would sound a little nuts to anyone else, but if I didn't believe you would I be askin' about it?"
"Guess not ..."
He let me go, a hand landing on my shoulder.
"I can 'connect' with - it's only pokemon as far as I know right now - more than others. When I still thought Klefki was a key he thought something and I heard it. I'm not a Telepath, but if surface thoughts are there I can pick them up. Telepaths can read minds, that's their special power."
"So that's how it started then?"
I sighed. "Hunter, I'm pretty sure this thing with pokemon is from the experiments done on me 12 years ago, not my natural talents."
A growl could be heard, and with my enhanced senses it was almost deafening.
"Whoever this Cyphr or Ciphr are, they are so dead when I find them."
I chuckled. "My thoughts exactly."
—- —- —-
"So tell me about when you worked with Team rocket," I said, sitting on the bed next to him.
There was a sigh from the other boy.
"Other than specific missions and objectives there's not much to tell. I was part of one of the worst criminal organizations in the world, and up until ... four or five years ago that didn't bother me. I was hurting both humans and pokemon, but I just couldn't make myself care."
I hummed.
"So why'd you join in the first place?"
"It was a family tradition you could say. I lived on the streets for a while 'till I heard about Team R. Word was they could make someone strong, even a kid like me. So I went to join up, finding out Giovanni, the leader, was my father."
"How did you find that out?"
"Not hard really. Though he has a different muscle structure than me, we look a lot alike. Of course, I musta gotten this hair color from my mom,"
I reached out, sliding fingers along his shoulder until they brushed against something softer.
"What color is it?"
"Before I answer that, tell me something,"
"Hmmm?"
"You are actually blind right? I mean, your ... other senses don't cloud up visuals do they?"
I chuckled.
"What?!"
"When you say it like that, I sound like a fuckin' robot. No, my eyes don't work ... so yeah, blind is the word you want here,"
He sighed in relief, placing a hand on my arm.
"So ... uh?"
It was his turn to chuckle now.
"It's red, like fire-engine red."
"And that's the natural color?" I asked, grasping a few strands of said hair and running my fingers through it.
He hummed. "Yeah,"
All was silent for a moment.
"So, you said you were part of Team R. Won't they come after you when they notice you've left?"
He lightly smacked me on the arm.
"If you'd let me talk Ryu, you'd know the answer to that."
I rolled my eyes at him.
"Alright, alright," he said, taking one of my hands in his. He started rubbing the skin gently as he began to speak.
"They will come looking, but won't have an easy time finding me."
I smirked, shoving his shoulder lightly then placing my head on said shoulder.
"What, you in disguise?"
"Yeah actually,"
He went on to explain what he'd done to 'hide' himself from them.
"So, you think different colored eyes and clothes will really work?" I asked, wishing he was still wearing the jacket he'd mentioned so I could touch it.
* It probably smells like him too ... *
His scent was ... predatory is the best word I can think of to describe it. Not like he used that behavior a lot, but more like he could if he wanted to. So more of a lazy wolf that only proves itself when it wants to.
* Thus 'hunter' ... *
"You'll be surprised how well little changes like that actually work," he said, running a hand through my hair.
"What did you usually do for them anyway?" I wanted to know.
"Mostly steal pokemon and collect information ... all through illegal means of course. You never explained the 'render' thing."
I smirked, squeezing his wrist lightly.
"You sure you wanna know?"
"If it might happen again, you losing control, I wanna know what you're capable of."
I bit my lip.
"I can 'shove' my own emotions or those of others at a person like an almost physical force. Think of the emotions as just sitting there ... like water maybe. I can form them into a wall or knife and use them to fight with. If there's enough will behind the action, I can do physical damage."
At some point one of Silver's hands must have landed on my hip, 'cause I noticed it keenly as he rubbed the spot.
* So more it is then ... *
I smirked, grasping his shoulders tightly, pressing my lips against his. He responded in kind, his hands circling my wrists and squeezing tightly.
* Shit ... *
Before I knew what was happening I was pinned beneath him on the bed, my wrists held in a bruising grip. I managed to break the kiss, panting lightly.
"Harder ..." I practically begged.
He complied, increasing the strength of his grip. I felt rather than heard the moan that escaped my lips.
