A Ripple in the Sea
(Ch 2)
Author's Notes: I made a weird mistake on Chapter 1, their was a word supposed to be "dreaming" but it turned into "dreKaiyang" because Kaiya's original name was Ami but I used "find and replace" to change it to Kaiya, and didn't catch that on the proofreading. Sorry! _
On another note, someone kindly asked me to separate my paragraphs with spaces, so that I shall do. I hope it reads better this way. Thanks for your advice Mel. Enjoy Chapter 2 and please Review after you've read everyone!
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Miles stood with his backpack over one shoulder next to a giant telephone pole. In his hand was a Pokeball containing Diglett, a Pokemon he'd caught himself about a year back. He waited now for Kaiya, the lovely, shy girl he'd known for so long, so that they may finally start their journey to Sablesky, the great city where they were to watch one of the most exciting and most talked about events of all times-The Annual Sablesky Town Pokemon Tournament and Show. There was simply nothing like this tournament, he thought to himself, simply nothing in it's originality conception. A small breeze blew Miles's wild, stringy hair out of his face as he watched the horizon with content.
"Ah, Diglett, if only girls didn't take an hour to brush their hair!" He said, impatiently, referring to Kaiya. However, he knew she wasn't yet late.
He released Diglett from the Pokeball and crouched down, supporting his back against the tall wooden pole. It wasn't long when he saw the shape of Kaiya running towards him up a small hill where all the houses and buildings were found.
"Sorry-was-hurrying!" She panted, stopping in front of him with her hands on her knees, stooping over to gain large breaths. She looked up and then to Diglett and smiled. "Hi Diglett!" She chimed happily, laughing for seemingly no reason.
"Well, shall we get going? And I like the gloves-nice." Miles said.
Kaiya looked at her arms, and nodded. Her sister had given her pretty black, elbow length gloves that went well with her clothing. She silently thanked Juna for all her fashion sense, as she hadn't any. Then, pressing the palm of her hand against her forehead, she nodded once more.
"Thank you Miles. Ready to go then?"
"Born ready." Was his reply.
A short walk it was to Sablesky. The city made of metal and grass that spread wide across a large area. It was home to many people who held pride in their city, especially during the great tournament. Miles and Kaiya had just entered the city and were imediately handed brochures and coupons of all sorts. Voices saying "Hey, stay at this hotel!" or "Balcony seating available!" rang out from everywhere and the two had to push their way through the unyielding advertisers.
"I guess we'll need to buy tickets huh." Kaiya said after they'd escaped the crazy city-folks.
"Not necessarily. Look Kai, I've been talking to this guy who seems to know an easy, FREE way to get into this thing. Lets go try it out, eh?" Miles said, stretching his arms above him lazily.
"I don't know..." She said, sounding a bit worried, "Maybe this was a bad idea Miles...heh." She concluded.
"Ridiculous. My idea? Bad? Don't make me laugh. Come on, it'll save money." Miles persisted.
"Yeah, fine then. But if we get into some kind of trouble-"
"We won't"
This said, Kaiya followed Miles to a small, wooden building near the stadium. It looked lonely amidst all the tall, metal buildings. Small trees dotted the yard as well. Miles quickly knocked on the giant, wooden door.
"Hey Ryumo, it's Miles." He said loudly.
The door creaked open and a tall, heavily build guy answered. His hair was brown and dull, hanging limply down either side of his face. He had brown eyes to match his hair. He wore a big, blue shirt with the logo for the Sablesky Pokemon Tournament printed on the front, with blue jeans to accompany it. He smiled when he saw Miles.
"Oh, Ey there Mike." He said, his voice deep, and his talk slow.
"Hey Ryumo, and it's Miles." Miles corrected, with a smirk.
"Uh, oh yeah...that's right..." Said Ryumo, sounding confused.
"And this is my good friend Kaiya, but friends call her Kai." Miles said, introducing Kaiya, who had purposely waited at the edge of the sidewalk.
"Ah, Ey there Kayla. How are things...down at the end of the uh sidewalk, anyway?" He said with a short wave.
