Violet Town and Trainer Inuyasha

Chapter 3

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Miroku and Kagome were panting tired when they arrived at the resting center, right before Town. (Kagome had found the name out when she looked on a map of Johto.) Shippou lay dizzy on Kagome's shoulder, and the run had just made Touro more wryled up. He hopped around on two feet, then on one, snorting and growling to himself... For reasons that Kagome, Shippou nor Miroku could explain.

"Oh wow!" Kagome gasped, not noticing how the time had gone by. The sun was setting! "It's already seven thirty... At night! Sheesh, I never knew it took so long to wander like this..."

"It wasn't that long." Miroku said, in a matter-of-fact sort of way. "I my house at around eleven thirty. I probably ended up leaving the house at twelve. It took me... Maybe... three to four hours in the forest - I had some distractions!" Miroku laughed, thinking about the time he screamed, being surprised by a giant spider - Not a Pokemon. That was the grossest part. "Then you two came along," Miroku said, Kagome blinking confusedly at that comment. Shippou looked hurt, and cleared his throat with a loud, AHEM!. "And we spent, oh, one hour together at your house... Over wonderful tea and biscuts your mother had made!" Miroku laughed, and Shippou patted his stoumach, showing off his full-ness. "We walked for maybe, an hour or so? And the battle by those horrible Cosplayers and their little beginning 'show' was maybe... Forty five minutes? Maybe fifty? Yes. And that run, sheesh, with four stops," Miroku and Shippou looked at the embarressed Kagome, who was hoping Miroku and / or Shippou wouldn't mention her tired-ness. "Took, forty minutes. Ha... And we were jogging, more-likely. We walked for about ten minutes, too."

Kagome put her hand to her mouth. "Yes, I suppose you are right, Miroku. Now, let's go to the Pokecenter and eat some of the food you have there," Kagome montioned to the large bag of food Miroku was carrying. "And call it a night. Tomorrow, we'll get you some clothes... Good ones..." Kagome shuddered at Miroku's Monk clothing. "And go find Inuyasha! Plus, I'd like a shot at Falkner."

"Who?" Miroku and Shippou gasped. "Kagome, don't be so rude!"

"Master Falkner, sillies!" Kagome laughed. "He's the gym leader here."

"Oh, you'd definetly win, Kagome," Miroku grinned, making Kagome blush.

"You really think so?"

"Of course I do..."

SLAP!

"Pervert!" Kagome hissed, slapping Miroku hard in the face.

"Oww, damn!" Miroku laughed sheepishly, rubbing is newly-slapped face.

Kagome sighed, and Shippou held back laughter. "So," Kagome cleared her throat. "Let's get going. I'm tired."

"It's seven thirty," Miroku blinked.

"Seven thirty three!" Kagome corrected, opening the door of the resting center. "And the city here is called 'Violet Town'."

Miroku nodded. "Fine, okay." He followed Kagome and Shippou out the door, heading to Violet Town's Pokemon center for the night.

-

"Waaaakkeeee uuuuupppp!" A cheery, bright female voice called to Miroku, Shippou and Kagome. "It's nine o'clock! You should wake up now!"

"Nine at night!" A confused Shippou asked. His usually un-messy orange hair was now scruffy and frizzy from the sleep on the couch. He slept with Kagome on one couch, while Miroku was forced (by Kagome) to sleep by the stairs. Carpetted stairs, yes, but it wasn't at all comfertable. Miroku opened his eyes and looked to the couch.

"No, cutie," The female voice laughed. "Nine in the morning."

Kagome was just waking up, and brushing her messy black hair. The woman who was talking to Shippou had long, shiny pink hair with a style of two loops that Miroku had never seen before. Her eyes matched her hair with a pretty pink, and she was wearing a pink dress (like a nurse's dress) with a white apron. She had a small white nurse's hat with a red hospital sign on it, and cute, small pink shoes with white socks. Beside her was a large, light pink Chansey Pokemon, also wearing a white nurse's hat.

