Last Time in Pokemon Virtual...
A tournament in Viridian starts! Kai spots Maybe, and Danny meets up with Kai unexpectedly at the entree box. Uen also takes his oppertunity to sit with the trio. But... now... it's Kai versus Uen?
Disclaimer: Don't own it.
Me: Gah! Sorry for the slow updates, I really have no excuse. Anywho, heres Chapter Five, and I'm working on Chapter Six as we speak... so, fun, no?
Shane: ... She forgot about us! I told you she would, MAAAAAAAAAYBEEEEE!
Maybe: ...
Danny: -Sweat Drop- Shane, Maybe's sick of you crying to her for attention. Quit it already!
Chapter Five – Tournament Troubles
"Didn't expect we'd face each other so early, eh, Kai?" Uen asked, grinning as he settled his hands behind his head happily. He didn't seem fazed about the battled about to take place, although he was rocking back and forth slightly.
Kai, who was standing on the opposite side of the battlefield, simply looked at Uen like any other opponent. You never had friends in a battle. Friends stab you in the back. Balmung stabs you in the back… Kai shook his head free of the thought. Fighting Uen was not the same as fighting Balmung.
Zero blinked. There was a lot of tension between them all, and although he was the announcer, like the crowd, he was feeling edgy about the amount of tension that was actually present. Finally, he cleared his throat. "Okay, folks! Ready for the second round? This is Kai versus Uen! Two unknown trainers, but it's sure to be a blast!"
Zero side glanced towards Kai, who was looking at him with a brow arched. You, had better not aim any more attacks at me you sorry son of a bitch. I'll kick your ass, twit!
Kai, who couldn't read minds, but didn't care either way, turned his attention back to Uen.
"Ready… Fight!"
"GO! BEEDRILL!" Uen called the first Pokemon, calling out a yellow and black bee Pokemon, that floated in front of him, waiting for Kai to call his Pokemon. Kai twitched. Uen was taking him lightly. Him of all people. Silently, he released a Kadabra.
"BEEDRILL! PIN MISSLE!"
"Counter it with Psychic. Send it back at Beedrill."
The counter worked, and Beedrill was hit with its own poison. Uen had dodged a few pins, while Zero got some stuck on the end of his nose. Kai really was out to get him.
"Wow… did you see that?" Danny asked, on the edge of her seat in the battle, "He threw the attack right back at Uen. Now Uen doesn't have a clue of what to do! This is amazing! Kai's really skilled!"
"Yeah." Shane agreed, not noticing Maybe grip the edges of her seat. What did Kai want with her? What did she do wrong?
"Maybe, you okay?"
Split from her own thoughts, Maybe hastily nodded. Pretending to now focus on the fight.
The battle against Kadabra and Beedrill continued for over half an hour, and Kai managed to throw all of Beedrill's attacks back at it. Eventually, the Beedrill went down, and fainted.
"Wow, folks! Beedrill's down! And he didn't land a single hit! What on earth is Uen going to do now? He's still got three Pokemon to go!" Zero shouted, exaggerating the fight into the microphone. He was completely ignored by the competitors.
Uen returned his Beedrill.
"You should have known that that move would have ended in failure." Kai said, bored by the battle. Uen simply scratched the back of his head.
"True, Beedrill's not trained properly yet, but I'd have to use him eventually, right? Besides, battling against you gains great experience points. Anywho, lets continue. GO NINETAILS!"
The elegant fire dog was released from its Pokeball in a surprisingly elegant way, then it stood poised, ready for battle.
"FLAMETHROWER!"
"Would you look at that folks, Uen's casting the first move again! This is going to be a great battle!"
The crowd failed to notice that Zero crept closer into the air to avoid being hit by the Flamethrower that was sure to be hit back at him.
"What good is that going to do?" Danny asked, raising her eyebrow. "It's just going to be shot back at him!"
"Well… Uen's got to have a plan." Shane said, trying to figure it out himself, "And I'm sure that the Ninetails is far better trained than that Beedrill."
"You're probably right."
"Wait… I've got it!"
Of course, the Flamethrower was repelled straight back at Ninetails.
"Wait for it…" Uen muttered, his Ninetails followed suit, poised and then… "GO!"
The entire arena erupted with smoke, causing the audience members, Zero, Kai, Uen, Danny, Shane and Maybe all to cough. However, everybody kept their eyes open long enough to see the Ninetails jump through the flames. What happened after was a blur to most trainers, although Kai slapped his forehead (it appeared that he'd worked it out), and returned his now fainted Kadabra.
"I don't get it!" Shane said, frustrated. "How the hell did he do that?"
