The Second Story: A Hoenn Adventure
Chapter 3: Why Me!?
I'm Back!!! Boy does my head hurt. It's tough thinking of so much stuff in so little a time. I'm willing to do it for you guys though. So, here we go.
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Felix: Current Pokemon-Beldum
Sage: Current Pokemon-Kirlia, Vaporeon, Swablu
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We join our two intrepid adventurers today as they are walking away from Slateport city. Felix is looking everywhere excitedly while Sage is hanging her head low in shame.
"I can not believe you did that…." she said, sighing heavily. "How could you possibly run into my room like that? I'll be the laughing stock of the city for a while now…." She trailed off. "Oh how the mighty have fallen…"
"Jeez, I said I was sorry, how many more times do I have to say it?" Felix answered rolling his eyes. "Anyway, I can't wait until I find a Pokemon because I can finally catch it!" he said, scanning the forest around them. (Did I mention they were walking through a forest??)
As they continued on, Sage still muttering things I'd rather not say right now, a dark shadow passed across the trail in front of them. Both of them were so preoccupied though, that neither saw it. So, they walked on blissfully unaware that they were being watched. After a few minutes of this happening again and again, the shadow got annoyed and finally just jumped right onto the trail and barked.
"Wha? Whoa, it's a Poochyena! I'm gonna catch it!" Felix said reaching for a pokeball and waving his trench coat around dramatically as he threw the ball. "Go Beldum!"
"Dummm!" it said happily as it popped out of the pokeball, hovering left and right, humming to itself.
"Uhhhh…..please don't tell me I got a retarded Pokemon…" Felix said. "Anyway, Beldum, use uhhhh, scratch on that Poochyena!"
The Beldum instantly stood….uh….hovered at attention, but didn't do anything. The other Pokemon took this opportunity to run at Beldum and Tackle it.
"Ahhh! Beldum! What are you just sitting there for?" Felix shouted. "No, don't let it hit you!"
Too late. The Poochyena slammed into Beldum with a tremendous WHACK! But instead of having Beldum get flung back, the Poochyena merely hit the Beldum and stopped on the spot. It fell to the ground and started whining, a giant lump appearing on its head. Beldum just floated there looking at Felix as though expecting orders.
"Right….well, Beldum just sit there and let it hurt itself !" Felix yelled, trying to play it off as though this had been his plan from the start.
"Dummm!" his Beldum replied happily.
"You idiot…" Sage said, seeming to have just snapped out of her own little world where it was law to hurt people named Felix everyday at noon. "You have a Pokemon that you don't even know the moves for. Use your Pokedex!"
"I would, but I don't have one. Those things cost money you know!" Felix growled at her, his pride obviously having just been hurt by admitting he was poor.
"Wow, you really are pathetic….here, use mine." Sage said, handing him her Pokedex.
"Gee thanks, what would I ever do without you loving support…." Felix said, the sarcasm dripping from his voice. (There's a drop there! And there! It's everywhere! I'm gonna drown in i-*gurgle gurgle*) He opened the Pokedex and pointed it at Beldum.
"Beldum" it began, "the steel rod Pokemon. This Pokemon uses the three prongs on the end of it's body to latch onto walls when it needs a safe place to sleep. Apart form ripping out the wall, there is no known way to dislodge a Beldum in this state. "
"Oh, that's helpful…" Felix began but was cut short by the Pokedex continuing.
"Beldum's only attack move is Take Down. It learns more moves as it evolves into a Metang."
"Right, ok here we go! Beldum Take Down!" Felix called out to his Pokemon.
"Dumm!" it replied speeding over to the Poochyena who amazingly had decided to wait for the stupid humans while they figured out how to fight. It sped up even more as it approached the dog, and hurled itself at it. The Poochyena tried to dodge but to no avail, Beldum got a good hit on the dog's side, sending the Poochyena spinning while the Beldum slammed into the ground due to it's momentum.
"Dumm…" it groggily said as it hovered back up to it's magnets. (Couldn't really put "got back to it's feet" now could I?)
"Oh yeah, I forgot that Take Down hurts the user. Come on Beldum, you can take it!" Felix shouted encouragingly. The Beldum nodded and faced the Poochyena who was being stubborn and getting back up again.
