I Don't Own Pokemon
It had been a few days since the contest had taken place, and in that time I had set out from Nimbasa after getting hounded for a while by a news crew that some how found me. Well, I say, a while, but really I just had Mismagius get me out of the building while the news crew thought I was still in my room at the Pokemon center. I wonder if they're still out there actually, now that I'm thinking about it.
Well, if they are then it's not like I'm going to lose sleep over it, which is a good thing to be fair as I don't have a lot that I can lose without not being able to function. Anyway, besides all that, the only other thing that really came about during this time is that I found a decently sturdy string, I had used the last one I had for Lycanroc's new necklace, and fashioned a short necklace, almost choker, out of the Ribbon I got and gave it to Servine, he seemed to really like it which was good.
With catch up done, I was currently closing in on the Marvelous Bridge which was about the half way point to get to Black City, and White Forest. Both apparently a thing here, with the city and the forest bumped up against each other but still just distant enough to not share a name with each other. That and that the two location were so different that they couldn't really share a name that would be actuate, grey as a base was shut down hard by both parties when brought up as a suggestion.
Still, that didn't really matter much as I stepped up on to the bridge as I returned the ones on my team that couldn't stay out for this, mostly because of the 'Pokemon allowed per trainer limit: Five' sign, and because it would be a headache if someone started shouting at me because I ignored the sign. Which meant the ones still out was Luxray, Lycanroc, Pidgeot, Charizard, Riolu, and Mismagius.
Who cares if that's technically six, well being really technical it would be seven, but still. Pidgeot and Charizard were up above the bridge flying, and Mismagius was in my shadow anyway, it's not like it would be that big of a deal. I would have said screw it and had everyone out, but Servine wanted some down time, and Vaporeon looked uncomfortable with how hot it was out at the moment, as there wasn't exactly trees she could get shade under on a bridge.
So I returned them so they either could rest, or just not have to deal with the heat, which I can understand. Vaporeon especially, it was really hot out, from the thermostat that was on the wall at the start of the bridge to warn people in the likely hood of getting heatstroke, that it was about thirty-four Celsius. And while I wasn't brought up with that system I do know how to translate it, though my math might be a little iffy considering I was doing it mentally.
But I think somewhere from ninety to maybe ninety-six or so is about accurate. With that in mind and considering the fact that we were only just entering into the Spring seasons, from Winter where it was at a much lower temperature more often than not. It wasn't surprising that the spike in heat was getting to her. It wasn't as bad in the desert because it was mostly the exposure that effected her, while here the heat just seemed to magnify recently.
I'm just glad that she wasn't a glaceon, that would be a lot worse I'm sure. Though I think the only reason why the heat is getting to her is because the air is so dry as well, I mean Water shouldn't have a problem if heat cause typing, but with her Water Adsorb ability, the lack of humidity it's probably what's getting to her. Of course the opposite can also be said for Charizard who seemed to be bathing in the heat, as he soared pretty high into the air, and circled around a bit trying to get as much sunlight as he could.
The rest of my team didn't seem to be as badly or as positively effected as those two outliers but that doesn't exactly mean that we were comfortable either. Well, Lycanroc didn't seem to mind but he had the advantage of spending time in Alola where it's always warm. Luxray, wasn't as lucky as he was a Sinnoh Pokemon which meant his body was made for slightly lower weather, which meant his thick fur wasn't doing him any favors here, but he didn't seem to really mind much.
Same with Pidgeot, though he was flying a bit faster than his normal cruise speed, which meant all that air current change going around him was cooler, so the heat was effecting him slightly enough to do something small about it. Mismagius, luckily for her, didn't have to worry about being in the heat, as she was in my shadow which meant she wasn't even under the sun.
And lastly for me, well, I've always been pretty temperature resistant, I prefer the colder climate honestly, but I can deal fine normally in really any temperature level as long as it was say under one hundred Fahrenheit or... forty Celsius? I think that's close enough to being right, though I can't exactly be sure, it's not like it matters much to be fair I guess.
So basically I was doing fine, a little sweaty but I blame that on the fact that I have fur now, even if it was under an illusion, it was still there, no matter how solid of an illusion I use to make it seem otherwise. Which I didn't really get entirely, at least not on a completely conscious level, as if I didn't know about it somewhere in my body's instincts I wouldn't be able to do anything with my illusions in the first place.
