Takachan ~Beginning
Wandering through the Safari Zone, the only thoughts that would keep entering Radic's head were thoughts of Red. Red, always ahead of him. Red, who had already came in here and captured most of the Pokémon. Red, who had more Pokémon then Radic would probably ever have.
At least Radic had the Pokémon he wanted. The instant he saw the Meowth, the Feeling came over him. Wondering how many other times this Feeling would descend on him, Radic kept wandering. He had one opening left on his team and was unable to figure out what would be placed there. He had a feeling he would find it here, but he wasn't sure where or what it was.
"Squirt..." Accident said, panting from the hot sun. Unable to stand walking without accompaniment for long, Radic had let Accident walk with him. The water Pokémon was getting dry from the heat, however, and Radic knew that he couldn't use him for battling. Radic looked around the shimmering, heat filled plains, but was unable to see anything.
"Sorry, Accident, but it's too hot for you. I think Kitsune will have to come out for a while."
Accident nodded as he converted to energy and was sucked into the Pokéball. Then appeared Radic's sarcastic Vulpix.
"Please, Kitsune, try to be nice."
"Vul vul vulpix, vulpix pix pix vul." Kitsune smirked. Now that Kitsune was his Pokémon, Radic could understand her...unfortunatly enough.
"Kitsune, that was NOT nice. Stop saying things like that."
"Vulpix."
Radic blushed slightly. "And stop swearing."
"Vul."
"Hey!"
Radic was about to confront Kitsune about this when he heard something behind him. A rustling in the bushes. Turning, he found four eyes staring at him. Radic backed off and tripped over a rock, nearly falling on his Vulpix. Kitsune had the sense to move.
"Do?" the Pokémon lept forward, balancing neatly on two legs. "Doduo?"
"A Doduo no doubt." Radic said. The Feeling washed over him, robbing him of all reason. Desperate to capture the Pokémon, Radic felt around him for a Pokéball, but only found a rock. Throwing it without fully realizing what it was, Radic struck the Doduo on the wing.
"DODUOOOO!" both heads screamed and the bird flopped over, squirming on the ground. Radic was suddenly full of guilt.
"Vulpix pix vul."
"Quiet. I don't need comments from YOU." Radic moved forward towards the bird, which was rolling around hysterically, much more then what was necessary.
"Stay still! I'm sorry I hit you, but I want to capture you. Let me look at your wound..." Radic said, feeling stupid. The first head began to yell something at him, then the second head began yelling at the first. Soon the two were engaged in a full-fledged fight, allowing Radic a chance to look at the injured wing. It was broken, there was no doubt about that. Feeling extreme guilt, Radic searched his bag for a potion, but found only a small half-full one. Spraying it on the Doduo, Radic sighed.
"I'm really sorry, Doduo. I hope you will forgive me."
The Doduo stopped arguing for a moment and looked at him, confused. The two heads began to talk, then to yell. Radic put his hands over his ears.
"Please! Calm down! There's no need for you to be shouting like this!"
The two heads then turned their anger to him. Radic winced and kept his ears covered.
"Vul vulpix vul..." Kitsune scoffed and began investigating a nearby bush. Radic glared at her, but she refused to help him.
"Listen, I'm here to help you. I'm sorry I hit you, but I want to help. Please!" Radic said desperatly, not sure of what he would do if this Pokémon, the Pokémon that gave him the feeling, would run away from him. The Doduo stared at him, confused. The first head then pecked the second, and the two heads began fighting viciously.
"Maybe my other Pokémon can help..." he said desperatly, wanting the noise to stop. He rolled out the other Pokéballs and his companions came forth. Kitsune, finding nothing interesting in the bush afterall, came and joined them. Everyone glared at her, but she ignored them.
"Can you help me calm the Doduo down?"
His Pokémon instantly began fighting amongst themselves. Of them all, Callima was the one who remained the most calm.
"Since Callima seems the most sensible..." Radic looked at his Pokémon. They broke off their conversation and looked at him. Callima hopped on his shoulder. "she gets to talk to it."
Nova looked offended, Kitsune smirked and made a comment, Ruby licked her fur and looked as if she couldn't care less, and Accident looked confused. Callima tapped the first head, which turned on her angrily.
A short conversation later, she shrugged and looked at Radic.
"Anyone else got a solution?" he said, desperate for the two heads to stop fighting. Nova smirked and held up a paw.
"Pikaaaaa...." electricity began to build.
"Nova, NO!"
"CHU!" a bolt of electricity was sent into both Radic and the Doduo. This cause Radic to get even more frustrated and the Doduo to start screaming even more hysterically. Meanwhile, Callima yelled at Nova, who shrugged and looked innocent.
"Night's approaching..." he said, looking at the sky. "But I can't let it die..." he looked at the shrieking Doduo and sighed. The Feeling would not let him leave. He leaned back against it and found to his amazement that it didn't attack him.
His Pokémon watched him, then shrugged and continued fighting.
"Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you...I'll make up for my mistake." he said to the Doduo.
It paused, then began screaming again. Despite this, Radic's exhaustion took over him and he managed to fall asleep.
~~~
"That was REAL smart, Nova!" Ruby spat at the Pikachu. "Let's make friends by ATTACKING IT!"