Kaiya just smiled and stared at the sidewalk.
"She's kind of shy." Miles explained, "Anyway, we're here because you said you could get us in to the tournament for free?" Miles said, going to the topic.
Ryumo nodded in his slow fashion, and stepped back into his doorway, holding out a hand to invite the guests in while so that he may search for a cup to pour up his coffee. Miles stepped inside, grateful for the invite and convinced Kaiya to join them. The interior of the home was so similar to the outside, one couldn't be sure anything had really changed from one point to the other, perhaps with the exception of the television, cabinets, couches and other inside items. The walls were brown, and the floors were dark green. This reminded Kaiya of a forest, though Miles paid no mind to his surroundings.
Ryumo invited the two of them to be seated on the sofa, while he searched through the kitchen for his coffee cup. If only cups would stay glued to the cabinet, he thought. The dusty old cup was sitting in clear view in the living room on the table, where Ryumo had left it when he'd gone to answer the door.
Now Miles and Kaiya sat on the couch next to a frisky female with thick, brown curls that framed her face and continued down her back a ways. Miles wondered how long it'd be if it wasn't curly, as it was already quite long. She had a clip in her hair to keep it from falling into her face, and the only part allowed to trespass onto her face were the bangs, which they assumed she'd straightened then recurled them just once for big, poofy round bangs that split either way at the rim of her nose. Her eyes were green with specks of shimmering gold and her face was smooth and clear, other then the occasional freckle dotting her cheeks. These freckles, however, were much more plentiful all down her arms. She wore a pink shirt that gave her skin no room for air, and pink pants of the same quality.
"Hi, I'm Luci. You came about the battle then?" The girls said in a voice Miles and Kaiya recognized from their school cheerleaders. Miles adored Luci's looks, but her behavior repelled his thoughts from developing further and he blinked twice without word, surprising Kaiya as she'd known him to be the one who always had something to say.
"The battle? You mean the tournament?" Kaiya asked.
"Oh my...don't tell me you didn't KNOW about the battle?" Luci gasped in her own version of shock.
Miles broke from his surprise, and pretended nothing had happened. He wouldn't have allowed an actual conversation to have taken place in his absence, after all. Miles cleared his throat importantly and laid himself back on the sofa.
"Luci, this is my good friend Kaiya, and Kaiya, this is Luci, Ryumo's fourteen year old sister." Miles explained, "And the battle is just how we'll get into this thing for free, Kai." He finished. Ryumo, who's given up on finding his coffee cup, joined them on the sofa. He instinctively reached to the coffee table, picked up the old mug from where he'd set it, and began sipping from it unknowingly, while shaking his head in wonderment at the company.
"The battle, oh, uh, yeah...it'll be this afternoon. You know, Mike, uh, and uh, Kayla, whoever wins gets to sit right up in front." Said Ryumo, nodding and sipping once more from his coffee cup.
"Yeah, that's what I was going to say..." Miles said, "Kai, all we have to do is enter this "junior trainer battle" thing and we'll get right in, front row hopefully. Though the people in the front do tend to get hit by flying gravel, or salt water shooting at high speeds, or-"
"Anyway," Luci interrupted, "it's basically a fight for your seat kind of deal. I know my precious Oddish, or even my Ladyba could beat any of those JUNIOR trainers." She said, tilting her head in a victorious manner.
Kaiya's head was now swimming in thoughts. She looked nervously away from Luci and the others and wondered if Coal could manage to fight these "junior trainers" they spoke of. As much as she knew, Coal had never fought in a Pokemon battle before. She wasn't sure her little companion was strong enough to go against other Pokemon. Everyone else seemed quite confident.
"I'm just glad you don't have to do anything but participate to get in." Miles said, winking at Kaiya and laughing, his brown eyes dancing along. Kaiya's face turned red in embarrassment, but she breathed an internal sigh of relief. Perhaps without worrying so much about losing, she'd be able to concentrate more accurately.
