The Red Dot
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HA! HA! HA! {Mew and Celebi fly past a forest.}
HA! HA! HA! {Articuno and Meloetta fly by the daycare.}
Even with the pretty tough opponents, {Ricka smirks and throws a Poké Ball onto the field.}
The battles keep heating up more and more! (really?) {Ace comes out and uses Leaf Blade.}
Staggering, worn out, we're in big trouble! {Yuri dodges a Flame Burst and then uses Play Rough.}
Decide on Iron Tail while smiling! {Buster uses Iron Tail on the ground, causing it to break apart.}
(Everything is Good!) {Rei jumps from the trees in a leaf-made outfit, Spiky-eared Pichu on her shoulder.}
OH! With our Hidden Power, {Rei smiles as she swings through a forest before jumping off a branch.}
(Never Give Up!) {Swinub, Chikortita, and Squirtle dive after her playfully.}
Come on, stand up and let's ride all the tailwinds! {Muk and Snorlax catch them, the team laughing.}
Motivation, Changing, and Enthusiasm! {Shun looks at the sky as his eyes flash red for a brief moment.}
Let's continue together everyday! {He smiles gently as his Pokémon surround him.}
Crossing through forests, rivers, and mountains, {Ricka, Rei, and Shun look at the night sky from a roof.}
This feeling is the greatest! (The greatest!) {Ricka smiles as she sees Ace resting.}
Friendship, love, and sheer power! {Shun watches as his Mawile tries to converse with Yuri, smiling.}
We're evolving everyday! {Rei watches in amazement as light surrounds her Chikorita.}
How nice, how nice, how nice, now let's go! {All three trainers throw a Poké Ball up to the sky.}
We've got a good combination! {Shun's Milotic and Mawile create fireworks from a beautiful attack combo.}
Perfect communication! {Rei happily speaks with the several Pokémon surrounding her.}
Always at high tension! {Ricka and a trainer glare at each other as they're about to battle.}
WOW WO shalala... It's gonna be alright! {Mew and Meloetta play as Celebi and Articuno watch.}
We've got a good vibration! {Ricka uses the Mega Stone as Yuri Mega Evolves into Mega Mawile.}
Towards tomorrow, congratulations! {Tyranitar roars proudly as he wins a battle, Shun complimenting him.}
It's always a revolution! {Spiky-Eared Pichu fights Hotaru's Zorua.}
Let's go on this road, we aim to be a Pokémon Master! {The three trainers stand in front of the daycare.}
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"Oh no..." the ten-year-old said in complete terror.
Her hands clenched the frilly undergarments tightly, her azure blue eyes an unsightly pale. She was breathing hard; her heartbeat increasing violently. On her shoulder, her beloved Pichu. The Tiny Mouse Pokémon looked downright terrified, her small little paws covering her little mouth. Her eyes were extremely wide, as if witnessing something she shouldn't have seen. Like, she walked in on her parents making love kinda of 'shouldn't have seen it'.
So what was it that Pichu and her Trainer stared toward? Rei held a pair of panties in her hand, right by the edges. They were a light blue kind, with frilly edges. All around the child and her Pokémon were various other articles of clothing, not to mention the machines that took up the majority of this place. The two sat within the basement, along with the week's dirty clothes. For, you see, it was laundry day.
But back to these panties. What was so odd about them that had Rei and Pichu terrified? Simple; the smeared red dot that sat in the center. This red dot, Rei had no idea what it did or how it got there, but she did know what it meant. What it meant was a very, very, emotional Ricka. Oh, did I say 'emotional'? I mean 'angry'. Yes, yes, a very, very, angry Ricka. And one may say this is no different from normal Ricka, but it is. Oh, one does not know Ricka's rage until they have experienced her on her... well...
Period.
"Son of a fucking bitch!" the child heard her sister echo from upstairs, "I swear to damn fucking Arceus! It's way to fucking cold it this damn building! And when I go outside for damn fucking... shit! Ace! Ace! Where are you!?"
Oh. God. Thank Arceus Ricka only acted like this for a day, and it was just one day in an entire month. But boy was it a terrifying day. The ten-year-old had learned to avoid Ricka on this most solemn of days, lest she be killed by her older sibling.
So Rei quickly stuffed her clothes and her sister's clothes into the washing machine, being sure to give it the right amount of soap, and to turn the dial to the designated time. And then, with Pichu in her arms, she started off for the exit. She would do today what she did all the time Ricka had her period; hang out with the Poison-types over at the abandoned manor.