"I didn't see YOU coming up with anything better!" Nova replied, sparking. Kitsune was lying on her back and watching them with interest.
"Of course. Ruby never thinks of anything...it's the coin, you know. Siphers out all thought."
While Kitsune snickered and Nova laughed, Ruby raised all the fur on her back.
"What?!"
"Please, don't fight!" Accident tried to break them up. "We need to get the Doduo to trust us. We can't do it if we're fighting."
"Get 'Screams-a-lot' over there to trust us? You might as well try and get that jacket off of Nova." Kitsune smirked.
"I LIKE this jacket, thank you." Nova brushed it off. "You don't know it's history."
"I do know it smells TERRIBLE." Kitsune made a mock face and fell off the rock she was lying on. Nova looked offended.
"It does not!"
"It doesn't. Stop it Kitsune." Callima pointed at her, but Kitsune continued laughing, joined with Ruby. "Why don't we ask it what's wrong?"
"Didn't we try that already?" Accident said, a little slow on the uptake. He didn't notice Kitsune mocking him from behind.
"We can try again. Maybe it's calmed down now. I'll try first."
"You always try first!" Nova said angrily. Callima shrugged.
"You nearly killed me and Kitsune when we first met. You're not good with strangers."
Nova couldn't think of a reply, and just sparked furiously. Ruby laughed at him, which angered him more.
Callima turned to the Doduo, who was arguing in low tones.
"Excuse me..."
The Two heads turned to her.
"What?!" they said simultaenously. Callima backed away a little.
"Does your wing still hurt?"
"Yes."
"No."
Both answers were given at the same time. The two heads looked at each other.
"It does too hurt! I can feel it!"
"I don't feel a thing!"
"'Cause you're thick! I bet you didn't even feel the rock hit us!"
"I did too! You're just a hypochondriac!"
"I am not!"
Callima broke the argument.
"Excuse me...do you have a name-...names?"
"I'm Ta."
"I'm Ka."
The two heads looked at Callima, then at eachother.
"Why do you ask?"
Ta mocked Ka cruelly. "'Cause maybe she would like to know what to refer to us as, moron!"
Ka turned to Ta. "Don't call me that! It was a simple and necessary question."
"You got problems..." Kitsune said, sauntering by. "I wonder what it's like to not only have to deal with yourself in the morning, but two aspects of yourself."
"She understands." Ta said. Ka rolled her eyes.
"No she doesn't! She was mocking us! You're so stupid!"
"I am NOT stupid!"
"Please!" Callima said. She held up her claws for silence. She glared at Kitsune, who was walking by and looking glad she had started trouble. "I think what Radic wants, and what all of us want, is to know whether you'll come with us."
"Since when did we vote on that?" Kitsune said, back on her previous vantage point on the rock.
"Shut up, Kitsune."
"I think we should go." Ta said. Ka shook her head.
"I think we shouldn't."
"You're just disagreeing because I agree."
"I am not!"
"You are too!"
"I want to go! I think that he's really sorry he hurt us."
"No he's not...he's just another one of those 'Gotta Catch 'Em All' morons."
"He isn't!" Nova finally moved forward to his trainers defense. "He thinks you're special and would make a good friend! That's why he wants you!"
"How would HE know?" Ka asked, looking confused. For once, Ta seemed to agree.
"He gets a feeling." Accident tried to explain. Ta and Ka looked at him. "It says 'hey, that's my friend' and so he goes with it."
"That's why we have Pokémon like Kitsune around." Ruby rolled her eyes. Kitsune made a sound as if she was hurt and fell off her rock again.
"A feeling?"
"Weird."
"I think it's true."
"You would."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Nothing."
"It meant something! Are you making fun of me?"
Ta rolled her eyes. "Noooo, I'm being supportive."
Callima broke in again. "Will you come? Radic's spent the entire night here with you, seeing if you'd get better. He let us out to help you."
Ta and Ka remained silent (a miracle!) and looked off to one side.
"It's too cold." Ka said, trying to start a fight. She succeeded.
Ta rolled her eyes. "It's always too cold! Blah blah, whine whine. You're so annoying."
"I am NOT annoying!" Ka said angrily.
After a long argument that ended after about fifty rounds of "Oh yeah?" "Yeah!" back and forth, they noticed there were no other sounds around them. Ta and Ka, brought back to reality, looked around.
Underneath the two necks slept Ruby, who was curled against Ta and Ka's feathers. On their back, Kitsune sprawled out, spreading warmth from her firey body. On Radic's lap slept Callima, and near Ta and Ka's small tail feathers slept Accident. Finally on his left side, Nova leaned and was snoring.
"Dang, they fell asleep."
"On US."
There was a rare moment of silence.
"I feel great now."
"Yeah, I finally feel warm."
"It was always warm, if you weren't such a wuss, but really. This feels nice."
"It was NOT always warm! It was cold! You're just too stupid to notice!"
Ta changed the subject abruptly. "If this is what it's like to be with Radic, then I want to do it."
"You wanted to before."
"Well, I want to even more now."
"..." Ka stared at the other head and sighed. "Well I guess...if only YOU didn't have to come along."
"Feelings mutual." Ta grumbled, closing her eyes. Ka closed hers, and soon they were both asleep.