A small gathering of novice trainers were assembled near the docks at the edge of Sablesky town. They were now socializing and eating, some practicing or preparing for their battles. The sun was just beginning to hand lower in the sky, and these mini-battles were scheduled to begin soon, and last until the moon's reflection cast over the lake, or late evening perhaps. Now that the famous Sable Sky was beginning to darken, and turn pink, the trainers went to meet their opponents. Ryumo, at eighteen, was the oldest of these "beginners" and was in charge of judging a portion of the battles as he'd attended them every year.
"Okay, uh, now uh...lets keep this clean ya'll...uh, 'cause we don't want any of um, that you know, dirty talking and cheating goin' on around here. Just, uh, oh yeah, remember that other more experienced people gonna' be watchin' ya here and uh, this aint no place to be poor excuses for trainers, eh?" Ryumo coached. Though, no matter, Miles had watched the group and could tell they'd have no intentions to cheat or do anything else to make themselves disqualify. They'd lose their free tickets. There was a mall crowd forming around the docks to watch the new trainers battle their pokemon. The local citizens came to cheer on and encourage them to do their best.
Kaiya had tied her hair back into a band to keep her from seeming as nervous as she felt. She repeated all Coal's attacks over and over in her head for when she was afraid she tended to forget easily. Now she hoped to herself she'd do good, and not forget anything.
While the trainers found their opponents, Miles reminded Kaiya she wouldn't have to win to get into the tournament. She found this less-then- comforting as now she'd still focused on embarrassing herself somehow.
"Hey, are you Kaiya?" A voice from behind her asked, causing Kaiya to shudder and spin around, almost tripping over her own feet in her panic.
"Uh huh...yeah." Kaiya said, rubbing the side of her face uncomfortably.
"Hi, my name is Piroli, I'm to be your opponent tonight." Said the little girl, smiling, "But just because I'm young doesn't mean I'm bad." She finished.
"Yeah, I know. It's fine. I'm Kaiya, as you know." Kaiya said half- heartedly, as her mind still quavered for safety.
"Let's battle then!" Piroli said cheerfully.
Battle they did. Piroli sent forth her Nidoran, the male, and Kaiya used Coal.
"Hm, Nidoran, try using...scratch..." The girl ordered. Her Nidoran went right to work, clawing intensely at Coal, who yelped out in surprise. Kaiya didn't take long to think.
"Quick attack, Coal. It shouldn't be hard." She said comfortingly. Coal ran at the Nidoran, and attacked it before it had a chance to dodge. The Nidoran flinched long enough for Coal to let out a victorious howling, raising it's confidence.
"Look out it hasn't had enough yet!" Kaiya shouted quickly when she saw the Nidoran slowly clamber to it's feet. Coal took a step back, his tail wagging playfully.
"Nidoran! Now attack!" Piroli instructed.
Nidoran charged once more at Coal. Coal ran to the side to avoid the attack but wasn't fast enough to avoid it completely.
"Turn an bite!" Yelled Kaiya, seeing it as the perfect opportunity to strike back. Coal quickly understood and snapped around, sinking his teeth into the side of Nidoran, and quickly releasing his grip.
"Aah! Nidoran! That was insane!" Piroli shouted, jumping in a circle of worry. Nidoran did not get up. Coal had done it.
"Looks like you're a bit stronger then I though you'd be." Kaiya said as coal slobbered over her hands happily, "and I can tell if I train you, you'll do even better eh?" She said, giggling and patting him on the head.
"Naaanaaanno." Coal chanted, prancing around her feet while wagging his tail pointlessly. Piroli collected Nidoran and walked over to Kaiya.
"Oh, that was actually really cool. It doesn't really matter that much-I'll just make him stronger, and next time Coal will run cowering." Said Piroli, her happiness amazed Kaiya.
"Heheh, perhaps so then." Kaiya said.
Meanwhile, Miles and his opponent, Valso, had quite a set back in their battle, and were attracting the eyes of a large portion of the crowd. Their battle was taking longer then most and for a reason Miles had never imagined.
"Diglett? Hello down there!" He shouted, peering down into a hole in the ground that seemed to never end. At the same time Valso had his head glaring up into a nearby tree.