"Wow, this one's tough." Sage said sagely. (Couldn't help myself there…)
"Yep, it'll be a good catch!" Felix replied grinning happily. "I knew my luck would change eventually!"
As they were talking, oblivious to the battle going on, it seemed that the Poochyena had been putting up a good fight. Felix's Beldum wasn't doing so well anymore, despite being able to take hit after hit.
"Ok Beldum! Let's finish this! Full speed Take Down, don't let it dodge!" Felix yelled.
"Duummm!" it said and immediately became a blur as it hurtled towards the Poochyena. The other Pokemon was not stupid of course, and it quickly tuned to flee from the seeker missile of doom we know as Beldum. Too bad it wasn't just a little bit faster. As it was right about to dash into the forest, Beldum hit it from behind, sending it flying into a nearby tree. The Poochyena merely slid to the ground and lay there twitching occasionally.
"Well, come on, throw a pokeball at it!" Sage said exasperatedly to him. Gosh, I hate newbies, she thought.
"Right!" Felix nodded. He reached for a pokeball, enlarged it, and threw. Too bad that bush it hit wasn't a Pokemon, because that was a direct hit. "Whoops, could work on my aim a bit!" He said, running to the bush, picking up the pokeball and throwing again. Luckily it found it's mark this time.
The Poochyena was sucked into the ball while Felix was staring at it expectantly. The ball dropped to the ground and began rocking back and forth. It finally stopped and made that noise it makes when you catch something.
"Yes! I got a Poochyena!" Felix said turning a complete circle and throwing up a peace sign just like one of our favorite guest stars did when he caught a Pokemon.
"Don't…ever do that again." Sage whispered, looking around to see if anyone had seen him do that apart from her.
"Right, sorry, just a spur of the moment thing!" Felix said, then suddenly he turned to Beldum. "Alright, we did it bud! Group hug!" He said.
"Dumm!" It cried happily and rushed forward to hug the two of them. Hmmm, maybe it was just going to nuzzle them cause it didn't really have arms. Anyway, as Felix grabbed Sage and pulled her in a voice sounded off down the trail.
"Oh my gosh that's pathetic." A feminine voice called. "Dude, you are undoubtedly the worst trainer I have ever seen.!" (If you haven't noticed already, this is the bash Felix chapter, maybe next chapter it'll be bash Sage day!)
"Who's that?" Felix asked stupidly turning around to see who was talking. "Was it you?"
About 10 feet up the trail, a girl looking to be about 13 stood, her hands on her hips and a smug look on her face.
"No," she replied sarcastically, "it was the magical sock that haunts your dreams!"
"How did you know about that!" Felix asked looking around.
"Is he always this stupid?" The girl asked picking herself up off the ground. (Face fault!).
"Dunno, just met him yesterday. Hope not thought." Sage replied, thinking back to possible causes of stupidity. Maybe it was all those really painful looking objects that had been hurled his way this morning when pillows had been in short supply.
"Wow, you two are gullible." Felix said, returning to his normal state of mind. "This will be the best trip ever if it's always that easy to fool you." He said jokingly to Sage.
"Why did I come with you in the first place?" Sage asked herself sighing.
"Because of my good looks and irresistible charm?" Felix offered.
"Don't you wish…" Sage replied sarcastically.
"If you two lovebirds are done being stupid together, I challenge one of you to a Pokemon fight!" The girl yelled angrily.
"Just for comparing me to him, I'll take you on and rub it in your face when I win!" Sage yelled back, equally angry.
"Oh boy Beldum! Cat fight!" Felix said, propping himself against a tree, his Beldum floating by his side, both watching with interest.
"We'll have a 2 on 2 match! Okay!" The girl called out.
"Fine, choose your Pokemon!" Sage replied.
"Will do! Go Treehugger!" The girl yelled throwing out a pokeball. Felix immediately brought up the Pokedex which he still had in his hands to scan the new Pokemon.
"Grovyle, the wood gecko Pokemon." It said, "This Pokemon adeptly flies from branch to branch in trees. In a forest, no Pokemon can ever hope to catch a fleeing Grovyle no matter how fast they may be.
"Cool, this should be interesting." Felix said, going into spectator mode like he had been the last 5 years of his life. Luckily for him, this mode granted him special upgrades, like improved intelligence and better common sense. It also allowed him to state the obvious in a socially acceptable manner like so: "Especially because we are in a forest at the moment."
