Disclaimer: This story, the OC -main, secondary or otherwise- don't belong to be but to a dear friend of mine who decided not to share it here. So I took it upon myself to do it for her.
However as to not be accused of plagiarism, I still made a few changes so it was more in my style than in hers (but that's about all that'll be changed). If anything, think of it as a remake.
Regarding the main cast from Pokemon, they belong to Game Freak or whoever own them.
Bird Battle
"So, Pluck, Wing Attack and Cut, huh?" I muttered for myself as I checked my Pokedex. We were loudly making our way to the school's battlefield, Ash louder than the other, excited about the up-coming battle against my newly hatched Rufflet.
"That's right, Jade! Pluck, Wing Attack and Cut!" Ash's Rotom replied in a prideful, squeaky voice, giving me a start. The talking Dex had been floating next to my shoulder and hearing it speaking so close to my ear surprised me. Fortunately, the others didn't notice it.
"Those aren't half bad moves for a hatchling! Thanks for the info, Rotom!" I answered, winking at it. Rotom beeped out happily, his screen showing an elated smile emoji. My smirk then lowered into a frown as I looked at him again.
"Hey… Actually, where have you been? I haven't seen you in a while. I thought you were always with Ash?" I asked him in a stern voice.
"Hehehehe…" Rotom laughed sheepishly, rubbing his 'arm' on the back of his flat… body?
"You're right. I do, usually, but I've had some circuitry problems lately… so I had to get repaired." it explained, Professor Kukui nodding behind the device he had built. "I was back in order this morning, just in time for your Pokemon to be born. How lucky is that? I was able to record it all!" It added as a proud emoji showed up on its screen soon replaced by the recording of Justice's egg shining a silvery light.
"Shouldn't you have asked my permission first?" I asked, crossing my arms. Rotom-Dex showed another smiling emoji on his screen.
"It's for academic purpose." Rotom-Dex said. "There is no harm in this." Yet his screen emoji turned into a frowning blue face with light blue tears running down. "Do you want me to erase it?"
"No, it's fine. If you have just taken Justice's hatching and I don't appear on screen, I don't mind." I commented. I didn't like how I appeared on video or photo so I avoided them as much as possible. Needless to say the idea of my image being used on a video shown in class didn't please me either.
"I'll blur your face then!" Rotom-Dex beeped out happily in agreement. "Will that be alright for you?"
"I guess so." I was replying when my words were drowned by Justice's sudden caw when Ash raced past us to open the door and rush out of the building to the battlefield. I hissed out, wincing at the ear-piercing low-pitched and yet powerful caw from my new Pokemon.
"Justice!" I exclaimed, rubbing my ear, an annoying whistling sound still resonating in my ear. Though I didn't say anything else. After all, my Rufflet wasn't to blame, he had been in the world for around twenty minutes, half an hour max, it was understandable he had some instinctive and emotion-based reaction. Especially around someone like Ash. "You don't have to shout that loud." I scoffed, brushing my Pokemon's feather. I couldn't help but giggle when I saw him lifting and tilting his head to me, then chirp a much more agreeable tune.
"He got used to you rather fast," Mallow commented, walking at my side. "It's hard to believe he tried to attack you not so long ago."
"Yeah," I agreed, petting Justice's feathery head. "I showed him that he couldn't just try to attack me and the same way he tried to prove his worth to me, I proved him that I was worth to be his trainer."
"That's an interesting way to put it." Headmaster Oak said. "I am sure this would be of interest to my cousin," he added, though I couldn't be sure if it was for me or for himself. "I don't know if he had already thought of such things, trainers having to prove themselves to the Pokemon they caught..."
"Er…" Definitely, it wasn't meant for me. "Anyway, I am sure you'll fit right in and feel very welcomed within the gang!" I assured Justice with a laugh, turning to Gaïa who was walking a few feet behind me. As if he had understood what I had said and wanted to shout his happiness, Justice cawed out again, pressing his talons against my forearm where he was resting.
"Rowlet!" As we arrived at the battlefield, we could hear Ash's yelling at his Pokemon. "ROWLET! WAKE UP!" he was bellowing at the non-moving grass owl Pokemon he was holding in his hands. I turned and exchanged a glance with Mallow. I was confused, but Mallow seemed to be taking it rather well. Even Sophocles and Kiawe shrugged at it and Lana walked up to Ash.
"I thought you just woke him up?" Lana asked, going near him. "I can't believe he fell asleep that quickly!" she laughed.
"I did. But Rowlet loves to nap, no matter what's going on and in any given place." Rowlet opened a lazy eye. Then a second and eventually, he left Ash's arms to flutter in the air.