"Mankey come down here and finish this battle!" He said in frustration, but the Mankey was far more interested in the bananas located on the top branch of the tree.
"Hey Miles, what's going on, you're holding everyone up." Kaiya said, just now approaching the situation, Piroli followed close behind.
"Uh, well I told Diglett to dig a hole, but it seems he decided not to stop digging." Miles said, annoyed.
"And I told my Mankey to climb this tree to avoid Diglett's surprise attack, but now it won't get OUT of the tree." Valso stated, equally disturbed by his Pokemon's behavior. Kaiya giggled.
"I find that amusing Miles." She said, holding back more intense giggles.
She sat down on a blanket nearby with Luci and Ryumo. They offered her some sandwiches while they waited for Miles and Valso to sort out their issues. She gratefully accepted.
"How did Coal do?" Luci asked, "Oddish really pummeled that other trainer's Pokemon, I forgot what it was." She said with a stroke of pride.
"Coal did good, I think. He won..." She said softly.
"Ar, not all about the win, uh, right eh? The closer, uh, the closer you and your Pokemon get, the better it'll fight for ya." Ryumo stated.
"I hope Coal likes me..." Kaiya said, biting into her sandwich. The moon had risen, and Miles and Valso had "tied" in their battle.
Once Miles had joined them, Ryumo invited the two to spend the night at their house, as the hotels were always crowded at this time of the year. Miles agreed, and though Kaiya felt a bit insecure, she was far too tired to pose an argument.
"Nice show with that uh, that Diglett." Said Ryumo on the way back, chuckling.
Miles took the kidding lightly and simply shook his head.
"I should have named him the Legendary Diganator, I mean, he could probably tell me what the other side of the world looks like." Miles said.
"Yeah...'I'll be back!-not!'" Luci joked, taking on a strange, manly accent as she said it.
"But, you got him back, right?" Kaiya asked.
"Oh yeah, I got a fishing line, an alarm clock..." Miles trailed off, yawning.
The rest of the time was quiet, as the entire party was tired now, and they had a Tournament to attend bright and early the very next morning...
Author's Notes: I made a weird mistake on Chapter 1, their was a word supposed to be "dreaming" but it turned into "dreKaiyang" because Kaiya's original name was Ami but I used "find and replace" to change it to Kaiya, and didn't catch that on the proofreading. Sorry! _
On another note, someone kindly asked me to separate my paragraphs with spaces, so that I shall do. I hope it reads better this way. Thanks for your advice Mel. Enjoy Chapter 2 and please Review after you've read everyone!
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Miles stood with his backpack over one shoulder next to a giant telephone pole. In his hand was a Pokeball containing Diglett, a Pokemon he'd caught himself about a year back. He waited now for Kaiya, the lovely, shy girl he'd known for so long, so that they may finally start their journey to Sablesky, the great city where they were to watch one of the most exciting and most talked about events of all times-The Annual Sablesky Town Pokemon Tournament and Show. There was simply nothing like this tournament, he thought to himself, simply nothing in it's originality conception. A small breeze blew Miles's wild, stringy hair out of his face as he watched the horizon with content.
"Ah, Diglett, if only girls didn't take an hour to brush their hair!" He said, impatiently, referring to Kaiya. However, he knew she wasn't yet late.
He released Diglett from the Pokeball and crouched down, supporting his back against the tall wooden pole. It wasn't long when he saw the shape of Kaiya running towards him up a small hill where all the houses and buildings were found.
"Sorry-was-hurrying!" She panted, stopping in front of him with her hands on her knees, stooping over to gain large breaths. She looked up and then to Diglett and smiled. "Hi Diglett!" She chimed happily, laughing for seemingly no reason.
"Well, shall we get going? And I like the gloves-nice." Miles said.
Kaiya looked at her arms, and nodded. Her sister had given her pretty black, elbow length gloves that went well with her clothing. She silently thanked Juna for all her fashion sense, as she hadn't any. Then, pressing the palm of her hand against her forehead, she nodded once more.
"Thank you Miles. Ready to go then?"
"Born ready." Was his reply.