"Joy, rapture…." Sage muttered. "Fine, go Kirlia!"
"How predictable, a psychic type against my grass type." The other girl said smugly.
"How predictable, the obnoxious girl thinks she knows it all." Sage replied bitterly. (Wow, I have never made an enemy so fast….maybe there just isn't the right chemistry for friends?"
"How predictable, that coming from you I mean, Sage." Felix said grinning.
"Why don't you shut up before I beat you down like the annoying little boy you are!" Sage shouted back.
"Whoa, increase the peace please, madam." Felix said, scooting a little farther away from her.
"Can we get on with it please!" The other girl called out interrupting the little fight we have going on.
"Fine. Kirlia! Use Psychic!" Sage called out taking the advantage of first move.
"Hey, no fair! Treehugger use Quick Attack!" the girl ordered.
As Kirlia began to concentrate, Treehugger appeared right in front of her. With a quick backhand Kirlia was flung back a few feet, losing her concentration.
"Wow! That's what I call fast!" Felix shouted from the sidelines. He seemed to have magically conjured up a Grovyle T-Shirt to wear and little flags with a big green G on them to wave around. "You go Treehugger! Show that mean person who's boss!"
"Hey! I thought you were on my side, you better get some Kirlia stuff out fast!" Sage growled.
"Got it covered!" He said pointing to his Beldum who happened to have a "Go Kirlia!" sign hanging from its neck. It "Dummed!" happily and started to shake around the pompoms attached to it.
"This is not happening…anyway, Kirlia! Use Disable!" She said.
Kirlia once again began to glow with concentration.
"One more time Treehugger!" The girl said calmly.
Grovyle wasn't so lucky this time thought, because right as it raised it's arm for the backhand, it was suddenly surrounded by a blue aura and could not move.
"Great Kirlia! Now use Psychic!" Sage told her Pokemon.
As Kirlia concentrated even more, poor Treehugger was blasted away, hurled towards its trainer at a great speed. The girl moved to intercept, then thought better of it and jumped out of the way. Treehugger hit the ground and made a 5 foot crater where it landed.
"That was so cool!" Felix said, once again seeming to have mysteriously obtained cheerleader stuff with Kirlia pictures and colors on them. (How does he do that I wonder??? I'm the author and I don't even know. Awkward…)
"Nooo! Treehugger return! Now I'm angry!" The girl called out to Sage. "Go Flower Power!"
She threw the pokeball and it opened up, revealing a small Pokemon that looked more like a flower.
"Bellosom…" the Pokedex said off in the distance, but we don't really need to know its stats. (That and I'm too lazy to check my in game Pokedex…)
"A Bellosom huh? No problem because I still have the advantage!" Sage grinned. "Alright Kirlia, make this fast, use Confusion!"
Kirlia concentrated and started throwing Bellosom all over the place with it's mind. Oddly enough though, it didn't seem like the flower was getting very hurt.
"Nice try, but I've trained my Pokemon to be resistant to Psychic types!" The girl said grinning evilly. "Now, Flower Power, use Leech Seed!"
The Bellosom's flower opened up to reveal a large seed which it shot with great force at Kirlia.
"Detect!" Sage yelled quickly.
As the wall of force began to materialize in front of Kirlia both the trainer and the Pokemon knew it was too late. The seed shot right through the unfinished wall. It struck Kirlia and sprouted, sending vines all around the psychic type. Kirlia cried out in pain as all of it's energy was sucked from it's body and used to heal the Bellosom. Kirlia fainted finally and the seed fell off of it.
"No! Kirlia return!" Sage said, bringing her Pokemon back into it's ball. "You did a good job, feel proud and get a ready for a good long rest. Now, go Vaporeon!"
The pokeball opened up to reveal a bluish dog looking Pokemon with a large uhhh, fin around it's neck. (Just think of those things you put on a dogs neck to keep it from biting itself or something like that when it's injured.)
"Vaporeon!" The Pokemon shouted.
"This will be even easier!" The girl said, "You throw out a water type against my grass, how stupid do you people get!?"
"Whatever you have to tell yourself to go to sleep at night, little missy!" Sage replied coolly. She had been a trainer for a long time and knew the advantage charts by heart. She knew exactly what she was doing.