I couldn't move much, so I just connected our lips again. When I did however, he immediately took control of the kiss. I whined in the back of my throat as he broke it, not liking the lack of contact. He nuzzled my neck then crashed our lips together, repeating what he'd done a few days before. I felt like I was being devoured, and fucking loved it.
I had no idea how long the intense make-out session lasted, but at some point he pulled back for air and lay his head on my shoulder. The pressure around my wrists loosened and I was able to move more. I ran a hand through his unbound hair, loving the feel of it.
* It's really hot he's let it grow out so long ... *
I was content to just lie there for a while until I felt something hard pressing against me. I wasn't exactly shocked by the idea itself, but rather awed that only kissing could 'cause that reaction in him.
* Gonna love this if all it takes is kissing to get him started ... *
I smirked, my free hand moving down to grip his cock through the pants he wore. A quiet curse was the reaction I got.
* You won't be cursin' when I'm done with ya. Hmmm you might, but it won't be just 'fuck' it'll be more like 'fuck yeah.' *
A few minutes later I was on top of him, his dick in my mouth. It didn't take long for me to swallow most of it. I couldn't heal quicker than a regular human, but pain tended to not scare me so much. Ten minutes later (with little breaks) I had the whole thing down my throat, sucking eagerly. Silver's hands were in my hair, tugging lightly and urging me on.
All I could think was 'hell yeah' and 'you're so big.' Occasionally I'd pull back just enough to tongue his slit before going back to sucking. It didn't take too long for him to come like this - the creamy liquid eagerly being swallowed.
Once I'd licked up everything (making sure he was completely clean) I lay my head against his thigh. His hands slowly carded through my hair, soothing in a way I didn't think possible.
* He really knows how to make me feel better ... and he barely knows me ... *
"Ryu?"
I hummed. "Yeah?"
"Can I uh ..."
I blinked, confused.
"Can you what?"
He cleared his throat nervously.
"Mind if I try that too?"
It took me a few minutes to figure out what he meant.
"You wanna suck me off?"
"Yeah,"
I smiled, nuzzling his neck.
"Go ahead,"
He took his time, licking around the crown and slit before finally taking what he could into his mouth. He was actually bigger than me, but he only managed most (not all like me). I wasn't going to complain though: it felt soooo good. I had a tight grip on his shoulders, trying to keep from thrusting into the warm wet heat of his mouth.
* He's not ready for that yet ... *
To my surprise he pulled off my dick completely, his emotions spiking. They had been all of lust and desire before, but now were a mixture of irritation and lust.
* What did I do? *
"You're holdin' back," he accused, digging his nails into my wrists just hard enough to draw blood.
I moaned, bucking against him. He chuckled, circling his hand around the base of my cock to keep me from coming.
* Damn it ... *
"Why are you holding back?" he asked.
The tone of his voice was light, but the emotions I could 'feel' from him promised harm if I didn't answer.
* What's his deal? *
"Y-you're not ready for me to ... thrust into your mouth while you're taking me in just yet. This is your first time right?"
He snickered. "Let me be the judge of that,"
And before I could stop him he was engulfing me again, taking even more in than previously.
* Fuck ... *
—- —- —-
I hummed contentedly as I rested my head on his shoulder. After sucking every last drop from me Silver'd helped me out of my clothes, leaving my boxers on. It was my request that we both strip to underwear, the opportunity to sample his body heat was just too good to pass up. He was really warm like I'd thought, something which I was grateful for.
Though I was obviously male, sometimes my body temperature ran a little colder than usual. Due to the experiments this wasn't a serious problem to my health, but it did make me react oddly around heat sources. One of the documents I had from when I was 'kidnapped' mentioned that I may have been exposed to the DNA of a snake pokemon. There was no other evidence pointing to this theory, but if true, it would make sense. It would definitely explain why I seemed so enraptured by Ash's heat patches while they were active.
Once we were both calmed down from our activities I'd asked if it was alright for me to stay the night in Silver's room. He had no problem with that, even seemed to like the idea. So that's how I came to be curled up against his chest, skin to skin, lazy-limbed and happy. Thankfully for us all of his pokemon were in their balls for the night.