The ten-year-old walked up the stairs toward the basement's exit, fearing her every step would set the woman off. She tried not to make the floorboards creak, while Pichu herself tried to remain silent. Rei's hand met the doorknob, where she turned it as gently as she could. Sucking in air, she opened the door up.
Said door hit a human being. Rei locked up, as she saw the big butt of Ricka staring back. The woman was standing at her counter as usual, where the door to the basement was located. Feeling said door hit her made the woman turn around slowly. Rei gained a 'Deerling caught in headlights' look when her eyes met the eyes of her older sister.
Oh man. Oh man. Oh man. Ricka stared at Rei hard, unmoving, stare like that of an Arbok. Just staring, right into Rei's eyes. If looks could kill the ten-year-old would be dead right now. Ricka suddenly reached down, her hand gripping Rei by the back of her collar. The child struggled, but only a little bit, before she was suddenly at eye level with her sister.
"Rei..." the woman grumbled, "We have training to do today. Get ready, we leave in half an hour, understood?"
"Uh... huh..." the child replied meekly.
"Good..."
Oh well crap. Rei forgot; today was one of the days she trained with Ricka. Meaning there was no escape to be made to the manor down the road. She was trapped with her sister. Normally, the thought of spending a day with Ricka was a wonderful though. But not when she's like this, oh God no. She wished something would take her hands off of things, anything! At least not to suffer alone, please that! Please!
DING! DING!
Rei and Ricka looked toward the entrance together, just as someone walked inside. The bell's chime gave way to this seventeen-year-old boy. Seriously, what was this place and the teenagers it attracts? It's insane. A pale lad, he was tall and lanky, lacking meat on his bones. He also had piercings, one on his lip, three on both of his ears, and two on his eyebrows. But, craziest of all, were his clothing. They were so bright, clashing with his dark appearance. Great, another creep.
"The fuck do you want!" Ricka snarled, making the teenager grow wide-eyed from her rudeness.
As one may suspect, when it came to Ricka's period days, she wasn't the one who invited guests in. That job fell to Shun, for the woman was busy going around and cursing up a storm for no reason. So this poor unsuspecting teenager was introduced to Ricka on one of her most volatile days, and no one should have to go through such horror.
"Hi," he said cheerfully, surprising Rei, "I'm Djin Iritake, and I'm coming here from Kalos!"
"The fuck should I care?" Ricka asked, as she leaned over the counter, giving him a powerful glare.
"Oh, right, I guess you wouldn't know," he claimed, "You're Ricka Constant, right? I saw you win that tournament a while ago and just knew I had to meet you," his eyes seemed to gleam, which put the woman off, "I also noticed you taught a few classes at the Fudan City Pokémon Academy for Gifted Trainers, but I really couldn't get in because I was, well ya'know, seventeen..." he smiled again, "But I just wanted to get some training from you, I figured you'd be good at that, right?"
Djin's eyes moved down to Rei, who was standing behind her sister. The child was shaking her hands and head in a 'no' manner, trying to usher Djin off. Unfortunately for himself, the teenager didn't notice the child's distraught pleas. Instead, he gazed back up to Ricka, staring deep into her glaring eyes. Ultimately, the woman pulled up, where she crossed her arms.
"You want to train with me, huh?" the woman asked as she squinted at him, "Okay... fine... you dipshit... we'll train together. Meet with me and my sister outside in half an hour or else..." she then walked off, leaving the two shocked and stunned, "Wanna train with me? What the fuck? Get the fuck outta here..."
Ricka marched out of the room soon after, heading upstairs to prepare herself for the day's romps. Thus leaving Rei and Djin alone in the lobby. The seventeen-year-old was truly ecstatic; to train with Ricka Constant? He hit the jackpot! But Rei didn't seem to believe it. She just stared at the teenager, eyes wide, but she and Pichu. It scared him a little.
"Idiot man has doomed himself," the child stated, "Rei wishes mercy on you..."
Cryptic much?
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"Why does Ricka get this way around certain days?" asked the child bravely.
She worked up the courage to ask this question, worked it up so hard. It took so long, and she was afraid her sister would flip and kill her. And, had she been anyone else in the entire world, the woman would have flipped over and killed her. But instead, her sister continued to lean on the tree before her, annoyed, angry, irked even.
Training had slowed to a crawl by now, all thanks to the woman. She became less of that harsh teacher, and more of a brutal commander. Expecting the best out of everyone, less they suffer her wrath. Unfortunately, only her Pokémon could keep up with the her; Rei's Pokémon weren't as strong. And, well, his Pokémon were even worse.