A short walk it was to Sablesky. The city made of metal and grass that spread wide across a large area. It was home to many people who held pride in their city, especially during the great tournament. Miles and Kaiya had just entered the city and were imediately handed brochures and coupons of all sorts. Voices saying "Hey, stay at this hotel!" or "Balcony seating available!" rang out from everywhere and the two had to push their way through the unyielding advertisers.
"I guess we'll need to buy tickets huh." Kaiya said after they'd escaped the crazy city-folks.
"Not necessarily. Look Kai, I've been talking to this guy who seems to know an easy, FREE way to get into this thing. Lets go try it out, eh?" Miles said, stretching his arms above him lazily.
"I don't know..." She said, sounding a bit worried, "Maybe this was a bad idea Miles...heh." She concluded.
"Ridiculous. My idea? Bad? Don't make me laugh. Come on, it'll save money." Miles persisted.
"Yeah, fine then. But if we get into some kind of trouble-"
"We won't"
This said, Kaiya followed Miles to a small, wooden building near the stadium. It looked lonely amidst all the tall, metal buildings. Small trees dotted the yard as well. Miles quickly knocked on the giant, wooden door.
"Hey Ryumo, it's Miles." He said loudly.
The door creaked open and a tall, heavily build guy answered. His hair was brown and dull, hanging limply down either side of his face. He had brown eyes to match his hair. He wore a big, blue shirt with the logo for the Sablesky Pokemon Tournament printed on the front, with blue jeans to accompany it. He smiled when he saw Miles.
"Oh, Ey there Mike." He said, his voice deep, and his talk slow.
"Hey Ryumo, and it's Miles." Miles corrected, with a smirk.
"Uh, oh yeah...that's right..." Said Ryumo, sounding confused.
"And this is my good friend Kaiya, but friends call her Kai." Miles said, introducing Kaiya, who had purposely waited at the edge of the sidewalk.
"Ah, Ey there Kayla. How are things...down at the end of the uh sidewalk, anyway?" He said with a short wave.
Kaiya just smiled and stared at the sidewalk.
"She's kind of shy." Miles explained, "Anyway, we're here because you said you could get us in to the tournament for free?" Miles said, going to the topic.
Ryumo nodded in his slow fashion, and stepped back into his doorway, holding out a hand to invite the guests in while so that he may search for a cup to pour up his coffee. Miles stepped inside, grateful for the invite and convinced Kaiya to join them. The interior of the home was so similar to the outside, one couldn't be sure anything had really changed from one point to the other, perhaps with the exception of the television, cabinets, couches and other inside items. The walls were brown, and the floors were dark green. This reminded Kaiya of a forest, though Miles paid no mind to his surroundings.
Ryumo invited the two of them to be seated on the sofa, while he searched through the kitchen for his coffee cup. If only cups would stay glued to the cabinet, he thought. The dusty old cup was sitting in clear view in the living room on the table, where Ryumo had left it when he'd gone to answer the door.
Now Miles and Kaiya sat on the couch next to a frisky female with thick, brown curls that framed her face and continued down her back a ways. Miles wondered how long it'd be if it wasn't curly, as it was already quite long. She had a clip in her hair to keep it from falling into her face, and the only part allowed to trespass onto her face were the bangs, which they assumed she'd straightened then recurled them just once for big, poofy round bangs that split either way at the rim of her nose. Her eyes were green with specks of shimmering gold and her face was smooth and clear, other then the occasional freckle dotting her cheeks. These freckles, however, were much more plentiful all down her arms. She wore a pink shirt that gave her skin no room for air, and pink pants of the same quality.
"Hi, I'm Luci. You came about the battle then?" The girls said in a voice Miles and Kaiya recognized from their school cheerleaders. Miles adored Luci's looks, but her behavior repelled his thoughts from developing further and he blinked twice without word, surprising Kaiya as she'd known him to be the one who always had something to say.
"The battle? You mean the tournament?" Kaiya asked.
"Oh my...don't tell me you didn't KNOW about the battle?" Luci gasped in her own version of shock.