Silver, Wednesday, 10:00 (Ecruteak city Pokemon center) —-
It took me several minutes to figure out why things felt off to me when I woke up. I blinked my eyes open, hoping to find out that way. There was something soft and pretty light on top of me. I looked down to see white-purple hair and tanned skin.
* So I didn't dream any of that. He really was here last night ... Oh, and I sucked him last night too ... *
I could remember my own performance vaguely, but his efforts were etched into my mind like a chiseled statue.
* Damn that felt soooo good. Hope he wants to do it again. *
I gently shook his shoulder, not really wanting to wake him, but knowing it was late enough for both of us to be waking up for the day. A glance to my Pokegear confirmed this: the black numbers 10:10 displayed.
After helping gather up his clothes (which I had forgotten to fold up and put into a neat pile) Murasaki left. This bothered me; I was normally a lot neater.
* I'll just havta work on that then. *
I let all my pokemon out, rummaging in my pack for their food. After locating it I set to work putting together a suitable breakfast for myself.
Murasaki, Wednesday, 10:20 (Ecruteak city Pokemon center) —-
Once everyone was fed (including me) I met Silver in the 'center's lobby.
"Was wonderin' if ya wanted ta trade with me today?" I asked.
I was aware of how my phrasing sounded, but was unable to really do anything about it. I got a little tongue-tied when nervous. Last night had gone well, but I had no idea how I was supposed to act now. This approach, while having odd speech patterns, would be how I'd treat someone I was familiar and more comfortable with.
* And hell, I'm even more familiar with him now than I am with Momo ... *
"Sure. What exactly are you looking for?"
"Hmmm," I thought, biting my lip in thought.
"I only have one electric type right now, so let's start with that."
"I just caught a Magnemite - an electric and steel type - along with a Meowth and a Mankey."
I thought for a moment.
"You want to keep the Magnemite?"
"Yeah, but I can get another one."
I smiled. "Meowth would be cool too. I always wanted it's evolved form."
"Hn, Persian huh?"
"Yeah,"
"So should we get started then?" he asked.
I shook my head, walking forward and placing a hand on his arm. He was wearing the jacket now, something which pleased me. I really liked the texture of it.
* Fuckin' get ahold of yourself Mura! *
"Not just yet, I wanna put Umbreon in the day care near Goldenrod today."
He placed a hand on top of mine.
"You'd get an Eevee if he bred right?" he asked.
I nodded. "Let's see ..." I heard him say.
(He's pulled out one of those Pokedex things you have and is using it.)
* Lookin' up Eevee no doubt. *
A few minutes (and typing later) he squeezed my hand a little.
"Think I could have one of the eggs if he breeds? I'd really like a Flareon."
* Hmmm, going for mostly fire-types Hunter? *
I smirked. "Thinkin' of becoming a fire-type trainer Hunter?"
There were trainers who chose certain types (gym leaders were notorious for that sort of thing) but I'd never actually met one.
* Momo is probably border line at this point though ... *
"Maybe,"
"What else do you have?" the other boy asked.
* Oh hell, the list is really long ... *
"Klefki, Quilava, Sentret, Geodude, Fearow, Ledyba, Caterpie, Weedle, Pidgey, Bellsprout, Noctowl, Onyx, Hoppip, Flaafy, Wooper, Ekans, Haunter, Togepi, Sandslash, Gyarados, Kirlia, Monferno, Gloom, Paras, Heracross, Aipom, Drowzee, Abra, Ditto, Krabby, Machop, Dratini, Lucario, Nidoran M, Nidoran F, Poliwag, Yanma, Growlithe, Vulpix, Stantler, Sudowoodo, Exeggcute, Koffing, Magmar, Scyther, Sunkern, Lapras, and Mankey."
It was a few minutes before he spoke again.
"Magmar's a fire-type right?"
"Yeah,"
"I also want a Ralts ... What type is Lapras?"
I thought for a moment, trying to remember. I hadn't used Lapras after capturing it since it was sent to the pc due to me already having six pokemon.
"Water I think. I know it can learn some ice type moves as well,"
"I want that one too then,"
"So Eevee, Magmar, Ralts, and Lapras then?" I asked, trying to confirm things.
"Yeah,"
I laced our fingers together, feeling Ash (knew by the hotter temperature) lean against my legs.