Rei never thought it would be possible to wear out Ghost-type Pokémon; after all, they're already dead. But in their training that was only a fraction of what they usually do, Djin's Pokémon, a Banette, Phantump, and Pumpkaboo, were too tired to keep going. Rei shook her head in disappointment to the older man, wondering why he was here in the first place. If there was anyone the she wanted Ricka to destroy, it was him right here.
"Because my body is kicking my ass," Ricka groaned as she faced her sister, "I'm getting fucking cramps, my gut is killing me, and you don't wanna know what's going on... well... down there..." she crouched down to her sister, so they could be at eye level, "Listen here Rei; this, is someday gonna to happen to you. Maybe not now cause your ten, but when your chest grows, and you start to become a little woman..." she stood up again, "Maybe when that day comes to you, you'll still be with me. But if that happens while on the road alone – like it did with me – then you'll have to figure things out on your own..."
All Rei could do was stare forward blankly, while Ricka walked pass. Someday, what happens to her sister on a monthly basis, would happen to her? Rei felt shivers run down her spine; that wasn't a thought she wanted in her head.
Meanwhile, Ricka walked near her Pokémon. Even they were exhausted from how hard their Trainer was working them. Only Li-Li, Ricka's Lopunny, and Scutula, Ricka's Haxorus, were spry enough to keep up with their Trainer. Well, Ace too, but he wasn't really the training type. Shocking, I know. But when it comes right down to it, Ace just doesn't actually train. Why train when his own Trainer rarely, if ever, sends him out to battle? It's clear he undergoes some training, but even Rei is unsure of what that training is.
That is until today. Ace was gently resting in a sunlight area, Chikorita on his head. But the two woke up quickly when a shadow fell over them. The Forest Pokémon stared up, his eyes meeting the deadly gaze of his very own Trainer. Chikorita quickly froze up, before darting over to her own Trainer's side, while Ace himself shifted to stand.
"Ace dear," Ricka said sweetly as she put her hands on her Sceptile's shoulder, a smile coming to his lips, "What the hell are you doing?"
His smile quickly vanished.
"Tile?" he asked in confusion.
"Dammit Ace!" Ricka barked, "I didn't train you to laze about like this, dammit! Get your ass moving! Look at Quest for fuck's sake! He's working his ass off and he's as lazy as Snorlax sometimes..." she rolled her eyes, "Well... sometimes..." then her vision returned, "Do something! Anything! I don't really care what! Or I swear I'll work you so hard it'll feel like a Typhlosion's hounding your fucking ass!"
Ace straightened up, feeling a fear inspired thanks to Ricka's words. Honestly, it was the first – and only – time Rei had ever seen him act in such a way. Sweat, dragging down his side, he started looking left and right for something – anything – to do. When Ricka was on her period, it always seemed like Ace got the worse end of the stick. After all, he is her first Pokémon. Maybe Ricka expects too much of him. Maybe she expects too little.
"Get up!" Ricka yelled, "And go kick some Pokémon's ass! I don't care what Pokémon it is, just do it! Fuck something up! Anything! ANYTHING! Anyone for that matter! Just do something Ace!"
He quickly crafted blade of leaves, his eyes staring left and right. He constantly darted his eyes between Ricka, Rei, and the various other Pokémon that stood in the forest. Unfortunately, his eyes had to settle on his Trainer, because he had no idea what to do. Man is Ricka hard to please on these days!
"Wait, wait!" Djin called, much to Ace's relief, "Miss Constant, I can help! Let me help you train your Sceptile!"
All Rei could do was face palm herself in absolute awe. Djin was new here; he didn't know Ricka was on her period. But nonetheless, didn't he know better? Didn't he know talking to Ricka Constant at all was bound to open up a can of pure hell?
"Oh, is that so?" Ricka said, before she suddenly gripped Djin's head. Moving close, she gave him a sadistic glare that made him tremble, "Good. The Mareep has come to the slaughter. Ace is going to break you," then she stepped back, as her Sceptile walked forward, "Ace! Kill his Pokémon!... Wait... they're ghost... eh – fuck it – kill them again!"
"Tile..." Ace said with shrugged shoulders, as if to say 'sorry'.
Slowly, he began to approach Djin and his Ghost-types, making even the dead cower in fear.
"Uh... this isn't what I had in mind..." the seventeen-year-old claimed as he stared up in terror.
…
"No... seriously... that wasn't what I had in mind..."
Was training supposed to be this hard? Better question, was training supposed to be this painful? His Pokémon lay around him defeated, all beaten by a powerful Sceptile with little to no compassion or mercy. What's worse, he too was beaten down with little to no compassion or mercy. All by a woman, all because he dared to ask for leniency. Just a little of it. His Pokémon's asses were beat, and soon after, so was his.