"Flower Power! Use Razor Leaf!" The girl called out.
"Vaporeon! Double Team!" Sage said calmly.
As the Bellosom's leafs shot out of it's arms, Vaporeon started to make shadows of itself. The razor sharp leaves hit one of the Vaporeons and the shadow vanished. By now, Bellosom was completely surrounded by Vaporeaons running circles around it.
"Ahhh, Flower Power. Use Stun spore on one spot, that Vaporeon has to run into it eventually!" The girl commanded.
The Bellosom started secreting its stun spore and it aimed it all at the Vaporeons directly in front of it. The shadows simply passed through the cloud, still barking madly trying to confuse Bellosom.
"Now, use Ice Beam Vaporeon!" Sage yelled.
Out of the trees on the side of the path, a huge, bluish white beam shot. The bushes that were unlucky enough to get in it's path were frozen solid, making it look like Christmas had come early. The beam shot directly through the shadows, still running around Bellosom, and scored a direct hit on the flower Pokemon. Bellosom flew through the air a couple of feet before landing hard on it's head. It rolled around a few times, then let out one last breath before fainting.
"You meanie!" The girl yelled rushing over to her Bellosom. "How could you do that to Flower Power?"
She picked up the nearly frozen Pokemon, hugged it, then put it back inside it's pokeball. Turning to Sage, she reached into her belt pouch and pulled out some money.
"Take it, you beat me fair and square." She said, glaring at Sage.
"Don't mind if I do," Sage said, taking the money and jamming it into her money pouch, "so, what's your name?"
"Moonbeam." She said still glaring.
"Well, Moonbeam, you have a lot of potential with your Pokemon!" Sage complimented. "I hope to see you soon.! Moonbeam instantly warmed up to Sage after this, of course.
"So, made up have we?" Felix said, appearing in between them.
"You know it!" Sage said, happily patting her money pouch. It was easy to tell what she really cared about.
"So, where are you going Moonbeam?" Felix asked looking at her.
"Me, I'm going to Lilycove City!" She said smiling at him.
"Hey, us too! Why don't we all travel together?" Felix replied looking from one girl to the other excitedly. "This will be great! I've only ever traveled alone before. Now I get to travel with two pretty girls!"
"Works for me!" Moonbeam said bouncing up and down.
"Oh please no." Sage whispered. "Now I have to travel with Stupid Boy an Hippie Girl."
"What's that? You say you'll be happy to let her travel with us? Great!" Felix said.
"No I di'_
"Too bad, it's a 2 to 1 vote. We win!" Moonbeam interrupted.
"So, shall we go?" Felix asked. "If we want to make good time, we have to travel all day!"
Felix started off down the path, Beldum humming by his side. Felix finally noticed this and gasped. He hadn't healed Beldum since the battle. So he administered a super potion and put Beldum back in it's pokeball. He started off again, this time with Moonbeam walking by his side. Both were chatting away happily, obviously enjoying each others company on the road.
"This will be a long day…" Sage groaned. She caught up to Felix and walked on his other side. They had been walking for no more than a minute when Felix tripped, and grabbed for something to keep him up. Both girls were latched onto by their shirts and flung to the ground while Felix finally balanced himself. He stood straight and scratched the back of his head, apologizing profusely. Moonbeam sat up and grinned in a "No biggie" sort of way. Sage on the other hand, put a hand to her head and groaned. Traveling with them would be one headache after another.
As she sat up, she noticed Felix's hand outstretched towards her. She took hold and pulled herself up. She did it awkwardly though and Felix was pulled down instead of pulling her up. So they ended up in a tangle of body parts struggling all over the place to get free. Sage finally stopped struggling and waited for Felix to extricate himself. Nothing. She craned her neck to se Felix's face and sighed. He had a big bruise on his head from where it hit the ground. Now he was unconscious which meant only one thing. She was stuck for a while.
"Why me…" Sage groaned.
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Oh boy! This ones longer than the other chapters. Stay tuned for Ch 4: Story time, Seriously! Part 1.
I hope you enjoyed it, and I also hope you keep up the reviews and what not. One favor, tell me the one thing you don't like about my style and I'll try to remedy it. Next chapter gets a lot more serious so I'll cya then!
Chapter 3: Why Me!?