"What you want for those?"
I thought for a moment, wondering what he had.
"Meowth and Magnemite for sure ... Got any normal or fire types I don't?"
I was going to look for fire-types myself, but if he had one I might as well check it out.
"I got a Houndour recently ... there should be more normal-types on Route 38."
"Catch me one and we'll call it even. I'll meet you at the day care then?"
"Right,"
—- —- —-
The first thing I did after dropping off Umbreon in the pc was grab Dratini and add him to the team. I gave him the Lucky egg and started leveling him, snagging a Ditto for Silver when one showed up.
* This should make things easier ... *
The dragon-type was surprisingly easy to train. Though only level 15 at first, he was able to take down most opponents without getting a scratch on him. Since this was an easier route that made sense. When he was level 20 I went to check on Umbreon's progress with my Ditto.
There were three eggs, so I put Dratini away, grabbed Umbreon, put three random pokemon in the pc, and carefully brought the eggs to the pc. I brought Lapras out next, it was her turn now. After fixing my party I went back outside for more training.
Dratini had just reached level 22 when my Pokegear rang. The old man from the day care told me there was an egg, so I went to retrieve it. After dealing with that I withdrew Kirlia and put him in the day care.
* This is the last one ... at least the last one we discussed ... *
Back outside Dratini leveled some more. He'd just reached lv 25 when I 'felt' a familiar person approaching.
* Wondered where you were Hunter ... *
A press of a button and the words "twelve-fifteen" could be heard from my Pokegear.
* Didn't know it'd been that long ... *
—- —- —-
I handed the poke ball containing the Ditto I'd recently found to Silver. He thanked me and put the Ditto (along with his Houndour) in the day care.
* That's the last one ... It's a good thing eggs can be traded, otherwise this would take forever. *
While we waited, I took Magmar (I'd caught 2 of them in the Burned tower) and the Lapras egg from the pc. I also acquired the Ralts egg as well, (noting there was another one for me to pick up later).
Magmar was traded for Meowth, Magnemite was traded for Eevee, (in egg) and Ralts was traded for Miltank (which Silver had found and caught for me). In fact, he'd caught me Meowth and Magnemite of my own as well. Once the Houndour was done breeding (which took only a short time) the Houndour egg was traded for the Lapras egg. The last thing I did in the building was get the last Ralts egg and put it into the pc.
Dratini popped out of his ball as we were about to leave the day care.
"What pokemon is that?" Silver asked.
"Dratini, he's my only dragon type right now,"
There was silence for a moment.
"Can you breed him with Ditto for me?"
I smirked softly, kissing him before picking up the dragon-type.
"Sure,"
—- —- —-
Back on the route we both worked on hatching the eggs we'd gotten. I had Aerron, Ash, Klefki, and Abra with me along with two of the Eevee eggs. Silver had his Sneasel, Croconaw, Houndour, and Vulpix with him along with the Eevee and Ralts eggs I'd given him. I decided to go train near the water (using Surf and the Old rod both) while Silver stayed in the grass on the route (34).
After a few hours (with small breaks for water and food in between) both of my Eevee eggs hatched. Silver's eggs must have hatched too since he started in my direction.
"Yours hatch yet?" he asked.
I smiled. "Just did,"
"So did mine,"
I grinned as my two new baby pokemon ran up behind me. I picked them both up and rubbed their ears.
"Aren't they cute?" I asked the other boy.
"Yeah they are,"
"Gotta put you guys down for a second," I said as Ash ran up.
(He says he can watch them for you,)
"Thanks Ash,"
I slid my pack off and rummaged inside, finally bringing out a Fire stone, which I handed to Silver.
"Thanks ... don't you need this though?"
I shrugged. "I'll just get another one later,"
"Alright," he said.
All was silent for a moment, the 'feel' around him going blank.
(He just gave the stone to the Eevee he had out.)
"Flareon!"
* Nice ... now it's my turn ... *
"Hunter?"
"Yeah?"
"I'd like to evolve one of these Eevees. Let's check in at the day care after that."