"Eh, stop it Ace," Ricka commanded, making him drop his blade, "Good job Djin, you dodged me, and your Pokémon dodged... well... none of Ace's attacks, but at least that Phantump and Pumpkaboo were able to not faint immediately..." she then gazed up to the main building, noticing how their 'training' (more like merciless pounding) brought them back to the Box, "Well, well, well, home... I'm fuckin tired... training over..."
Djin continued to rive on the floor, while his eyes sat on the skies. Suddenly, his vision was filled by the dark bodies of his ghastly Pokémon. They all stared at him, all unhappy just like he was. Honestly, this day of ass-whooping didn't make them feel any stronger. It just made them, well, feel worse. No wondered Master banished him from Laverre Town.
"Rei is sorry Ricka's acting this way," Rei said, as she appeared in his line of sight, her hand stretched out, "Rei found a red dot on Ricka's panties this morning."
"Huh... wha?" Djin asked as he grabbed the child's hand, helping him stand. It suddenly hit him, and he blushed.
"Whenever Rei finds a red dot on Ricka's panties, Ricka acts very angry and yells a lot," Rei stated, "Today, you asked to train with Ricka on a red dot day."
"I just had to choose a day when she's on her period," Djin said as he face palmed himself, "Seriously? Ugh, fantastic... man am I unlucky or what?"
"Rei doesn't think your unlucky," the child said with a smile, "Rei just thinks you're stupid!"
"Oh really? Now I'm getting insulted by children?" Djin asked himself in grief.
Speaking of Grief, that was the name of his Phantump if you could believe it. Go figure, huh?
"So what do I do now?" Djin asked, "I can't stick around here for any longer than a day. I've got to go challenging the Gyms, ya'know?"
"Well, Rei can train with Djin!" the child said with vigor, "Just follow Rei!"
…
To train someone else is something the child never thought of before. Sure, she can easily train her own Pokémon, but to train someone else? It was like Ricka passed on her knowledge to Rei, and now Rei was passing that knowledge on to Djin. She'd need to be secretive about this though; red dot Ricka was bound to throw a hissy-fit if she knew what was going on.
"Do we really have to train here?" Djin asked as he stared toward the massive manor.
Yeah, he was training to become a Ghost-type Pokémon Master, but that's not to say he found this building to be interesting. It was overwhelming, dark, dismal, and all around terrifying. The girl just sat on the front porch without fear, even as Poison-types started to appear from the floorboards. Even a Lampent joined Rei, which honestly made Djin feel belittled. He was the Ghost-type Master, after all.
"Don't worry," she said, "The Pokémon here won't attack you. They're friends with Rei!" she turned and faced him, "Besides, Djin's Pokémon should get the training they need outside here, right?"
"I... I suppose..." Djin said as he pulled out a Poké Ball, "I may not be able to train with Ricka, but this is good enough!"
"Hey! Rei's better than enough!" the child said annoyed, "Now hurry up and send Djin's Pokémon out!"
"Okay, okay!" he said as he pulled his capsule device out, "Go! Phantump!"
Throwing his Poké Ball out. It opened up in the air, releasing the Stump Pokémon within. Brown and ghastly, with such big eyes, it stared at Rei with a gaze that looked somewhat depressed. The child stepped back a foot or two, gazing at the Pokémon sent out before her. Smiling, she nodded and gave a bow.
"Lampent!" the child called, "Do you mind helping Rei train him?"
Before Rei, right within the floorboards, a ghastly lamp floated to being. He twirled about, before settling his eyes on the Phantump before him. Djin got ready, wondering what style Rei could help him with. Sure, he felt somewhat silly from getting tips from a child, but that's all he could do now. Especially with Ricka out of commission for the time-
Wait a second. What the hell was that?
CHOOO-CHOOOOOO!
Rei locked up as she walked back, her eyes on the main road behind Djin. He too turned around, watching as a dust cloud appeared from nowhere. That dust cloud suddenly turned and zoomed down the pathway toward the manor, pushing Djin and his Phantump out-of-the-way. Said cloud stopped right in front of Rei, where it triggered a coughing fit within the child. Once said fit ended, she stared up to the eyes of her older sister.
"Rei," Ricka growled as she grabbed the child by her collar, pulling her up, "You. Left. The top. Off of. The Toothpaste..." her face turned red, "Again!" seriously, red dot Ricka was set off by the slightest of things, "And then, I slipped on Ri-Ri's baby doll!" she was crying about this, before throttling Rei again, "Why didn't you pick it up!?"