Shippou jumped off of the couch and ran to Miroku. "Miroku, are you awake?" He asked, jumping onto Miroku's head.

"Yeah, I'm up," Miroku yawned as he stood up and stretched "Ouch, my back aches though."

"We have to wait until Kagome gets dressed and washed up," Shippou explained.

"Gets dresed?" Miroku raised his eyebrows.

"Yeah, she's in her pajama-mas, or whatever they're called," Shippou nodded.

"Oh," Miroku nodded with a sigh. "How long will that take?"

"Not very long," Shippou said. "She's getting changed now. We can sit on the couch!" Shippou jumped off of Miroku's shoulder and made it to the couch. He bounced as he hit the cusion. "Ahh, bouncy!" He exclaimed with a laugh.

-

"Finally, you're done, Lady Kagome," Miroku looked at Kagome, who had newly brushed hair and was wearing her green and white school-girl's outfit.

"Don't call me that," Kagome said, picking up her backpack. "I don't like being called 'Lady' or 'Milady'. I have to reason to be called that."

"Oh," Miroku stood up from his spot on the couch. "All right then, Kagome."

"Are we going to battle the Gym Leader?" Shippou asked, hopping back on his perch at Kagome's shoulder.

"Um, sure, I guess," Kagome nodded. "I think I might. Are you going to, Miroku?"

Miroku picked up his backpack. "Um, maybe," He looked to his Totodile, still sleeping by the stairs. "Oh! He's still asleep!" He walked over to the stairs leading to the upstairs and picked up the little sleeping Pokemon. "Wake up, Touro. We're leaving now."

"Frmm..." Touro mumbled. He opened his eyes and jumped out of Miroku's arms. "Tyaa!"

Miroku raised one of his eyebrows. "Ooo-kay, then."

"Let's go!" An anxious Shippou called to Miroku from the Pokecenter door.

Miroku nodded, and walked to the door, the little Totodile behind him.

-

"An egg?" Inuyasha blinked, picking up a strange, icy blue egg from the bushes. It seemed to pulsate when he touhed it. "Maybe I could eat it..."

'Nooo, don't eat me!' A strange, clear voice like a bell rang into Inuyasha's ears. 'I am a Pokemon egg! I will hatch soon. Don't eat me, please!'

"What the hell?" Inuyasha's ears perked up. "Who said that?" He looked all around him. Nothing. Silence. Just the green from the woods he was walking through.

'Me, the egg!' The voice said. Inuyasha looked to the icy blue egg.

"Eggs can't talk," Inuyasha glared at the egg.

'I can!' The egg informed Inuyasha. 'I am a special egg, that is why!'

"Special egg my ass," Inuyasha snorted.

'Whatever, just keep me with you. I will hatch in a day or two! Put me in your backpack!' The egg twitched.

"Hmm," Inuyasha thought for a moment. "Maybe I will cook you..." He was going to keep the egg. He just wanted to tease it.

'Noo! Noo! Don't you dare!' The egg hissed.

"You'd feed me and my two Pokemon fine," Inuyasha grinned.

'Gaah! Noo!' The egg exclaimed.

"Hrm, feh!" Inuyasha took his black and red backpack off his back, opened it, and dropped the egg carelessly in. Then, he put his backpack back on and continued walking.

'You careless fool!' The voice snorted from Inuyasha's backpack.

"What did you say?" Inuyasha stopped walking.

The voice gasped. 'Oh! Nothing...'

"That's what I thought," Inuyasha grinned, and continued to walk through the green woods towards Dark Cave, just before Azelea Town.

-

"Did you happen to see a tall male, wearing an old-tyme-ish, red fire-rat Haori-Kimono?" Kagome asked a random person. "He has long silver hair, and two doggy-ears. He walks bear-fee, he has a purple-blue sutra necklace with some fangs on it... And..." She put her finger to her mouth to try and remember her friend. "...Oh. Yes, he's rude."