Miles broke from his surprise, and pretended nothing had happened. He wouldn't have allowed an actual conversation to have taken place in his absence, after all. Miles cleared his throat importantly and laid himself back on the sofa.
"Luci, this is my good friend Kaiya, and Kaiya, this is Luci, Ryumo's fourteen year old sister." Miles explained, "And the battle is just how we'll get into this thing for free, Kai." He finished. Ryumo, who's given up on finding his coffee cup, joined them on the sofa. He instinctively reached to the coffee table, picked up the old mug from where he'd set it, and began sipping from it unknowingly, while shaking his head in wonderment at the company.
"The battle, oh, uh, yeah...it'll be this afternoon. You know, Mike, uh, and uh, Kayla, whoever wins gets to sit right up in front." Said Ryumo, nodding and sipping once more from his coffee cup.
"Yeah, that's what I was going to say..." Miles said, "Kai, all we have to do is enter this "junior trainer battle" thing and we'll get right in, front row hopefully. Though the people in the front do tend to get hit by flying gravel, or salt water shooting at high speeds, or-"
"Anyway," Luci interrupted, "it's basically a fight for your seat kind of deal. I know my precious Oddish, or even my Ladyba could beat any of those JUNIOR trainers." She said, tilting her head in a victorious manner.
Kaiya's head was now swimming in thoughts. She looked nervously away from Luci and the others and wondered if Coal could manage to fight these "junior trainers" they spoke of. As much as she knew, Coal had never fought in a Pokemon battle before. She wasn't sure her little companion was strong enough to go against other Pokemon. Everyone else seemed quite confident.
"I'm just glad you don't have to do anything but participate to get in." Miles said, winking at Kaiya and laughing, his brown eyes dancing along. Kaiya's face turned red in embarrassment, but she breathed an internal sigh of relief. Perhaps without worrying so much about losing, she'd be able to concentrate more accurately.
A small gathering of novice trainers were assembled near the docks at the edge of Sablesky town. They were now socializing and eating, some practicing or preparing for their battles. The sun was just beginning to hand lower in the sky, and these mini-battles were scheduled to begin soon, and last until the moon's reflection cast over the lake, or late evening perhaps. Now that the famous Sable Sky was beginning to darken, and turn pink, the trainers went to meet their opponents. Ryumo, at eighteen, was the oldest of these "beginners" and was in charge of judging a portion of the battles as he'd attended them every year.
"Okay, uh, now uh...lets keep this clean ya'll...uh, 'cause we don't want any of um, that you know, dirty talking and cheating goin' on around here. Just, uh, oh yeah, remember that other more experienced people gonna' be watchin' ya here and uh, this aint no place to be poor excuses for trainers, eh?" Ryumo coached. Though, no matter, Miles had watched the group and could tell they'd have no intentions to cheat or do anything else to make themselves disqualify. They'd lose their free tickets. There was a mall crowd forming around the docks to watch the new trainers battle their pokemon. The local citizens came to cheer on and encourage them to do their best.
Kaiya had tied her hair back into a band to keep her from seeming as nervous as she felt. She repeated all Coal's attacks over and over in her head for when she was afraid she tended to forget easily. Now she hoped to herself she'd do good, and not forget anything.
While the trainers found their opponents, Miles reminded Kaiya she wouldn't have to win to get into the tournament. She found this less-then- comforting as now she'd still focused on embarrassing herself somehow.
"Hey, are you Kaiya?" A voice from behind her asked, causing Kaiya to shudder and spin around, almost tripping over her own feet in her panic.
"Uh huh...yeah." Kaiya said, rubbing the side of her face uncomfortably.
"Hi, my name is Piroli, I'm to be your opponent tonight." Said the little girl, smiling, "But just because I'm young doesn't mean I'm bad." She finished.
"Yeah, I know. It's fine. I'm Kaiya, as you know." Kaiya said half- heartedly, as her mind still quavered for safety.
"Let's battle then!" Piroli said cheerfully.
Battle they did. Piroli sent forth her Nidoran, the male, and Kaiya used Coal.