"… I got it!" Danny declared, hitting her fist on her hand, "It didn't matter if the attack hit Ninetails or not, because Ninetails has the Flash Fire ability – that's where its not affected by fire attacks – so Uen was bothered if the ability was thrown back at him. And, when it was, he used the fire as a hiding place, made his Ninetails jump through, and before Kai's Kadabra could react, it hit it with another flamethrower, which must have been powerful enough to knock it out!"
Shane arched his eyebrow. Danny read all that from that one attack?
"So, you want to fight fire with fire, huh, Uen?" Kai asked, gripping another Pokeball. "Fine. Have it your way."
"Uh…"
Again, as silent as the time before, Kai released his Arcanine. It raised its eyebrow suggestively at the Ninetails, who simply glared at him, but never the less, poised itself for attack.
"Alright. Arcanin-"
"WHAT'S GOING ON? WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ME!"
The screams interrupted Kai's thoughts, and all three Nintendo Staff turned towards the crowd.
"What the… whats going on?" Zero asked, dumbfounded, joining Kai, who was soon joined by Uen. He failed to notice that Kai's eyes connected with a certain blue haired child, who was sitting calmly on one of the audience seats.
"Shit." Uen muttered when he got over to Kai's side. "We have to do something!"
"We can't. Any attack we throw a her will be thrown back."
"I have to try something!" Uen shouted, glaring at Kai, whipping a kunai from its holster, pegging it in the girls direction.
"Hey! You can't attack the users!" Zero shouted, but was ignored.
"What the… MAYBE! LOOK OUT!" Shane screamed, pulling the girls hand away from the row, where there were several pointed objects flinging in their direction. "Shit, what's going on here? Danny, DANNY?"
"Told you it wouldn't work." Kai muttered, getting a grunt from Uen, who sighed.
"Hey, at least they didn't fling back at us. Then we'd all be in trouble."
"Never the less, we have to close of this area." Zero muttered, this time getting a response from the pair, who nodded in agreement.
"I'll transport the users out of here."
"Where will you put them?"
"Random places in town. Anyway, check for any run offs, Uen, and Zero, I want you to close the area off to all users wanting to enter."
"Roger."
The trio paused to look up at the now multi coloured users, before beginning to process of removing and closing the area.
"Wait… what's happening? What's happening? Why am I disappearing!" Shane screamed, pausing to look at his hand that was becoming quickly invisible, then pausing to note that Maybe's was as well. "We still haven't found Danny! Danny! DAN-"
Both Shane and Maybe disappeared into thin air.
"That was too familiar." Kai muttered, scratching the back of his head. The three staff members sat silently in the now empty and completely run down Pokemon Battle arena. (Uen's bug checking was rather violent.)
The trio sighed in unison, looking around them. This was the second time that Kai had seen what a virus like Maybe could do.
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"No way… what happened here? Balmung?" Kai, who looked surprisingly different in Pokemon Virtual asked, looking around at the devastated area that was once one of the Route Towns. Balmung sighed, scratching the back of his head."It seems Aura got angry."
"Angry with what?"
"Who knows…"
At that point in time, Kai was working as Balmung's assistant. He'd never played The World before he was employed by the company, but he enjoyed it. It just irritated him that everybody was stronger than himself.
"Does she do that a lot? You know… destroy things?"
"… Don't you dare suggest that Aura would do such a thing!"
"But she destroyed this town…"
"That's not the same thing!"
Kai knew it was the same, and he knew that Balmung knew it was the same too. Balmung and Kai hadn't gotten along from day one. They always argued, even with Kai being Balmung's subordinate. What annoyed Kai about The World the most, was that Balmung was, and always would be, far stronger than him. Of course, this meant that he lost ever argument.
So, sighing, Kai shut up.
"Still…" Balmung continued, picking up a bit of destroyed data, that used to be a wall, "I wonder what she was angry about…"
"Kai."
"How should I know?""KAI!"
Kai, who was shaken back into reality by Uen, who was in fact shaking his shoulders, rubbed his eyes as if he'd been asleep. Yes, Maybe had gone easy on them this time, probably because she didn't know what she was capable of. She had to be dealt with when she wasn't alert to the world around her.
"Dude, come on, wake up! I know closing areas stresses the brain, but come on dude, no need to black out on me!"
"Me? Where'd Zero go?"
"It's past his closing time. He logged out and went home."
"Right."
"We should get going?"
"Yeah."
The pair, stood, and left.
"We're in a Pokemon Centre…" Shane said, rubbing his forehead, turning to check if Maybe was still with them. She was, and she was lying down on one of the padded chairs that the centre provided, still out cold from the shock. "I wonder… where is Danny?"
"Miss? Miss?"
"Huh?" Danny asked blankly, opening her eyes...
Outside the closed area, Azurian observed the damage. The building had turned slate grey, and there were bits of data missing. "… So… Maybe's started to move. The question is… how long to Twilight?"
Sorry if things are going a little fast... remember, I will include all your characters,