The person, a brown haired male, maybe in his twenties- wearing black jeans with a black shirt, a green vest, and a gold earing on his right ear, answered back. "Haha, you must be kidding."

"No, actually, I'm not!" Kagome exclaimed. "I've been looking for him for months now, and he said he was going to battle the Gym Leader here."

"Pfft, then why would I know him?" The male blinked. "Ask Falknor."

"Oh... I just thought..." Kagome sighed.

"I personally don't think there is some dog-boy. I think you wanted to talk to me!" The male winked. Kagome sighed, slapped him, then walked past him to the Gym.

"Ack! What was that for!" The male asked, rubbing his face.

"For being a pervert!" Kagome sighed. "Now, hurry up Miroku. You said you wanted to battle Falknor, right? You can go first."

"Oh, right," Miroku nodded, walking away from the male in his twenties. "You don't want to go first?"

"No, it's all right! I'm going to check out the sign they have inside the Gym, saying who had beaten Falknor."

"Oh!" Shippou squealed. "Inuyasha's name might be on there!"

"Right," Kagome nodded.

"Oh," Miroku nodded, holding the door open for Kagome and Shippou to go in first.

-

Inuyasha was about to enter Dark Cave, when he stopped.

'What's wrong?' The egg asked from Inuyasha's backpack.

Inuyasha sniffed the the air around him. He turned around and sniffed again.

"Kagome," He said, almost hypnotically. "I smell Kagome's scent!"

'Kagome?' The egg asked. 'Who's that? Your woman?'

"Shut up!" Inuyasha growled. "You make another comment like that, and I swear, I'll break you into so many pieces, no king's men will ever be able to put you back together again!"

The egg gulped from the inside, and also tried to hold back laughter from Inuyasha's refferment to the old fairy-tale, Humpty Dumpty.

Inuyasha turned around and ran back to Violet City, sniffing the whole way.

-

"Now, let's see..." Kagome said, walking over to the sign. "...My! There's so many people! Master Falknor must be easy... Erm!" Kagome turned around to see Falknor behind her. "Oh my gosh! I didn't mean it! I mean.. There's so many people... And like..."

"Ha, it's okay. So, why are you here, fair maden?" Falknor asked, taking Kagome's hand.

Kagome looked him up and down. "Why, I'm looking on this sign for my friend. And, my other friend, Miroku, is here to battle you. As am I, but I'm battleing after him."

"Other friend? You mean, him?" Falknor pointed to Shippou. "He's a trainer?"

"No! I'm not!" Shippou sighed. "He's Miroku!" Shippou poined to Miroku, who was behind Falknor.

"A monk? Don't you belong at 'Sprout Tower?" Falknor asked.

"No, I'm here to battle you," Miroku sighed. Touro peeked out at Falknor from behind Miroku, blinked, then hid behind his master.

"You are going to fight me with that?" Falknor laughed. "He's like, a level six! I train level tens and elevens..."

"Level six?" Miroku repeated as a question. "Whatever. I'm just here to battle. Don't critisize me."

"All right, all right," Falknor sighed with a grin. "But if you lose, I get a date with your lady-friend here!"

"What?" Kagome exclaimed. "Eew! No way!"

"Don't worry, Lady- I mean, Kagome. I won't lose," Miroku said. Touro backed that up with one of his cirps.

"Yeaah, go Miroku!" Shippou cheered, as Miroku and Falknor headed out to the battling grounds, in the middle of the Gym.

"How many Pokemon do you have?" Falknor asked.

"One," Miroku grinned.

"One? Pfft! This is a one-on-one battle, then?" Falknor was surpsied. "Damn! Well, Since you are only about a level six, I'll let you battle my Pidgey."

Touro jumped out from behind Miroku and growled fiercly, making himself appear strong.

Falknor threw a Pokeball to the ground. It took a moment until it opened and glowed a tan color. A half a moment later, a Pidgey appeared, scratching the ground of the Gym like a hen.

