Ok here's chapter 10! I'm not really sure if I'm going to continue this story since it seems not many people read it. I already have the next few chapters written up so depending on the reviews (if any) I'll decide whether or not I'm going to continue.
I watched on the side lines as the two boys were ready to face off. I couldn't believe they were actually going to have a battle in the middle of the beach. I frowned at the glares they were sending each other and I could tell the battle was about more than just Charmeleon's need for revenge. I stood there waiting for one of them to make the first move.
"Go Blaziken use blaze kick!" Caleb called out and Blaziken ran toward Charmeleon and sent out a fiery kick. Brian didn't even have to tell Charmeleon to dodge as he simply stepped out of the way.
"Metal claw." Brian ordered and Charmeleon quickly hit Blaziken straight on before it even had time to land. Since it wasn't very effective the attack didn't do much damage but the look on Brian's face showed hurting Blaziken wasn't his plan. He was just messing with Caleb. I heard Caleb growl as Blaziken turned around ready to go again.
"Flame thrower!" Brian commanded.
"Show them your flame thrower Blaziken!" Caleb ordered and both Pokemon shot powerful flames at one another that seemed to be evenly matched.
I couldn't help but wonder how that could've been. Blaziken was fully evolved unlike Charmeleon so Blaziken's flame should've been stronger than Charmeleon's. I then realized that it wasn't that Blaziken was weak, it was just that Brian's Charmeleon was crazy strong and I couldn't help but think to myself how scary it would be when it evolved.
The Pokemon gave up on the flames and once again stood there staring at each other. I sighed seeing as how the battle was going to take forever since the Pokemon were evenly matched.
"Use fire punch!" Caleb shouted and Blaziken once again ran toward Charmeleon.
"Metal claw." Brian said just as Blaziken got close. The two Pokemon then started in a furry of punches. First Blaziken would take a hit and then Charmeleon and I wondered just how long it would go on until Charmeleon fell to the ground. I gasped and Brian actually looked surprised. It had almost seemed that Blaziken had won until Charmeleon stood up. He was shaking and breathing heavily and it was obvious he couldn't go on much longer unlike Blaziken who was still standing tall.
"You should really tell your Pokemon to stay down, it'll just save him the pain." Caleb said sounding smug. I couldn't help but roll my eyes, he was starting to sound like Brian.
Charmeleon growled and once again charged towards Blaizken. After a few hits Charmeleon was once again on the ground. He got back up breathing heavily but wouldn't give up.
"Let's just face it, your Charmeleon is strong but unlike Blaziken it isn't fully evolved so of course it's going to lose." Caleb said with an overly confident smile.
Brian simply started at his Pokemon waiting for it to make another move. Charmeleon wouldn't give up and once again ran toward Blaziken only to be knocked back down. He stood back up looking frustrated and before I knew what was happening he started to glow. He then started growing and I was amazed as he also grew wings. When the glowing stopped there stood a Charizard. That was the first time I had ever seen a Pokemon evolve and I had to admit it looked pretty cool. Charizard growled over at Blaziken and spit an ember onto the ground. Blaziken tensed up but was still ready to battle. Caleb just stared at the Pokemon and knew he was going to lose while Brian studied the Charizard for a minute looking puzzled.
Before anyone even gave a command Charizard shot a flame thrower at Blaziken who used one of his own. They were evenly matched at first but Charizard quickly over powered Blaziken and the attack hit him straight on. Blaziken was able to stand back up but was looking tired. Charizard took advantage of the moment and charged toward Blaziken without an order. Blaziken didn't even see it coming and was knocked down by the force. He then shot a powerful flame thrower which Blaziken had to roll out of the way to avoid.
"That's enough Charizard!" Brian yelled to his Pokemon but it didn't listen.