I'm Back!!! Boy does my head hurt. It's tough thinking of so much stuff in so little a time. I'm willing to do it for you guys though. So, here we go.
Yay! My favorite author reviewed my story!!! Thanks for the reviews all, and I'll try to keep the story good.
Felix: Current Pokemon-Beldum
Sage: Current Pokemon-Kirlia, Vaporeon, Swablu
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We join our two intrepid adventurers today as they are walking away from Slateport city. Felix is looking everywhere excitedly while Sage is hanging her head low in shame.
"I can not believe you did that…." she said, sighing heavily. "How could you possibly run into my room like that? I'll be the laughing stock of the city for a while now…." She trailed off. "Oh how the mighty have fallen…"
"Jeez, I said I was sorry, how many more times do I have to say it?" Felix answered rolling his eyes. "Anyway, I can't wait until I find a Pokemon because I can finally catch it!" he said, scanning the forest around them. (Did I mention they were walking through a forest??)
As they continued on, Sage still muttering things I'd rather not say right now, a dark shadow passed across the trail in front of them. Both of them were so preoccupied though, that neither saw it. So, they walked on blissfully unaware that they were being watched. After a few minutes of this happening again and again, the shadow got annoyed and finally just jumped right onto the trail and barked.
"Wha? Whoa, it's a Poochyena! I'm gonna catch it!" Felix said reaching for a pokeball and waving his trench coat around dramatically as he threw the ball. "Go Beldum!"
"Dummm!" it said happily as it popped out of the pokeball, hovering left and right, humming to itself.
"Uhhhh…..please don't tell me I got a retarded Pokemon…" Felix said. "Anyway, Beldum, use uhhhh, scratch on that Poochyena!"
The Beldum instantly stood….uh….hovered at attention, but didn't do anything. The other Pokemon took this opportunity to run at Beldum and Tackle it.
"Ahhh! Beldum! What are you just sitting there for?" Felix shouted. "No, don't let it hit you!"
Too late. The Poochyena slammed into Beldum with a tremendous WHACK! But instead of having Beldum get flung back, the Poochyena merely hit the Beldum and stopped on the spot. It fell to the ground and started whining, a giant lump appearing on its head. Beldum just floated there looking at Felix as though expecting orders.
"Right….well, Beldum just sit there and let it hurt itself !" Felix yelled, trying to play it off as though this had been his plan from the start.
"Dummm!" his Beldum replied happily.
"You idiot…" Sage said, seeming to have just snapped out of her own little world where it was law to hurt people named Felix everyday at noon. "You have a Pokemon that you don't even know the moves for. Use your Pokedex!"
"I would, but I don't have one. Those things cost money you know!" Felix growled at her, his pride obviously having just been hurt by admitting he was poor.
"Wow, you really are pathetic….here, use mine." Sage said, handing him her Pokedex.
"Gee thanks, what would I ever do without you loving support…." Felix said, the sarcasm dripping from his voice. (There's a drop there! And there! It's everywhere! I'm gonna drown in i-*gurgle gurgle*) He opened the Pokedex and pointed it at Beldum.
"Beldum" it began, "the steel rod Pokemon. This Pokemon uses the three prongs on the end of it's body to latch onto walls when it needs a safe place to sleep. Apart form ripping out the wall, there is no known way to dislodge a Beldum in this state. "
"Oh, that's helpful…" Felix began but was cut short by the Pokedex continuing.
"Beldum's only attack move is Take Down. It learns more moves as it evolves into a Metang."
"Right, ok here we go! Beldum Take Down!" Felix called out to his Pokemon.
"Dumm!" it replied speeding over to the Poochyena who amazingly had decided to wait for the stupid humans while they figured out how to fight. It sped up even more as it approached the dog, and hurled itself at it. The Poochyena tried to dodge but to no avail, Beldum got a good hit on the dog's side, sending the Poochyena spinning while the Beldum slammed into the ground due to it's momentum.
"Dumm…" it groggily said as it hovered back up to it's magnets. (Couldn't really put "got back to it's feet" now could I?)
"Oh yeah, I forgot that Take Down hurts the user. Come on Beldum, you can take it!" Felix shouted encouragingly. The Beldum nodded and faced the Poochyena who was being stubborn and getting back up again.