"Sounds good,"
Abra was already close to evolving, so I trained him a little. He evolved into Kadabra at lv 16. I had given the Soothe bell to One of the Eevees, and that one was leveling nicely as well. When it reached lv 10 it evolved into Espeon. I kept up the training until lv 15 when he learned Confusion. I'd chosen to name the sun-pokemon Sol.
—- —- —-
Back inside the day care I put Sol in the pc so I could take the Dratini-egg. Silver came into the building a few minutes later. I gave him the egg, refusing another trade.
"No, let's both train our dragons and see which one is stronger."
"Ok," he said, taking the egg from me.
"What you doing after this?" Hunter asked.
I shrugged. "Was thinkin' of training Sol some more (that's my Espeon) and doing some Pokeathlon competitions. Why?"
"Just wondered ... Let's meet up in Olivine later then. I wanted to do some training anyway."
"Alright," I said, glad to have time to train, but sad to see him go.
* He'll be back ... *
Murasaki, Pokeathlon dome, 15:00 (near Goldenrod city) —-
I made sure to train Sol some on the way to the dome, but not the other Eevee. I planned to evolve him into one of the elemental Eevee evolutions later. He was cuddled up in my arms at the moment, content to just sleep for now.
* Hopefully they'll have one of the stones I need as a prize today. I want a Flareon, but Vaporeon and Jolteon would be great too ... *
I could have easily evolved the Eevee into Flareon, but just didn't want to.
Several competitions later (in which Aerron, Ash, and Sol kicked ass) I'd won many more P points. At the prize counter I bought two each of the apricorns offered for the day and some Water stones. After checking what pokemon I'd need the stones for I'd decided to buy 2 for now. Now that I had a Water stone, I could evolve the Eevee in my arms.
I gave him the stone, his emotions going from sleepy to nothing in a matter of seconds. When they re-appeared, they were volatile but also calm somehow. It was almost as if he were perpetually angry, but could control that somewhat.
* This will be interesting ... *
"How does Cyan sound for a name?"
(He loves it,)
—- —- —-
On Route 38 I captured Farfetch'd, Tauros, and Snubbull. The last two were particularly hard to find, but I managed somehow. I also made sure to level up Sol to lv 20. I would work on Cyan as I kept going.
There were a lot of trainers on the route, so I gave the Lucky egg to Cyan and the Amulet coin to Sol since I wanted to train both of them. After three trainer battles (where Cyan got to lv 15 and learned the move Water gun) Momo called me. She said she'd bought me a Revive, a King's Rock, and 3 more Dusk balls. I could get the package from the 'center in Olivine city.
The fourth battle was with a girl who said she could sometimes get Thunder stones for me. I registered her number when it was offered. Ash ran off (along with a curious Sol). They came back with a wht apricorn and a Max potion. That was all for Route 38 so I kept moving.
—- —- —-
On Route 39 a man came up to me.
(He is dressed in jeans and a t-shirt,)
"Hello, my name is Baoba." he said.
I shrugged. "Don't take this the wrong way, but who are you?"
"Sorry, should have mentioned that ... I am the manager of the Safari zone here in Johto."
* Hmmm Momo said the one in Hoenn is pretty useful ... *
"Would you like my number? I can help you with the layout and such when you are able to come visit the site."
"Sure,"
After I typed the number into the Pokegear he left. I continued along the route, getting Cyan to lv 20 just like Sol. I stopped for a bit to find out what tm's and hm's they could learn. I taught Sol Psychic (tm 29) Dig (tm 28) Shadow ball (tm 30) and Flash (tm 70) for now. Cyan learned Ice beam (tm 13) Surf (hm 03) and Return (tm 27). Since he already knew the move Wish, I let him keep that.
(There is an apricorn tree nearby.)
I ran into the tree and picked up the apricorn (which Klefki told me was green). Ash ran off (with both Eevee evolutions now following him). Aerron lay his head on my shoulder, the aura I 'felt' from him calm and happy.
The three runaways brought back a Pp up, an X attack, and a Nugget. I walked around a little, thinking about how horrible the cows (Miltank Klefki informed me) smelled. When I stopped to get a drink of water a little while later, Sol ran off and came back with tm 24 Thunder bolt.