Charizard once again shot a flame thrower that got a direct hit on Blaziken and it fell to the ground. Caleb quickly returned his Pokemon afraid of any more attacks Charizard might throw out but Charizard wasn't done yet. With his opponent gone he looked for someone else to attack. Unfortunately for me I was that someone. I screamed as Charizard shot flames directly towards me. Luckily Growlithe and Pikachu used attacks of their own. They weren't strong enough to stop the attack completely but they did give me time to jump out of the way. Angry that he stopped the attack Charizard charged toward Growlithe. I quickly returned my Pokemon afraid of what the Charizard could do to him. With his sights once again on me and now Pikachu I could only watch in horror as the Charizard charged toward us. He shot a flame at me once again but this one was deflected by Umbreon who used a dark pulse. I had no idea Umbreon was that strong. He was able to deflect Charizard's attack like it was nothing. While I was lost in my thoughts Charizard charged toward us again. Umbreon stood in front of me ready to block any attacks but before Charizard could get any closer he was engulfed in a beam of red light. I looked over to see Brian staring hard at the pokeball. I could never imagine Brian to be one to lose control over his Pokemon.
I was glad when we got back to the Pokemon Center. My day of relaxing had been ruined and I was hoping the rest of the day would make up for the bad morning. I stopped when I got to the front of the Pokemon Center because standing in front of it was none other than the Chikorita from before. She smiled up at me as I came to a stop.
"What are you doing here?" I asked her and she jumped into my arms and onto my shoulder where Pikachu was. Realizing there wasn't enough room for the two of them she pushed Pikachu off. Pikachu landed on the ground with a growl as he glared up at her.
"I think she likes you. Why don't you ask her if she wants to come along with you?" Caleb said as he smiled at the scene before him. I frowned as Brian ignored it and walked inside the Pokemon Center obviously upset about his Charizard.
"Do you want to come along with me?" I asked her. She nodded her head but jumped off my shoulder and landed in a battle stance.
"Looks like you're going to have to battle her first." Caleb said with a chuckle.
"Alright then, let's go." I said as I pulled out my pokeball. I released Growlithe and he looked ready for a battle. The fact that she was going up against Growlithe who had a type advantage didn't seem to bother Chikorita at all. She seemed almost excited to battle me.
"Go Growlithe use flame wheel!" I ordered. Growlithe quickly followed my command and charged toward the Chikorita after covering himself in flames. Chikorita was barely able to avoid the attack and winced as her side was burned. She quickly made a come back with a tackle attack followed by a razor leaf. Growlithe took both attacks but quickly stood up ready for more.
"Alright, let's try a flame thrower!" I yelled and he shot flames at Chikorita hitting her directly. She was thrown back but was able to stand back up. She used a vine whip and grabbed Growlithe holding him high up in the air. Growlithe cried out as Chikorita's vines squeezed him.
"Use bite!" I yelled out to him. He quickly bit down on her vine causing her to release him from them.
"Finish this with flame thrower!" I ordered and he hit Chikorita directly knocking her out.
I pulled out a pokeball and threw it at her and after a few shakes it stopped. My Pokemon and I cheered at the capture happy to have a new friend.
Caleb received a message on his pokegear and stared at it with a frown.
"Well, looks like it's time for me to head out." He said sounding sad. I frowned.
"Already?" I asked and he nodded.
"I'll catch you around." He said with a smile.
He gave me a hug good bye and then pulled out a pokeball. He tossed in into the air and out came a Pidgeot. It was beautiful and I smiled as he climbed on and flew away.
I figured my Pokemon could use a rest so I went inside the Pokemon Center to give them to nurse Joy when I saw Brian talking on his pokegear. I'm not sure why but I stopped where I was. I quickly hid behind a plant and listened in to what he was saying.
"Sinnoh is getting worse everyday we need you back here." I heard a girl's voice say.
"I know." Brian said with a sigh.
"Then why are you still there. At this rate we're going to lose Sinnoh, don't you think that's more important than babysitting some girl?" The girl said in an annoyed tone. I knew she was talking about me and I couldn't help but feel a little hurt by her comment even though it wasn't the first time anyone's said that.
"You're just going to have to hold them off until I'm done here." Brian stated copying her annoyed tone.