"Wow, this one's tough." Sage said sagely. (Couldn't help myself there…)
"Yep, it'll be a good catch!" Felix replied grinning happily. "I knew my luck would change eventually!"
As they were talking, oblivious to the battle going on, it seemed that the Poochyena had been putting up a good fight. Felix's Beldum wasn't doing so well anymore, despite being able to take hit after hit.
"Ok Beldum! Let's finish this! Full speed Take Down, don't let it dodge!" Felix yelled.
"Duummm!" it said and immediately became a blur as it hurtled towards the Poochyena. The other Pokemon was not stupid of course, and it quickly tuned to flee from the seeker missile of doom we know as Beldum. Too bad it wasn't just a little bit faster. As it was right about to dash into the forest, Beldum hit it from behind, sending it flying into a nearby tree. The Poochyena merely slid to the ground and lay there twitching occasionally.
"Well, come on, throw a pokeball at it!" Sage said exasperatedly to him. Gosh, I hate newbies, she thought.
"Right!" Felix nodded. He reached for a pokeball, enlarged it, and threw. Too bad that bush it hit wasn't a Pokemon, because that was a direct hit. "Whoops, could work on my aim a bit!" He said, running to the bush, picking up the pokeball and throwing again. Luckily it found it's mark this time.
The Poochyena was sucked into the ball while Felix was staring at it expectantly. The ball dropped to the ground and began rocking back and forth. It finally stopped and made that noise it makes when you catch something.
"Yes! I got a Poochyena!" Felix said turning a complete circle and throwing up a peace sign just like one of our favorite guest stars did when he caught a Pokemon.
"Don't…ever do that again." Sage whispered, looking around to see if anyone had seen him do that apart from her.
"Right, sorry, just a spur of the moment thing!" Felix said, then suddenly he turned to Beldum. "Alright, we did it bud! Group hug!" He said.
"Dumm!" It cried happily and rushed forward to hug the two of them. Hmmm, maybe it was just going to nuzzle them cause it didn't really have arms. Anyway, as Felix grabbed Sage and pulled her in a voice sounded off down the trail.
"Oh my gosh that's pathetic." A feminine voice called. "Dude, you are undoubtedly the worst trainer I have ever seen.!" (If you haven't noticed already, this is the bash Felix chapter, maybe next chapter it'll be bash Sage day!)
"Who's that?" Felix asked stupidly turning around to see who was talking. "Was it you?"
About 10 feet up the trail, a girl looking to be about 13 stood, her hands on her hips and a smug look on her face.
"No," she replied sarcastically, "it was the magical sock that haunts your dreams!"
"How did you know about that!" Felix asked looking around.
"Is he always this stupid?" The girl asked picking herself up off the ground. (Face fault!).
"Dunno, just met him yesterday. Hope not thought." Sage replied, thinking back to possible causes of stupidity. Maybe it was all those really painful looking objects that had been hurled his way this morning when pillows had been in short supply.
"Wow, you two are gullible." Felix said, returning to his normal state of mind. "This will be the best trip ever if it's always that easy to fool you." He said jokingly to Sage.
"Why did I come with you in the first place?" Sage asked herself sighing.
"Because of my good looks and irresistible charm?" Felix offered.
"Don't you wish…" Sage replied sarcastically.
"If you two lovebirds are done being stupid together, I challenge one of you to a Pokemon fight!" The girl yelled angrily.
"Just for comparing me to him, I'll take you on and rub it in your face when I win!" Sage yelled back, equally angry.
"Oh boy Beldum! Cat fight!" Felix said, propping himself against a tree, his Beldum floating by his side, both watching with interest.
"We'll have a 2 on 2 match! Okay!" The girl called out.
"Fine, choose your Pokemon!" Sage replied.
"Will do! Go Treehugger!" The girl yelled throwing out a pokeball. Felix immediately brought up the Pokedex which he still had in his hands to scan the new Pokemon.
"Grovyle, the wood gecko Pokemon." It said, "This Pokemon adeptly flies from branch to branch in trees. In a forest, no Pokemon can ever hope to catch a fleeing Grovyle no matter how fast they may be.
"Cool, this should be interesting." Felix said, going into spectator mode like he had been the last 5 years of his life. Luckily for him, this mode granted him special upgrades, like improved intelligence and better common sense. It also allowed him to state the obvious in a socially acceptable manner like so: "Especially because we are in a forest at the moment."