* Musta learned how to do that from Ash ... *
(There is a house here,)
"Alright alright, we'll go in,"
As I walked toward the house I started hearing strange noises. Whatever they were they sounded pained, so I kept moving, hoping to find whoever (or whatever) was in pain. Eventually the sounds led me to a shed near the house (Klefki told me where I was) and there was a sick pokemon there. Klefki said it was a Miltank.
I checked my items, pulling out a Super potion.
* I hope this works ... *
The cow only mooed loudly when I brought the item to it.
* What do I use then? It probably won't like the Potions or Max potion I have if it freaks out from this ... *
I put the potion away and on a whim checked on the berry pots. There were several (10 Oran berries) and I started feeding them to the cow. After eating 7 it was fully healed.
Once the cow was healed a girl came up to me. She gave me what she called a Seal case. When I asked her about it she said seals were put into poke balls to make the 'entrance' of a pokemon more dramatic. I had no idea what I'd use them for, but thanked her anyway. Before I could leave the shed another girl came up to me and gave me alphabet seals a b and c.
Inside the house, a lady gave me tm 83 Natural gift. She said I needed berries to use the attack, so I reminded myself to get as many as possible when I could. There was also a man inside that sold Moomoo milk. Since it was cheap and useful, I bought a dozen from him. I could have bought them one at a time but this worked better for me.
—- —- —-
In Olivine city I picked up Momo's package, also healing my party while I was at the 'center. When I left the building I 'felt' Silver nearby.
He came up and put a hand on my shoulder.
"Hey,"
"How'd the training go?" I asked.
"Not too bad. The Safari zone guy find you too?"
I chuckled. "Yeah,"
"The gym's closed for now. The leader is 'taking care of personal business.'"
"What's that supposed ta mean?"
"That's what I'd like to know,"
"You checked out the city yet?" I asked.
"No. There's some water near the edge though ... I'd kinda like to go sit by it."
* Must be a sighted person thing ... *
"Ok, we'll meet up there after I've checked things out around here then?"
"Alright,"
—- —- —-
In a house near the 'center a man gave me a Good rod. He said I could get better pokemon than the Old rod when I used it. I smiled and thanked him, planning on trying it out later. In another house near the 'center a little girl gave me some more seals. In a different house there was a guy who said he'd trade me a Voltorb for a Krabby. I didn't really need that pokemon (another electric type according to the Pokedex) at the moment, but would come back for the trade later. Ash ran off and came back with a Full heal before I started looking for Silver.
I concentrated, trying to make myself relax. Inside a building finding people seemed to be easier (I think it had to do with the amount of space) but in a city it wasn't so easy. Eventually I gave up the Psychic-search, using my nose to find water. The first time I came up dry, he wasn't there. As I walked away from that water though I started to 'feel' him nearby.
* Yes! *
—- —- —-
"Do anything fun over here?" I asked as I sidled up to him.
Cyan curled himself around my legs as I leaned against the boy's shoulder.
"What the?"
"Sorry about that. Cyan's been really protective since he evolved. I can tell him to move if he's botherin' ya."
"Is that a Vaporeon?" he asked.
"Yeah," I said with a huge smile.
He kissed my cheek.
"We're in public, he's fine,"
* So if we weren't you'd want him gone so you could touch me then? *
Out loud I said:
"So what do we do now?"
He hummed.
"Should be able to get some decent pokemon by surfing or fishing around here."
"How about we take turns then. I'll start with fishing and you can Surf first."
He put a hand on my wrist, squeezing hard.
* What was that for? ... oh ... *
I immediately felt my body react, suddenly wanting the pokemon gone.
"Sorry about that, missed you most of the day."
"We've been together a lot more than when we first met." I tried to reason, still feeling a little flustered from the jolt of pain earlier.
"Yeah ... Look Ryu, there's no need for us both to surf and fish. We can just both get duplicates and trade them."
I nodded, putting my hand on top of his on my wrist.
"Ok,"
So that's what we did, Silver surfing while I fished. I managed to catch another Krabby (which I would use in the trade with the Voltorb guy) and a Corsola. The latter was very hard to find and I was getting sick of running into Magikarp, so if Hunter wanted one we'd be breeding mine. Silver came back a few minutes after I'd snagged the Corsola. We agreed that I'd breed the water-rock type later. For now, we'd go to the 'center and trade the Tentacle pokemon he'd
gotten.