"Hm, Nidoran, try using...scratch..." The girl ordered. Her Nidoran went right to work, clawing intensely at Coal, who yelped out in surprise. Kaiya didn't take long to think.
"Quick attack, Coal. It shouldn't be hard." She said comfortingly. Coal ran at the Nidoran, and attacked it before it had a chance to dodge. The Nidoran flinched long enough for Coal to let out a victorious howling, raising it's confidence.
"Look out it hasn't had enough yet!" Kaiya shouted quickly when she saw the Nidoran slowly clamber to it's feet. Coal took a step back, his tail wagging playfully.
"Nidoran! Now attack!" Piroli instructed.
Nidoran charged once more at Coal. Coal ran to the side to avoid the attack but wasn't fast enough to avoid it completely.
"Turn an bite!" Yelled Kaiya, seeing it as the perfect opportunity to strike back. Coal quickly understood and snapped around, sinking his teeth into the side of Nidoran, and quickly releasing his grip.
"Aah! Nidoran! That was insane!" Piroli shouted, jumping in a circle of worry. Nidoran did not get up. Coal had done it.
"Looks like you're a bit stronger then I though you'd be." Kaiya said as coal slobbered over her hands happily, "and I can tell if I train you, you'll do even better eh?" She said, giggling and patting him on the head.
"Naaanaaanno." Coal chanted, prancing around her feet while wagging his tail pointlessly. Piroli collected Nidoran and walked over to Kaiya.
"Oh, that was actually really cool. It doesn't really matter that much-I'll just make him stronger, and next time Coal will run cowering." Said Piroli, her happiness amazed Kaiya.
"Heheh, perhaps so then." Kaiya said.
Meanwhile, Miles and his opponent, Valso, had quite a set back in their battle, and were attracting the eyes of a large portion of the crowd. Their battle was taking longer then most and for a reason Miles had never imagined.
"Diglett? Hello down there!" He shouted, peering down into a hole in the ground that seemed to never end. At the same time Valso had his head glaring up into a nearby tree.
"Mankey come down here and finish this battle!" He said in frustration, but the Mankey was far more interested in the bananas located on the top branch of the tree.
"Hey Miles, what's going on, you're holding everyone up." Kaiya said, just now approaching the situation, Piroli followed close behind.
"Uh, well I told Diglett to dig a hole, but it seems he decided not to stop digging." Miles said, annoyed.
"And I told my Mankey to climb this tree to avoid Diglett's surprise attack, but now it won't get OUT of the tree." Valso stated, equally disturbed by his Pokemon's behavior. Kaiya giggled.
"I find that amusing Miles." She said, holding back more intense giggles.
She sat down on a blanket nearby with Luci and Ryumo. They offered her some sandwiches while they waited for Miles and Valso to sort out their issues. She gratefully accepted.
"How did Coal do?" Luci asked, "Oddish really pummeled that other trainer's Pokemon, I forgot what it was." She said with a stroke of pride.
"Coal did good, I think. He won..." She said softly.
"Ar, not all about the win, uh, right eh? The closer, uh, the closer you and your Pokemon get, the better it'll fight for ya." Ryumo stated.
"I hope Coal likes me..." Kaiya said, biting into her sandwich. The moon had risen, and Miles and Valso had "tied" in their battle.
Once Miles had joined them, Ryumo invited the two to spend the night at their house, as the hotels were always crowded at this time of the year. Miles agreed, and though Kaiya felt a bit insecure, she was far too tired to pose an argument.
"Nice show with that uh, that Diglett." Said Ryumo on the way back, chuckling.
Miles took the kidding lightly and simply shook his head.
"I should have named him the Legendary Diganator, I mean, he could probably tell me what the other side of the world looks like." Miles said.
"Yeah...'I'll be back!-not!'" Luci joked, taking on a strange, manly accent as she said it.
"But, you got him back, right?" Kaiya asked.
"Oh yeah, I got a fishing line, an alarm clock..." Miles trailed off, yawning.
The rest of the time was quiet, as the entire party was tired now, and they had a Tournament to attend bright and early the very next morning...