Though my thoughts were cut off as a I heard a yelp from someone nearby as they called after someone else. Turning, mostly to just see what was happening, I watched as a girl was chasing after a Pokemon. A zorua to be more specific, weird timing considering what my thoughts were just focused on, but I didn't really mind, though that changed when said zorua dashed in my direction. They stopped next to me and looked up at me and said.
"Hello! I haven't met another another Zorua before!" I just felt my head tilt to the side in confusion as I opened my mouth for a moment as my mind went around trying to figure out how the Pokemon in front of me knew that. After a moment of me deciding that it was probably because our species can tell when an illusion is at work, aka the illusion on me. With that in mind I said to the little fox.
"Ok, first hello as well. Second I'm a zoroark, our final evolution, not a zorua. And third, is there a reason why that girl is chasing you?" The first two were just common things that I felt I should probably say, while the last one was needed to know if the zorua was in some kind of trouble or if he just decided that staying next to the girl wasn't as important as talking to me for some reason. The Pokemon looked confused for a moment before turning and looking at the girl who was still running at us before telling me.
"Yeah, she's my trainer! I probably shouldn't have run off like that but I felt you're illusion and I got excited, I mentioned I've never met another zorua before! Well, actually, I guess I still haven't, your a zoroark which is different. But I've never met one of those before either so it's fine!" This little guy has a lot of energy to burn it seems, as he jumped around me, looking at my illusion with fascination on his face, I wonder if my illusions are that different from his that he's so interested in it. That's when the girl caught up.
"Zorua! You can't keep running off like this! I'm so sorry mister, Zorua kind of get excited when he sees something interesting" I just gave her a nod, as I looked down at the Pokemon as he was now running around and talking to my team. Turning back to the girl, I just gave a shrug after another moment and told her.
"It's fine, it seems that my team is having fun as well, so no harm done, it's good I think for them all to get some interaction with other Pokemon that aren't apart of my team, though I'm not the best at actually doing that" She nodded to me this time, as we both watched our Pokemon talk to each other for a moment, though I noted something seemed to pass over the girl's eyes when she looked at my team, then she looked back at me with something close to shock, oh great, she knows who I am.
"Oh! You're Kyu aren't you? I remember watching you're contest win in Nimbasa city! You were great! Do you mind if I ask for some tips? I kind of want to get into coordinating myself but I haven't had much luck in figuring it out" That wasn't what I was expecting honestly, usually people know me from the Indigo Conference, or my battle with Zekrom in Nacrene, so for someone to only care about the contest I won, well it's a first I guess.
"I don't think there's a big secret to it really, just think of something that you're Pokemon can do that can look cool. Then just practice it until you don't have to worry about messing up any. The main thing is nerves but it isn't really anything bad once it's over. Practice is probably the best way to get good at it" None of that was particularly helpful, as most if not all of it was just basic advice, but I don't know even what I'm doing really in coordinating, so I'm just saying what I can.
"Yeah that's some good advice! Thanks Kyu! Oh, I didn't introduce myself did I? I'm Saran" She seemed to say that as a secondary thought, as she now seemed to be lost in thought about what I said. I don't think I said anything that would be that thought provoking, just some stuff that sounded like it would be the basics. Whatever, it's not like it's my problem at the moment to worry about that, as there really isn't anything to worry about in the first place.
"Well, glad I could help, anyway, I need to get a move on. So I'll see you around I guess" She just gave me a nod as I watched as she called Zorua over as they began to talk to each other completely forgetting about me and my team's existences. It seems that her Pokemon isn't the only one that gets distracted when their excited. With that, I turned and motioned to my Pokemon to come along as we began back on our trek to get across the bridge.
A much shorter chapter but I don't really care, it's mostly just the in between from the next city and the last. Though the Unova arc is beginning to come to a close soon as well, so I figured I should start quickening up the pace of the travels in between the cities and towns. Right now, I have to write some stuff for Black city, the travel to Undella Town, and the actually events in Undella then I think it's about time that I start the set up to go to another region. Anyway, See ya.
