The Dezen Discovery Old Version Chapter 7, a pokémon fanfic

The Dezen Discovery

By LoneGrowlithe

Chapter Seven

Three days after setting out from Judan village, Larana, with her raven hair knotted and neglected, her clothes filthy, and myself, in very much the same state as she, although my cobalt blue hair was better off from being left as it was when we started, came trudging out of Nerouk Forest, the sky beginning to darken above us as we spied the lights of Fleet City in the distance.

Although I was tired and weary from walking, I suddenly felt a rush of renewed energy at the sight of the distant city which was only a walk over the plains away and happiness spread across my face as I turned to Larana.

"Finally, civilization," I spoke to her before breaking into a run and dashing down the quickly disappearing path as it was replaced by grass, Wolf, although weary himself, flew after me.

Looking behind me, I watched Larana, rapidly becoming smaller the further I got away from her, burst into laughter and run after me, a barely visible Kida bounding along after her, soon becoming lost from sight in the tall grass of the plain.

Larana, being taller than me, caught up eventually, Kida now held in her arms so she didn't become lost in the grass. Together we ran the whole length of the plains, and came to a panting halt just outside the city, where Larana let Kida down without fear of losing her as we had passed the worst of the tall grass.

"Wow, I didn't think I'd actually have the energy to run all the way," Larana panted, slightly pent over with her hands on her knees as she caught her breath.

"Well, finally seeing civilization can do that to you," I replied to her, leaning against a tree, one of few that dotted the plain, and caught my own breath.

Wolf sat perched on one of the branches of the tree I was leaning on, watching me and waiting for me to do something, but his flight having tired him, he panted as heavily as I. Kida however seemed right as rain, seeing as how Larana had carried her most of the way, and was trotting about sniffing at a few flowers that were growing nearby and batting a small butterfly that chose that moment to fly away.

"Should we go in then," Larana said as she straightened up, her breath regained.

"What do you think," I grinned at her as I pushed off the tree and Wolf took to the air.

Together we made our way into the city, the sky getting darker by the minute, yet still people rushed about getting last minute errands done, or heading home from work. We managed to stop one guy though, and he kindly gave us directions to the Pokemon centre which we gratefully thanked him for.

After using the directions the man had gave us, we soon found ourselves walking through the automated sliding door of the Pokemon centre. The lobby of the centre was furnished wish couches, tables, chairs, videophones and other things, and at the far wall, right in front of us, was a counter with a kind faced Nurse Joy sitting behind it.

A couple of other trainers, local and visitors milled around in the large lobby, some with their Pokemon, playing with them or caring for them, others without, waiting for their Pokemon to be returned to them after being healed.

Trying not to draw attention to ourselves, which was hard seeing as Kida started meowing loud greetings at anyone we went past and Wolf was flying back and forth between us and the front desk impatiently, we made our way to the front desk to meet with Nurse Joy.

"Ah, two more budding young trainers from Judan village I believe," Nurse Joy smiled at us over the counter.

"Uh, yeah," I replied hesitantly.

"Well, I expect that you must be tired from your trek through the forest, as were the other children who arrived earlier today, If you wish, you can bunk down in one of the rooms here at the Pokemon centre for the night, for free of course, while I heal your Pokemon," Nurse Joy suggested to us as I let out a loud yawn.

"I think we will thank you," Larana replied for the both of us and she pulled Polka and Dahks pokeballs of her belt while Kida nimbly jumped onto the counter, "Oh, just so you know, my Fersies and Poochyena don't get along to well at the moment."

"I understand," Nurse joy nodded as she placed Larana's pokeballs onto a tray and let Kida jump onto her shoulders before turning to me, "And you."

"Oh, right," I grinned sheepishly and pulled Jakura's pokeball from my belt and put it on the tray with Laranas' and Wolf flew over to flutter in the air by nurse joys head with a warning from me, "Wolf, behave."

"Sy," Wolf gave me a nod and flew over to follow Nurse Joy through a doorway behind the counter.

When the door slid open of its own accord, we heard the soft cries of Pokemon emitting from behind it, more prominent among those were the louder calls of those Pokemon usually known to be associated with Pokemon centers, such as Chansey and Blissey. After a couple of moments, Nurse Joy returned, without our Pokemon, but still seeming cheerful.

"Now, about a room," She smiled at us as she turned to the computer and typed on it, after a moment she reached over to something on the desk, picking it up, and then turned to us, handing us a key with the number fourteen on it, "Room number fourteen should be enough to accommodate you both," she smiled at us, "You should go get some rest, your Pokemon should be right as rain by morning."