"I can see that. We left the classroom about five minutes ago!" I grumbled out. I was starting to have my doubt about this battle. I thought it would be even matched as Rowlet was older than my Rufflet, so more experienced and a good counter to Justice's type advantage. But if Justice's opponent was sleeping on the battlefield, it'd be a piece of cake to defeat him. My flying type Pokemon seemed to be thinking the same thing as I as he couldn't turn his fierce eyes away from Rowlet. "Don't let your guard down, okay?" I still said. "Mallow, can you keep Gaïa?" I asked the tall green-haired girl.
My Snivy had been silently following us, clearly not sharing the happiness of Justice's birth. And she showed it once more when she smacked Mallow's hand with her tail.
"Gaïa!" I firmly called. "That's not something to be done! Mallow is nice with you, you could be nice to her as well. I am sorry about what she did." I said to Mallow.
"It's alright. I guess she doesn't want to be touched today." she answered with a sheepish smile, brushing her hand that had been hit.
"Maybe…" I muttered, watching Gaïa from the corner of my eyes. "I'll deal with you later." I told my Grass Type Pokemon who just answered by turning around and looking in another direction.
"Would you like us to keep your other Pokemon?" Lana asked.
"Well, they are fine in their ball," I replied. "However, if you wish…" I relented, handing Lana my Pokeball with Marie and Sabretooth. Both Pokemon were quick to leave them though, Marie hopping in the blue haired girl's arms, emitting croaks of happiness whereas my Litten stood proudly next to Kiawe and proceeded to groom himself with his tongue.
"You can't groom yourself all the time." I said, shaking my head, though it had no effect on Sabretooth who merely meowed in a low tone and lied down.
"So, Jade, are you ready?" Ash called for me from his side of the battlefield. Rowlet was still wide awake and flying above his trainer.
"That I am." I answered with confidence, hustling to my place, Justice leaving my arm to fly near the centre of the field. Professor Kukuy already was standing in the referee's box and as I arrived where I was supposed to be, he lifted his left hand up.
"Attention! The battle between Jade from Unova and Ash from Kanto will now begin! This one-on-one battle will end when the Pokemon on either side is unable to continue!" he announced. "Let the battle begin!"
"Alright! Justice, make the first move! Use Pluck!" I hollered out as soon as the battle had started.
"Rowlet, use Peck!" Ash fired back at the same time. Both bird Pokemon cawed out loudly and accelerated to their respected opponent until they collided. Or rather, flew one above the other, though they did hit their target, injuring each other slightly. The two Pokemon shook their head without breaking eye contact.
"Justice! Cut!" I called, not losing one second.
"Rowlet, Tackle!" Ash countered.
The bird Pokemon went at each other again, ready to strike once more, though this time with their talons or entire body. To Ash's surprise, Justice was smart enough to let Rowlet come to him and move out of the way at the last moment. He dug his powerful claws into Rowlet's back, preventing him from moving.
"Good! Use Pluck!" I commanded, not about to let go of that advantage over our opponent. However before Justice could obey me, Rowlet had managed to throw Justice off, spinning horizontally and flinging my Rufflet off. A bit dazed by the spinning, Justice fell to the ground, however – and fortunately – he didn't crash on the ground but flew back into the air, relatively fine.
"Not bad!" Ash commented, with a hint of bewilderment in his voice. "Your Pokemon is quite strong already."
"As you can see!" I replied, though I had to admit that I was surprised by Justice's resilience too. Clutching my hands into a fist, I thrust out my right arm. "Justice! Show him how powerful you are with a Wing Attack."
"Rowlet! Dodge it and then use Tackle!" Ash commanded, swiping his hand to the side.
Justice flew higher in the sky as if he was reaching for the sun, then he turned around and gained momentum as he accelerated through the air, his wings glowing pure white to the point I almost couldn't see them anymore.
Not wanting to be outdone, Rowlet started to move faster, flying in Justice's direction. When Justice was only a foot away, Ash's Pokemon skyrocketed into the air and flipped vertically, avoiding my Pokemon's move and slamming into his chest, sending him fly away at top speed.
"Justice!" I screamed and was relieved to see my Rufflet get back on track. "Wing Attack one more time." I commanded excitably. Justice spinned around and went back high into the sky to Rowlet's side. This time though, Rowlet didn't adjust his trajectory and Justice collided his right wing onto Rowlet's side, causing the owl Pokemon to hoo painfully and my Rufflet to caw of joy.
"Nice move!" I could hear from the side of the battlefield, but that was all I could make out before I forced my attention back on the battle. And just in time for Ash' next command.
"Razor Leaf!" Damn, I didn't know Rowlet knew that move. Fortunately, it was a Grass Type move, so it'd not make that much damage on Justice. On the other hand, Justice was still young, so it was bound to have some effect anyway.
