Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon. The Pokemon own me.
The morning sun rose brightly over the small town in Hoenn. Today was the day Yasuki and Absol were set to begin their Pokemon journey. Absol had been awake for a few hours now, making sure everything was ready. However, her trainer was still busy sleeping.
"Soool.... SOOOllll..." Absol was beginning to get impatient.
"Ab! Ab sol sol SOL!!"
"Gwaahhh!! Wha-what happened!?"
Yasuki suddenly woke up.
"sol ab abb sollll...." muttered Absol. about time you woke up...
"hunnwah... Absy... it's early..."
"Sol? Absol ab sol." Absol looked frustrated, and a little disappointed.
"What's wrong? You want breakfast? Why you such an earlybird anyways?"
"Sol." Absol sighed and laid down.
Yasuki slowly began to realize what Absol wanted, as she awakened from being half-asleep.
"oh... oh, that's right! Today is the day we start our journey, isn't it Absol?"
Absol lifted her head. "Sol?"
"Absy! I'm so sorry!! How could I forget something so important?"
Yasuki knelt to hug Absol.
"Sol... ab ab sol." Well... it's all right.
"Hey, we've got just about everything packed..."
Yasuki looked near the entrance, where her pack was waiting. It was a small black-and-tan backpack that contained food, money, a sleeping bag, and of course the "Pokemon for Dummies" book. (Yasuki had learned early on that it's best to travel light.) Extra poke balls were clipped onto her belt.
"Guess we won't be seeing this old place for awhile..."
Absol and Yasuki looked at their home.
"Well, we gotta start somewhere. So let's head up, and move out!"
"Sol!"
Yasuki and Absol climbed up, sealed off the entrance with some large, heavy rocks, and concealed the rocks with some thick branches.
"Doesn't look like anyone'll be bothering this shelter anytime soon!!" Yasuki grinned at Absol.
On their way out of town, they walked past the police office to bid farewell to Officer Jenny.
"Good luck! You better not disappoint me!" she yelled after them.
Yasuki turned around and smiled. "You just watch, copper! We'll bring home the League trophy before you know it!"
As they walked down the road out of town with the morning sun rising behind them, they were set to begin their long journey to become champions. However, they were only about a half mile out of town when they sat down for their first break.
"Whew." Yasuki sighed as she sat down on a rock. "Feels like we've been walking all morning!"
"Sol..." Absol rolled her eyes.
"Hey, I was up early! I have every right to be exhausted!"
Early? 10:00 is not early! And we've barely been walking 10 minutes!
"10 minutes is a long—OH MY GOD DID YOU JUST TALK TO ME!?!!?"
Yasuki fell off the rock as she turned to stare at Absol.
Jeez, you understood that?
"I... um, that is..."
The book! Get the book.
Yasuki pulled "Pokemon for Dummies" out of her backpack and began flipping through it. Absol peered over her shoulder.
"Where...? Where is it?"
Communication! Look at chapter six!
Yasuki settled down a little as she read over the chapter.
I think you might have passed it up already... mentioned Absol, staring at the book.
"Well, how do you expect anyone to be able to pay attention with you reading over their shoulder? Hey, when did you learn to read anyway?"
Oh, I don't know... maybe all those mornings you slept in so late and I didn't have anything else to do!
"Whatever. Not listening. Hey, it says here... 'If a trainer develops a strong bond with their Pokemon, they may eventually learn to understand the Pokemon's language. However, this takes many years of training and bonding with the Pokemon ...'"
Yasuki turned to look at Absol. They blinked at each other for a few minutes before turning again to flip frantically through the book. An hour or so later they still had no idea why Yasuki could understand her Pokemon's language.
We... must have searched... every square inch of that book...
"Stupid... piece of crap..."
Yasuki slowly sat up and shoved the book back in her bag.
"Guess we just gotta be different..."
Ain't no one else like us...
Yasuki and Absol both sweatdropped. They both started laughing.
"Well, we're just special then!" Yasuki and Absol smiled at each other.
They got up and continued walking. The path led them near a small suburb of the city, and they were walking down a narrow street when they spotted a small Chinese resturant.
"Hey, Absy! Want some food?"
I'm starving! Absol replied.
They ran to the resturant and burst inside to be greeted by great smells coming from a huge buffet.
"Two for the buffet!" Yasuki yelled to the waitress as they ran to the dining room.
Yasuki dropped her bag at an unoccupied table and raced Absol to the buffet. They grabbed their plates and filled them with all kinds of food. The two raced back and forth from the table to the buffet, devouring everything they could fit in their mouths.
"Try the sweet-and-sour chicken!"
The wonton soup is good!
"These bacon-wrapped hot dogs are delicious!"
Did you try the egg rolls?
The waitresses looked on in disbelief at how much these two could eat. Eventually they began to slow up.
"Hey, Absol..." Yasuki mentioned casually.
Hm? Absol looked up.
"Ready for dessert?"
--So, now Yasuki and Absol can, in a way, talk... R&R, tell me how you like it.--
--absolkagome--