"Thank you," Larana returned a smile to Nurse Joy, before grabbing me by the arm, and yanking me towards a hallway with a sign that marked Dorms.

"Hey let go," I protested as I tried to pull my arm from Larana's Pincer grip, it was starting to hurt.

"Fine," Larana grunted as she stopped and released my arm, "We're here anyway."

"Thank you," I said sarcastically as I rubbed the spot where her nails had dug into my skin, not enough to break it, but it still hurt.

Larana was too busy shoving the key into the lock to notice my pain before flinging the door open for us to see inside. It was a simple room, a white motif coloring the walls, with a set of bunk beds to one side, and a table and chairs on the other, and also a door which probably lead to the bathroom. Leaping into the room, Larana made a Beedrill line for the bathroom, taking her backpack with her, while I took my chance and snagged the top bunk.

Tossing one strap of my Blaze Bag over one of the support poles and leaving it there to dangle I hauled myself onto the bed and flopped down to rest, feeling at peace, I let the sounds of water pattering against tiles lull me to sleep.

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"Hurry up in there will you," Larana's shouting could hardly be heard through the running water.

Snickering to myself as I finished washing my hair, I shut off the water and dried off then dressed in my battle uniform, before taking my time to brush my hair, just to make Larana mad. Looking in the mirror as I ran my brush through my hair, determinably wavy thanks to being in a braid for several days, I noticed that my dark blue bangs had become a shade lighter than usual, probably the dye washing out, I figured that in a few weeks most of it would be gone.

After tying my hair back once again into a braid, I exited the bathroom and left it free for an angry and impatient Larana to access. As I waited for Larana, I walked over to my bag and withdrew the second guidebook I had received with my pack, as I had thought, this one was far more detailed than the one I had received with my letter and I found myself drawn into it after I sat down at the table in our room, losing track of time until suddenly I found Larana tapping on my shoulder.

"Well, now that I have drawn you from your book," Larana spoke up as she took the seat across from me, "What are our plans for today?"

"I was thinking that maybe we should stick around the city for today, and then continue on tomorrow," I suggested as I re-immersed myself in the guide book.

"What, but we should really keep on going towards the next gym," Larana insisted as she threw up her arms for emphasis.

"We were walking for three days straight, and I'm not used to it," I snapped at her and she sat down.

"You were on the school track team for crying out loud," Larana looked at me in surprise, "How could you not be used to exercise."

"I'm used to running," I argued, "And I may have been on the track team, but that was for short distance races, like one hundred meters or relay, I'm not used to walking for long periods of time."

"Fine, no need to rip my head of," Larana grumbled as she slouched backing her chair, averting her gaze from mine as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"So what about it, we stay here in Fleet for the day, maybe find some people to battle, and then continue on towards," I broke off my neutral tone and flicked towards the map section of the guidebook, it wasn't very high detailed, in fact, it didn't really look like it had been updated in years, but it did tell me the name of the city where the first gym was, "Terras City."

"Well, I guess maybe it's a good idea, and I guess we could both use a rest from walking," Larana caved in and agreed with me, "Alright, we'll stay for the day and leave tomorrow, but we better get some training in today, I want to make sure we can beat the gym."

"Awesome," I looked up at her and grinned, "So it's settled then, Rest and training today, travel, training and Pokemon searching tomorrow."

"Right," Larana agreed with me as she went over to her bag and withdrew a few potions and other healing items from her bag and slid them into her pockets before turning to me eagerly, "So, when do we start?"

Laughing at her enthusiasm, I closed the guidebook and put it back in my bag before pulling out items similar to what Larana had done and shoved them into my jeans pockets before pulling on my jacket after checking to make sure my pokedex was in the pocket and that I had Wolfs Blaze Ball on my belt.

"Well let's go then," I laughed as I headed for the door, leaving my Blaze Bag in the room, hanging forlornly from the bedpost.

Locking the door behind her, Larana followed me out into the lobby, her long black hair tied back into a ponytail, her usual fashion, trailing behind her as she dashed to catch up to me. When we entered the Lobby, we found that it wasn't as busy as it had been the night before, but there was still a myriad of activity about.

It was still pretty early in the morning though, only about eight, and some people would take the chance to sleep in, so I guessed we had some time to kill before we could start up with a few trainer battles.

"Why don't we get Kida, Wolf and our other Pokemon" Larana suggested as we walked over to the lobby couches.

"Best idea you've had today," I grinned at Larana before making my own suggestion, "Then let's get some breakfast."

"I think we'd all agree to that," Larana laughed as we made our way to the front desk.

