Wow I took a long time updating didn't I? Especially since this chapter is so short and crappy. O__O
Anyway, I bought .Hack on the PS2 and I highly recommend it to any RPG fans. It's a bit weird but I don't really want to play hundreds of Final Fantasy and Zelda clones…erm, yeah. Just read the story.
Chapter 2
11th June 2004
1.15 PM
"Zephyr, use your peck attack on Woody!"
The Pidgey dived out of the air and nipped the Bulbasaur with his sharp beak, stunning it momentarily. Raine (Squirtle) took this as her chance and dashed forward, intending to strike the leaf Pokemon but just as she was about to hit him he stepped to one side causing Raine to headbutt a cupboard. A large book landed on the turtle's head, knocking her to the ground.
Woody fired out a vine whip and hit Raine, causing her to slide along the floor on her stomach.
Ivory pulled out the club-like bone and after flipping her over he whacked Raine on the soft underbelly. Zephyr, breaking free of Woody's strong vines dive-bombed the bone Pokemon, smashing him backward through a table in the process. However this didn't satisfy Zephyr so he landed on Ivory's head and started pecking the skull-helmet.
Blue started to crawl toward the door to avoid the carnage but just as he got close it swung open, hitting him in the face. A dark haired girl of about the same age as Lea barged in and released her own Pokemon, a Meowth into the fray.
"Mittens, attack!"
The cat Pokemon ran into the middle of the battle, claws sharp and ready to fight.
Blue sat up, trying to ignore the throbbing pain in his head, he managed to duck just as a wooden chair flew past him and smashed on the wall.
"This is getting out of control! We need a referee, go Burakki!"
A large black Pokemon leapt through a window and landed on a nearby table, it resembled a dog but it had the ears of a rabbit. Blue stared at his Umbreon with a proud look on his face.
"Burakki, use your roar attack."
The Moonlight Pokemon opened its mouth and let out an almighty howl, causing the five battling Pokemon to leap into the air, startled.
"Alright, everybody please stop before one of your Pokemon gets seriously injured!" He shouted in a stern voice.
The three trainers returned their Pokemon and cried in unison,
"I won though!"
They all turned to each other and begun to argue,
"I won. Did you see how my Zephyr knocked out Ivory with its beak?"
"No way! My Woody kicked your Raines ass!"
The new girl shook her head,
"My Mittens definitely won. She knocked out that annoying bird."
"Hey! Zephyr's not annoying, he's cool!"
"In your dreams. My Mittens is SO cute, and he finds money for me!"
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah!"
Cody stepped between the two girls, separating them.
"Hey. Why don't we just ask the professor who won?"
Blue glanced around, a worried look on his face,
"Err...let's just call it a draw."
10 minutes later
Blue sat in a chair, head in his hands.
"Professor, I'm so sorry!"
"That's okay kids, you didn't mean to mess up the lab. Things just...got a little out of control."
Lea smiled and said,
"I don't think that battle went too badly did it...What?"
10 Minutes later
The three kids were sitting on a couch in the Pokemon centre, waiting whilst their Pokemon were being healed.
"Well done Lea, you just had to open your big mouth didn't you?"
"All I said was, do you remember when Red's Espeon, Eefi knocked out Burakki? I didn't know he'd throw us out of his lab. It was a compliment really. It was probably the greatest battle of all time."
Lori held the poke-ball containing her brand new Charmander.
"Don't you think the professor's the coolest guy ever?"
"What's he got that I haven't?" Asked Cody.
"Well, he's cute, smart, cool..." Laughed Lea.
"Besides that. It's only because he beat the elite four."
"...He's funny, rich, famous..."
"Shut up Lea! I've decided. I'm going to win all eight badges, defeat the elite four and prove to the world that I'm the greatest! Then the girls will all like me."
"That is SO cliche!" Muttered Lori.
"...He's mature, generous, kind..."
[Can you tell I had writer's block at this point? :-( Blame it on .hack.]
The next day
Cody leant on the wall of Lea's house, he'd been waiting for half an hour whilst she got ready to start her journey.
'Damn, what is it about girls? They always take hours getting ready.'
Meanwhile
Lea sat on a black beanbag in her bedroom; she was playing on her gamecube. Suddenly she looked at her watch and laughed,
"Okay, I've made Cody wait long enough, time to make my grand entrance!"
She leapt to her feet causing her long hair to cover her eyes.
"Whoops, now I have to brush it again!"
The girl ran down the wooden stairs two at a time, grabbing a cookie on her way past and stopping only to kiss her mom on the cheek.
The door burst open, making Cody jump.
"Heya, what ya' doin?"
"Erm, nothing." He answered conscious of the glare that she gave him as if daring him to complain.
She was wearing dark blue jeans that were tight around the waist but baggy in the legs along with a crimson t-shirt and a black jacket with a poke-ball design sewn into the collar.
He was wearing a pair of black camo pants [I hate using American terms] and a white sleeveless t-shirt along with a black bandanna in tribute to his favorite Trainer, Brendan Birch.
"Well, shall we leave?" Asked Lea.
"What about Lori?"
"Well, she left at about seven so she's probably in Viridian by now."
"WHAT? Why didn't you tell me? Now she's ahead of m...I mean, us. We should have left at six! I bet she's even got more Pokemon than me now as well." Lea screamed, hardly stopping to take a breath.
"Well, I have been waiting for about half an hour now."
Lea reached out and pushed him roughly onto the floor.
"Well come on, let's go!"
And with that she stomped away, leaving Cody lying in a hedge watching.
Sorry about the quality of the chapter but they will get better as I write more.
I'm also accepting original characters now; here's the form:
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Hometown:
Appearance: Hairstyle and hair color, eye colour, height and weight
Outfit:
Personality: Two things that describe them (eg.Funny, sarcastic)
Starting Pokemon:
Likes:
Dislikes:
Current Pokemon:
Eg. Ponyta female (Nickname) level: ? (Please keep them at a basic level for now.)
Background: A paragraph of their past (Don't say unknown as that doesn't really help me much.)
Notes: (Anything extra about your character) I've already got three main characters so I don't need any more for travelling.
Thanks. :-)
C ya soon