"And I'm telling you we can't! There are only two major cities left, if they take them then there's no hope." She pleaded. Brian once again sighed.
"I'll see what I can do." He finally said and hung up.
I felt my heart sink. Was Brian going to leave me to go to Sinnoh? I could tell it was urgent and they probably needed him there a lot more than I needed him here, but part of me couldn't imagine what it would be like without him around. I felt tears sting my eyes as I quickly ran out of the Pokemon Center with Pikachu at my heels. It seemed like no one wanted to be around me. First Alec came and then left and even Caleb had left. Now Brian was going to leave me. I thought he was supposed to stay with me to keep me safe. I stopped running after I had sorted through my thoughts. I found I had run back to the beach and paused when I saw a familiar figure in the distance. He came closer and I couldn't bring myself to move. He finally came to a halt right in front of me. It was the man who was in my room that same morning.
"Weird how we keep running into each other." He said with a sly smile.
"Get away from me!" I warned. Pikachu wasn't there when I first ran into the guy but sensing I didn't like him he growled.
"Now Kate, I'm trying to be civil here." He said as an Umbreon walked from behind him and growled at Pikachu.
"How do you know me? Who are you?" I asked as I backed away.
"I guess you can say I'm a fan." He said with a grin. "As to who I am, you can call me Damon." He added.
"Why are you following me?" I asked as he stepped closer.
"I believe I told you that last time we met." He said sounding annoyed. "Anymore questions?"
"Why does Brian hate you?" I asked and he frowned.
"I think you've asked enough." He said as he turned around and started walking away.
"Wait!" I yelled as I ran after him. He turned around with a smirk and I couldn't help but notice it looked exactly like Brian's.
"Yes?" He mocked. Before I could say anything a black orb flew right in between us sending dirt flying into the air. I covered my eyes with my arms and when I looked up I saw Brian and Umbreon come running towards us.
"Kate get away from him!" Brian yelled as he came up. I took a step back as Brian stopped at my side.
"My dear baby brother." Damon said staring at Brian with a smile. So they were brothers, I figured that was obvious but I was glad it was confirmed.
"Don't call me that!" Brian yelled at him with anger.
"What would you prefer me to call you? Little brother? Kid brother?" Damon said with amusement.
"That's enough." Brian said and I could've sworn I'd heard his voice break a little. I didn't know what happened between the two but it seemed to be too much for Brian to handle. I saw the two Umbreon's glaring at each other. Even their Pokemon didn't like each other.
"As fun as this little reunion was I think it's time for me to be leaving." Damon said as he pulled out a pokeball. He released a Flygon and grabbed his Umbreon and jumped on. Brian didn't move from his spot to stop him. I watched as he flew off into the distance. Once he was no longer in sight Brian looked over to me with an annoyed expression.
"What the hell were you doing out here on your own?" He asked sounding mad.
"I just needed to go for a walk." I said looking down to the ground as I remembered the reason I had run off. He gave me a questioning look. "How'd you know where I was?" I asked avoiding his gaze.
"I saw you run out of the Pokemon Center and followed you. So are you going to tell me why you went running off?" He asked getting annoyed. I didn't want to answer him but I didn't need to make him anymore mad than he already was.
"I heard you talking on your pokegear." I said looking up at him. He stared at me for a minute as he registered what I had said.
"And you think I'm going to leave you and run off to Sinnoh?" He asked with humor in his voice. I just nodded my head.
"You're such an idiot." He said rolling his eyes. "My job is to watch out for you until you're strong enough to take care of yourself. I'm afraid you're stuck with me for a while." He said with a small smile. It felt like a ton of bricks was removed from my shoulders as I breathed a sigh of relief.
"So you're not leaving me?" I asked just to make sure.
"Not any time soon." He said as he started walking back towards the Pokemon Center. I smiled and ran after him with the Pokemon right behind. It seemed like things weren't too bad... for the time being.
Ok so reviews determine whether or not I continue so...ya. :P