"Joy, rapture…." Sage muttered. "Fine, go Kirlia!"
"How predictable, a psychic type against my grass type." The other girl said smugly.
"How predictable, the obnoxious girl thinks she knows it all." Sage replied bitterly. (Wow, I have never made an enemy so fast….maybe there just isn't the right chemistry for friends?"
"How predictable, that coming from you I mean, Sage." Felix said grinning.
"Why don't you shut up before I beat you down like the annoying little boy you are!" Sage shouted back.
"Whoa, increase the peace please, madam." Felix said, scooting a little farther away from her.
"Can we get on with it please!" The other girl called out interrupting the little fight we have going on.
"Fine. Kirlia! Use Psychic!" Sage called out taking the advantage of first move.
"Hey, no fair! Treehugger use Quick Attack!" the girl ordered.
As Kirlia began to concentrate, Treehugger appeared right in front of her. With a quick backhand Kirlia was flung back a few feet, losing her concentration.
"Wow! That's what I call fast!" Felix shouted from the sidelines. He seemed to have magically conjured up a Grovyle T-Shirt to wear and little flags with a big green G on them to wave around. "You go Treehugger! Show that mean person who's boss!"
"Hey! I thought you were on my side, you better get some Kirlia stuff out fast!" Sage growled.
"Got it covered!" He said pointing to his Beldum who happened to have a "Go Kirlia!" sign hanging from its neck. It "Dummed!" happily and started to shake around the pompoms attached to it.
"This is not happening…anyway, Kirlia! Use Disable!" She said.
Kirlia once again began to glow with concentration.
"One more time Treehugger!" The girl said calmly.
Grovyle wasn't so lucky this time thought, because right as it raised it's arm for the backhand, it was suddenly surrounded by a blue aura and could not move.
"Great Kirlia! Now use Psychic!" Sage told her Pokemon.
As Kirlia concentrated even more, poor Treehugger was blasted away, hurled towards its trainer at a great speed. The girl moved to intercept, then thought better of it and jumped out of the way. Treehugger hit the ground and made a 5 foot crater where it landed.
"That was so cool!" Felix said, once again seeming to have mysteriously obtained cheerleader stuff with Kirlia pictures and colors on them. (How does he do that I wonder??? I'm the author and I don't even know. Awkward…)
"Nooo! Treehugger return! Now I'm angry!" The girl called out to Sage. "Go Flower Power!"
She threw the pokeball and it opened up, revealing a small Pokemon that looked more like a flower.
"Bellosom…" the Pokedex said off in the distance, but we don't really need to know its stats. (That and I'm too lazy to check my in game Pokedex…)
"A Bellosom huh? No problem because I still have the advantage!" Sage grinned. "Alright Kirlia, make this fast, use Confusion!"
Kirlia concentrated and started throwing Bellosom all over the place with it's mind. Oddly enough though, it didn't seem like the flower was getting very hurt.
"Nice try, but I've trained my Pokemon to be resistant to Psychic types!" The girl said grinning evilly. "Now, Flower Power, use Leech Seed!"
The Bellosom's flower opened up to reveal a large seed which it shot with great force at Kirlia.
"Detect!" Sage yelled quickly.
As the wall of force began to materialize in front of Kirlia both the trainer and the Pokemon knew it was too late. The seed shot right through the unfinished wall. It struck Kirlia and sprouted, sending vines all around the psychic type. Kirlia cried out in pain as all of it's energy was sucked from it's body and used to heal the Bellosom. Kirlia fainted finally and the seed fell off of it.
"No! Kirlia return!" Sage said, bringing her Pokemon back into it's ball. "You did a good job, feel proud and get a ready for a good long rest. Now, go Vaporeon!"
The pokeball opened up to reveal a bluish dog looking Pokemon with a large uhhh, fin around it's neck. (Just think of those things you put on a dogs neck to keep it from biting itself or something like that when it's injured.)
"Vaporeon!" The Pokemon shouted.
"This will be even easier!" The girl said, "You throw out a water type against my grass, how stupid do you people get!?"
"Whatever you have to tell yourself to go to sleep at night, little missy!" Sage replied coolly. She had been a trainer for a long time and knew the advantage charts by heart. She knew exactly what she was doing.