When we reached the front desk, we were greeted by a Nurse Joy, although, we realized, that she wasn't the Nurse Joy that we had met the previous evening.

"Good morning girls," Nurse Joy smiled at us cheerily, "Now what may I do for the two of you."

"We'd like to retrieve our Pokemon," Larana asked after a moment's hesitation, "But um, you're not the Nurse Joy we saw last night."

"Oh, You must have met my sister then, we're twins you see, and we run the centre together, I work day shift and she works night shifts, that way we can keep the Pokemon centre running twenty-four seven," giggled Joy, "My sister probably wrote your Pokemon down to your corresponding room number, so if you could kindly tell me hat it is, I'll gladly retrieve your Pokemon for you."

"Oh! Our room was number fourteen," I told the Pokemon nurse.

Joy nodded, and picking up a few pieces of paper and shifting through them, "So those would be an Asydri, a Kitana, an Elervae, a Poochyena and a Fersies," She rattled off the species of our Pokemon and we nodded in affirmation, "Good, well my sister did the honor of giving your Pokemon full check ups, and from what she has written, they all appear to be in great health."

"That's good," Larana gave a sigh of relief, who had tensed up when Joy had mentioned the full checkups her sister had given our Pokemon.

"Well, I expect your wanting your Pokemon so I'll just go fetch them for you," Joy smiled as she stood up and moved into the back room and came back a moment later with a tray holding three pokeballs, Kida on her shoulder and Wolf flying along behind.

Upon spotting us, our beginning Pokemon came forwards and deposited themselves in our arms, trilling or mewing happily in greeting. I myself gave Wolf a hug before letting him jump up on my shoulder while I collected Jakuras bonker sized pokeball and placed it on my belt next to the Blaze Ball.

"Why don't we go get some breakfast, hey Wolf," I suggested to the flaming bird.

"Syyyyydri," Wolf crooned in delight as he rubbed his cheek against mine in a show of affection.

Kida seemed to be thinking about food to, because she started up the usual meows she made whenever she was hungry at the mention of it.

"Guess they're both hungry," commented Larana with a smile.

"Then what are we waiting for, to the cafeteria," I intoned and jogged over to the doorways that led to the cafeteria built into the Pokemon centre.

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A large park set off to one side of Fleet city was where we headed after we had eaten breakfast in the Pokemon centers cafeteria, which thankfully served trainers for free. The park itself was large, but not as large as the Battle Park that was back in Kerdan, with bright green grass cropped short and a small set of swings and other playground items set off to one side, leaving the rest as grass and sparse trees.

I figured that it unanimously was the meeting place for most trainers, local and visiting, to hold Pokemon battles, as upon arrival there was more than one Pokemon battle going on. Eagerly, the two of us and our Pokemon made our way over to where some people milled about, probably looking for trainers to battle.

But before I could burst my way into the group to find someone I could challenge, I heard someone call out behind me.

"Well lookie here, it's the Raticate," A familiar voice sneered somewhere off to my right.

My attention grabbed, I turned my face to spot a sneering Wesley, and a laughing Keith. Just spotting them made my anger flare, Not because of what they had said just now, but because I remembered what they had said to me back in Judan.

"And all I see is a tag along Muk and a fat Swalot," I shot back before making to move off.

"Well then Raticate, how's about a Pokemon battle, with stakes," Wesley offered before I got the chance to walk away.

"How high the stakes," I asked, interested as Wolf, who was perched on my shoulder, perked up at the prospect of a battle.

"Twenty dollars, which means forty to the victor," suggested Wesley.

"Fine, I take your challenge," I accepted, only to have Larana intervene.

"Sayunae, we can't just flaunt money about, we have to conserve," Larana interjected and Kida mewed her agreement.

"Its only twenty Larana, and anyway, stakes battles is how you earn more money to go off right, if we win, we have an extra twenty to spend," I told her, ignoring Wesley for the time being.

"Fine," Larana agreed after a moment of contemplation, "Have your battle."

"Good," I smiled at her before turning my attention back to an irritated Wesley, "One on One alright with you Swalot."

"Its fine," He nodded, "but let's make it my starter Pokemon versus your starter Pokemon."

"Alright then," I nodded, "My Asydri, versus your Charmander."

"Lets get this started then Raticate."

"Let's."

We moved off of the meeting area so to say and onto the field to find a spot to battle. Larana, Keith and others people followed to watch the battle that was about to begin, I could only hope that I would win.

TBC

A bit of writers block at some points in this chapter, but I worked em out eventually, Thanks to all those who have reviewed, glad to hear you like my story. Hope you enjoy this new chappie, please read and review :D