"Piiiiii," The Pidgy chirrped, as it looked up at Touro.

"Grrrrrrr... Toooouuuu-rrrraaa!" Touro snarled, baring his sharp teeth.

"Official Pokemon Gym Battle," An announcer's shaky voice said from the ceiling. "Pidgy verses... Some Totodile. Prize - badge! ...Um, battle start!"

-

'You bloodhound!' The egg teased from inside of the backpack. 'If you can smell that girl's scent all the way from here.. That's just freaky!'"Yeah, make one more comment like that..." Inuyasha warned to the egg, as he ran through the woods.

'Eep! All right! I be quiet!' The egg chirrped. The little creature inside didn't want Inuyasha to continue his warning.

'I'm almost there,' Inuyasha thought to himself. 'And I will be able to see Kagome and Shippou again! ...But, why are they this far out? Did they come to search for me, when I didn't return...?'

-

"Haha!" Miroku laughed, pointing to the beaten Pidgy who lay unconcious on the Battleground floor. Touro was dancing at three-fourths of full heatlth around Miroku. "And you said I was weak!"

"Ugh," Falknor sighed embarressedly. "Well, that's because I used my weakest Pokemon on you."

"Riiight," Miroku grinned.

"Here's the badge," Falknor threw the shining badge at him. "Blah, blah, blah, yadda, yadda, yadda... Have a great journey... yawn." He sighed again. "Pidgy, return." He held up his Pokeball, and the Pidgey turned back into the tan light, and disappeared back into the Pokeball for a rest.

"Hrm!" Kagome stomped her foot angrily, as she turned away from the sign. Shippou couldn't read the English writing on the sign, and asked Kagome what was the matter.

"Inuyasha's name is on there!" Kagome shook her head. "He didn't come back."

"His name is?" Shippou looked at the sign. "Where!"

"The fifty-secondth name... It's seceond newest."

"Fifty four people defeated Falknor?" Shippou exclaimed with surprise. Falknor sighed with embarressment.

"Fifty four?" Kagome asked. She didn't even notice that Miroku had won.

"Yeah, Miroku just whooped him," Shippou nodded.

"Oh!" Kagome looked to Miroku. "Wow! ...Um... Good job!" Kagome smiled with encouragement.

"Your turn, Kagome," Miroku grinned, walking over to the couch. Touro skipped after him, landing on the couch with a bounce. Shippou decided to sit with them, and jumped off of Kagome's shoulder and landed next to Touro.

"Ah, Milady, how many Pokemon do you want to use?" Falknor asked with a wink at Kagome.

"How many do you have?" Kagome asked, ignoring the wink and the 'Milady' comment.

"I have three. Do you have one like your friend? If so, that's okay. I'll use my other Pidgy."

"I have six."

"Six! Oh! Um, three-on-three battle, then?" Falknor was surpsied.

"Sure," Kagome nodded, and waited for the announcer to come back on the P.A.

Soon enough, his shaky voice came back on. "Official Pokemon Gym Battle, um... Three against three...Prize is the same thing. Um. Begin!"

"Come out, Hoshi!" Kagome threw the Pokeball to the ground, and a large yellow flash came out. Half a moment later, a tough Jolteon was sitting and grooming one of its paws.

"Jraaawrr," Hoshi roared, scratching its head with one of its hind legs.

"Go Pigeotto!" Falknor gulped, throwing his Pokeball to the ground. There was an even larger tan flash than the Pidgey's, and a large Pidgeotto appeared.

"Kyaaaaaoooo!" Pidgeotto hooted loudly. It flew up high to use tackle, but was struck down in one hit with Hoshi's thunderbolt. It squacked loudly and hit the ground with a twich.

"Daaa-a-amn!" Falknor raised his eyebrows. "You are strong!" He called the Pidgeotto back, and threw another Pokeball. A Pidgy, one slightly stronger than the other one that Touro fought against.