"Wing Attack!" I called again. "Cut right through them." I ordered. Yet Justice had a moment of hesitation and didn't follow my command right away. Instead of flying up and fast, my Pokemon flew still, an easy target to Rowlet's sharp leaves. Justice cawed out at each of the leaves' impact before slamming hard onto the battlefield. My brain was in high gear as I tried to understand why had Justice refused to move.
"Ataboy, Rowlet. Now use lots of Peck!" That brought me back to the present time and battle and I shook my head to get this issue away for later.
"Hoo!"
"Justice! Get up and fly above Rowlet." I exclaimed with cracks in my voice when I saw Justice emitting a moan of pain until he managed to push himself back onto his talons. Unfortunately he couldn't get back to the air as Rowlet was already here, flying a few inches above Justice, pecking his feathery head, sending white tuft of feathers all around.
Justice chirped out in a pained and infuriated tone. Somehow, to my surprise, he still managed to jump, talons ahead, and knocked Rowlet away before taking flight.
"Good boy!" I congratulated him. "Now fly back down and use Cut!" I hollered out, thrusting my hand into the air.
"Catch up to him and use Tackle!"
Justice cawed out and turned around to nosedive to Rowlet. One split second before the contact, Justice cocked back his glowing talons to strike his opponent. The impact soon came and even though my Pokemon was going faster, Rowlet had been the strongest one, sending Justice off to the ground where he crashed for the second time today.
"Justice!" But this time, he didn't move to get back up. Kukui crossed his arms.
"The battle is over!" he called. I went to scoop up my Pokemon in my arms while Rowlet landed on Ash's shoulder under his trainer's pleased smile. Smile who soon turned into a groan when Rowled cooed out a snore.
"You weren't kidding when you said it doesn't matter where he is nor what's happenin', if he wants to sleep, he sleeps." I huffed out, rolling my eyes. "Are you sure he's not sick?" I heard about something like that, narcolepsy though rare in Pokemon could still happen, some using it to their advantage like Snorlax or Slacking.
"No, that's just him." Headmaster Oak assured me, as the entire group of teenagers and himself came to us. "You should see Komala. That Pokemon really can sleep through everything." he proudly said.
"That was a great battle! Your Justice is awesome." Ash interrupted. "For a Pokemon who had just hatched, he did make us work for our victory!"
I laughed at that and ruffled Justice's dirty feathery head. "You bet! And just you wait for he and I to really train!" When I said that, something smacked me in the leg. I yelped out and looked down to find Gaïa retracting her vines into her body. "What give?" I exclaimed. "What has gotten into you? You've been in a bad mood ever since Justice hatched."
"Vy!" Gaïa snapped, shaking her head.
"I think she is jealous." Professor Kukui said. "You've been carrying your Rufflet around and not paying her enough attention."
"What? Again? Com'on, I thought this had been solved after I got Marie!" I exclaimed. Gaïa hadn't shown jealousy when I got Sabretooth, why did she now? "Well, I understand." I said anyway. "And I think I have a solution." I went on, handing Professor Kukui my Rufflet before kneeling down and picking up my jealous starter Pokemon. "What do you say that I have both of you train together?"
"Sni-vy!" she snapped out.
"Don't be like that. I am sure you'd be wicked training partners, if you accepted to train with him."
"I think so too! The type advantage against Snivy's previous training should make their chances of victory approximately equal." Rotom-Dex exclaimed from Ash's side. On the screen, the battle was replaying.
"See?" I said to Gaïa. "And you don't have to be jealous, I still love you as much as I did this morning when Justice was still in his egg." Gaïa looked at me for a long time before climbing back up to my shoulder, claiming her rightful place. With a sigh, I took my Pokeball and recalled my Pokemon, except Justice that I took from Professor Kukui.
"Well, thank you for everything." I told them. "Ash, it was great battling you and I look forwards doing it again sometimes. It was great meeting you all! I'll go to the Pokemon Center and then head straight away to the ferry."
"Jade…?" Lillie called in a shy voice.
"Yes Lillie?" I answered. I supposed she wanted to ask me something about her brother, as we hadn't had the occasion to speak privately about it, with their getting ready for their trip and Justice's hatching and then the battle.
"When was your ferry scheduled?" she asked softly.
"At ten thirty. Why?" I checked my watch and saw that it was almost the time. "Oh shit!" I exclaimed. "I got to go!" I was about to race back to the Pokemon Center to get Justice healed and Ferocity back to drive to the harbor when someone placed his hand on my shoulder.
"I guess you're a bit too late. Even if you were to leave now, I don't think you'd be able to make it in time." Headmaster Oak said. "And that you've no choice but to go with the class to Akala island."
"Can't fight fate, huh?" I hummed. "Ah well. If you still want me, I guess I'll come along for a bit longer." I went on with a soft and sincere smile. This wasn't what I had planned at all, and I still planned on going on my own at a point sooner or later, but being with some company wasn't that bad either.