"Rei sorry! Rei sorry!" the child replied.
"No you're not," Ricka yelled as she cried again, "If you were sorry, you wouldn't have done it in the first place!" she began shaking Rei again, "Are you trying to kill me!?"
"No! Rei swear she's not! She swears!" the child claimed.
"Yeah, I fuckin bet..." the woman said, suddenly becoming normal, "What's going on out here, Rei?"
"Rei's trying to train with Djin," the child said as she settled her dizzied mind, "He didn't get enough training with Ricka..."
"Is that so?" she said as she stood back up and faced him, "You're ghosts didn't get enough training with Ace, huh?"
"No, no," Djin said as he watched Ricka snap her fingers.
"Then... let me give you a few more lessons!"
"No! Please Yveltal no!"
"SCEEEPPPTILLE!"
…
"You're crazy woman!" the seventeen-year-old shouted, as he pointed at her, "Seriously! You're fucking crazy! You can't just keep beating up on other people's Pokémon, period or not! I'm! We! We're getting the hell outta here!"
And so, there went Djin. After a long, long day of 'training'. Well, more like 'sit there and be a punching bag for my Pokémon because I'm emotional right now'. He yelled at Ricka as she sat on her front porch, finally having enough of her so called 'teachings'. But the woman didn't care. In fact, she gained a smirk as she got comfortable in her chair, rocking back and forth gently. Beside her sat Rei, who was just as tired as he was. Though, unlike him, she didn't have a place to run on this most dangerous of days.
"Rei doesn't think Djin's coming back..." the child said, the sun setting now.
"Eh, I know," the woman said with a deep breath, acting unusually calm, "But, hey, he's not as sorry now as he was before he came. Before, his Pokémon barely survived five seconds against Ace. Now, they survived ten seconds. Sounds stupid, but, eh, semantics... besides," she yawned and leaned back into her chair, "A little childhood trauma builds character..."
"Really? Is Ricka just saying that to say that?" the child asked. Then her eyes slid into a squint, "And why isn't Ricka as angry now as she was all day today?"
"Here, Rei, let me tell you a secret," the woman said, as she looked at her, "That red dot you find in my panties means I had my period. But you already know that by now, don't you? We women get that at least once every month? Or is it every three months? I don't really fuckin know... anyway..." she smiled, "I don't know why, but on days when we have our period, we can get away with a whole lot of shit! I bet you're wondering why I act so crazy on these days. Well, it's because I'm using that to my advantage. Let's face it, these days are the only days in the entire year where no one bothers me..." she leaned back into her chair again, "And it feel so fucking good..."
"So... Rei's going to have a period too someday?" the child asked, "Ricka... what is a period?"
"I don't fucking know," the woman said, "I just know it deals with... pregnancy or something like that. Menstrual cycle... fucking... blood and... z... z... zzzzzzz..."
Gentle snores suddenly escaped Ricka as her eyes were closed shut. Rei smiled too, understanding her sister's intelligence. Or insanity, it's really hard to tell. Gazing off into the distance, she began to wonder about the day, and the situation she was placed into. She didn't understand the many things Ricka taught her, but she was sure they would all come in handy one day. After all, Ricka is her only example of how to be a woman. No matter how broken that example may be.
Rei leaped up from her chair and walked to her sister. Pulling up, she gently kissed the woman on her cheek, making her smile within her sleep.
"Thanks... Rei..." Ricka whispered.
Maverick Talks!
I must be suffering a burn out. It felt so taxing to finish this chapter!
So, yeah, chapter 38! And the motto of this chapter is 'don't get in Ricka's way when she's having her period!' Seriously, words to live by.
Not much to say about this chapter. I focused more on comedy however. Makes people wonder about Ricka though, don't it. How smart is she? And is her smarts just insanity? No, Ricka's smart. Smarter than most make her out to be. And she's teaching Rei good things. Hah.
Yeah right.
Today's character of the day was Djin Iritake from Username Requested. But, as usual, be sure to send in more of your characters because I want them. So. Yeah.
Guess next chapter won't have an OC in it. But I'm not sure what.
Guess we'll have to wait and see, huh?
And, just so you guys know, we're almost at the end of season two. Soon, season 3 will start, and boy is it going to be big! Like! The Season Finale/Season Premier is gonna be massive! Really massive! So massive I might start early on chapter 39! Guess we'll have to wait and see!
I say that too much. 'Guess we'll have to wait and see'. Ugh.
Maverick Kay Prime