"Hoshi, return! ...Now, go, Umi!" Kagome threw another Pokeball, and out came Umi, the Vaporeon.

"Pooooouuuuuuwwwwrrrrrr!" Umi seemed to howl. Her eyes glowed a darker blue to frighten the little Pidgey, and that was what she did. The Pidgey squacked and ran to hid behind Falknor.

"Eep, the stronger twin of my Pidgeys has forfitted. I guess that means the weaker Pidgy would forfit also. I guess you win, Milady," Falknor grinned, throwing Kagome the badge, as Kagome jumped excitedly.

"Yes!" Kagome cheered, calling back Umi. "I won!"

"But!" Falknor interupted, before she could leave with Shippou and Miroku. "Since I and my Pidgeys foritted to you, you must take me on one date!"

"What? No way!" Kagome narrowed her eyes at Falknor. "I'm not going on no date with you!"

Falknor reached in his pocket and pulled out a remote. He pressed the largest middle button, and the doors to the Gym locked. "Ha! Yep! You will, Miladay, 'cause you are all locked in!"

Kagome and Shippou gasped, as Miroku shook his head.

"You are locked innnn!" Falknor repeated with a wink at Kagome. "So, when do you want that date?"

CRASH!

The large door to the Gym crashed to the ground. A tall male figure stood in the doorway.

"Hey," Inuyasha said with a grin.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome and Shippou exclaimed happily.

Kagome flung her arms around Inuyasha, while Shippou jumped onto his head. "Oh Inuyasha! Shippou, Miroku and I came in search for you when you didn't come home like you said you would!"

Inuyasha was overwhelmed by Kagome's embrace. "Um... Miroku? Who the hell is he?"

Miroku was in shock, as he was just out of the way of the door. Touro was squealing behind Miroku from shock, also.

"We met him at the Route forest, right before Cherrygrove," Kagome explained. It took her a moment to notice that she was hugging Inuyasha, and that he was pretty embarressed about it. She blushed and pushed herself away from him.

"Oh, he's the monk," Inuyasha glared at him, pulling Shippou off of his head by the tail. "What was going on here?" He switched his glare at Falkner, who gulped and backed up when Inuyasha glared at him. "Falk, how come you locked the doors? What was going on here, Master?" Inuyasha was sure to add the sarcastic 'Master' part to tick off Falkner.

"Eh-um, nothing... Nothing at all!" Falkner gulped, taking a step back from his side on the battleground. "Ehhhum, I'd better get going now..." He took off to the back exit, but Inuyasha jumped high and ran fast to block his way.

"Hey," Inuyasha narrowed his eyes. "What was going on?"

Falkner fell over and looked up at Inuyasha. "Nothing! Nothing! Oh sheesh, please, don't hurt me!"

"It was nothing, Inuyasha," Kagome called out to Inuyasha.

"Something happened," Inuyasha glared harder at Falkner. "What was it?"

"Inuyasha!" Kagome growled. "Osuwari!"

BANG!

Inuyasha fell dramatically to the ground by Kagome's command of 'Osuwari!'... In other words, 'Sit!'.

"Damnit, Kagome! What the hell was that for!" Inuyasha snarled from the ground. Falkner jumped up and ran around Inuyasha to the exit and ecsaped.

"He was scared, Inuyasha! And he pled for you not to hurt him," Kagome sighed, as she stepped over the broken door and out to the outside. "Let's go."

"Oo-o-kay!" Shippou said, jumping onto Miroku's shoulder. Miroku nodded, and followed Kagome out the door with one back-glance at Inuyasha, struggling to get up.

"Are we going to leave him here?" Miroku asked Kagome.

"Yes, Miroku. Yes, we are. He'll come if he wants to. Now, you want to go to Azelea town? I don't feel like going home just yet," Kagome smiled.

"Yes, all right, Trainer Kagome," Miroku smiled back, as the three left the Gym.

Inuyasha jumped up and ran after them. "Hey! Aren't you forgetting someone! Wait for me!"