"Flower Power! Use Razor Leaf!" The girl called out.
"Vaporeon! Double Team!" Sage said calmly.
As the Bellosom's leafs shot out of it's arms, Vaporeon started to make shadows of itself. The razor sharp leaves hit one of the Vaporeons and the shadow vanished. By now, Bellosom was completely surrounded by Vaporeaons running circles around it.
"Ahhh, Flower Power. Use Stun spore on one spot, that Vaporeon has to run into it eventually!" The girl commanded.
The Bellosom started secreting its stun spore and it aimed it all at the Vaporeons directly in front of it. The shadows simply passed through the cloud, still barking madly trying to confuse Bellosom.
"Now, use Ice Beam Vaporeon!" Sage yelled.
Out of the trees on the side of the path, a huge, bluish white beam shot. The bushes that were unlucky enough to get in it's path were frozen solid, making it look like Christmas had come early. The beam shot directly through the shadows, still running around Bellosom, and scored a direct hit on the flower Pokemon. Bellosom flew through the air a couple of feet before landing hard on it's head. It rolled around a few times, then let out one last breath before fainting.
"You meanie!" The girl yelled rushing over to her Bellosom. "How could you do that to Flower Power?"
She picked up the nearly frozen Pokemon, hugged it, then put it back inside it's pokeball. Turning to Sage, she reached into her belt pouch and pulled out some money.
"Take it, you beat me fair and square." She said, glaring at Sage.
"Don't mind if I do," Sage said, taking the money and jamming it into her money pouch, "so, what's your name?"
"Moonbeam." She said still glaring.
"Well, Moonbeam, you have a lot of potential with your Pokemon!" Sage complimented. "I hope to see you soon.! Moonbeam instantly warmed up to Sage after this, of course.
"So, made up have we?" Felix said, appearing in between them.
"You know it!" Sage said, happily patting her money pouch. It was easy to tell what she really cared about.
"So, where are you going Moonbeam?" Felix asked looking at her.
"Me, I'm going to Lilycove City!" She said smiling at him.
"Hey, us too! Why don't we all travel together?" Felix replied looking from one girl to the other excitedly. "This will be great! I've only ever traveled alone before. Now I get to travel with two pretty girls!"
"Works for me!" Moonbeam said bouncing up and down.
"Oh please no." Sage whispered. "Now I have to travel with Stupid Boy an Hippie Girl."
"What's that? You say you'll be happy to let her travel with us? Great!" Felix said.
"No I di'_
"Too bad, it's a 2 to 1 vote. We win!" Moonbeam interrupted.
"So, shall we go?" Felix asked. "If we want to make good time, we have to travel all day!"
Felix started off down the path, Beldum humming by his side. Felix finally noticed this and gasped. He hadn't healed Beldum since the battle. So he administered a super potion and put Beldum back in it's pokeball. He started off again, this time with Moonbeam walking by his side. Both were chatting away happily, obviously enjoying each others company on the road.
"This will be a long day…" Sage groaned. She caught up to Felix and walked on his other side. They had been walking for no more than a minute when Felix tripped, and grabbed for something to keep him up. Both girls were latched onto by their shirts and flung to the ground while Felix finally balanced himself. He stood straight and scratched the back of his head, apologizing profusely. Moonbeam sat up and grinned in a "No biggie" sort of way. Sage on the other hand, put a hand to her head and groaned. Traveling with them would be one headache after another.
As she sat up, she noticed Felix's hand outstretched towards her. She took hold and pulled herself up. She did it awkwardly though and Felix was pulled down instead of pulling her up. So they ended up in a tangle of body parts struggling all over the place to get free. Sage finally stopped struggling and waited for Felix to extricate himself. Nothing. She craned her neck to se Felix's face and sighed. He had a big bruise on his head from where it hit the ground. Now he was unconscious which meant only one thing. She was stuck for a while.
"Why me…" Sage groaned.
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Oh boy! This ones longer than the other chapters. Stay tuned for Ch 4: Story time, Seriously! Part 1.
I hope you enjoyed it, and I also hope you keep up the reviews and what not. One favor, tell me the one thing you don't like about my style and I'll try to remedy it. Next chapter gets a lot more serious so I'll cya then!