Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or any of the Characters.
Ch.9 Rivals?
After our first initial conversation I didn't talk to Tank and Melody for a while. It now was late afternoon and the sun was setting. The waiting room was drenched in a dark orange light. By now Lyric had tired her self out and was sleeping very peacefully next to me. I didn't want to move because from where I sat I could feel her shoulder on mine. It felt really nice. Tank and Melody had returned to their seats and from where I was I could see that he had his arm around her and was holding her while she rested.
Seeing this made me wonder if I should do the same…it was only today that I met Lyric…who knows how long they have been like that…I don't think it would be right.
I sat there the remainder of the time waiting.
"87 number, 87 to the front desk." chimed out the loud speaker.
I looked up and watched as Tank almost flew up and raced towards the door. Melody got tossed off of him and back into her seat. Amazingly she was still asleep.
"Lyric…hay wake up." I called out and nudged her.
She slowly woke as she rubbed her eyes. "um…what?" she asked soon after yawning
"its almost our turn. Tank just went in." I explained.
"finally! Its taken too long." she said withdrawing into her poncho.
I was almost surprised seeing her almost disappear into her poncho. But seeing her do that was quite cute.
"so your up next right? Well when you come back tell me how it is. I'm kind of nervous." she said.
I got out of my seat to stretch. I situated my vest and attempted to fix my hair. After all this I said "yeah I'll let you know what happens." I said now standing in front of her.
"don't make it too long. I don't want to spend the whole other half of the day out here." she said smiling.
Hearing her say this not only have me a happy feeling but also a wondering if it was going to take long. What do I do exactly? Did I miss a step?…now I was nervous.
"um Jet?" asked Lyric snapping me away from my worries.
"yeah?"
"well…its just that…I'm really happy that you where today." she said blushing and now looking away.
My hart began to race and I forced my self from blurting out something stupid. "yeah…no problem" is what I forced out of my mouth.
"Number 88 to the front desk." chimed out the loud speaker.
"that's me. I'll try to hurry back." I said as I headed towards the door.
"ok see you later."
"number 88?" asked the woman at the desk
"yeah." I said looking at the people walking in taking their numbers
"oh look…I'm number 200" I hear one of them say. I had to feel sorry for them a little bit.
"ok what is your name?" she asked.
"jet" I said.
"ok take this" she said as she handed me a red and black item that looked like a cell phone. "and take it to the room on your left.. There you can register for a poke-box" she said pointing too the room.
"thank you" I said as I started my way into the next room.
"Hello." said a old looking man in front of a huge computer. The entire room was filled with pokeballs that looked like a mountain of spheres.
"uh…Hi" I said in bewilderment at the amazing sight.
"so your Jet yes?" he said spinning a pokeball in his hand.
"yes. So I need a box? What's that all about?" I asked still amazed at the room.
He explained how pokemon that where caught after your six hold limit where transfer into the boxes that hold your trainer information.
"so you see when ever you get to a pokemon center you can access your box if you need to." he said tossing the pokeball and catching it finally stopping the spinning. It was kind of making me dizzy.
"well that's good to know I guess" I said knowing that I wasn't planning to really do too much besides get registered today.
"well if you would just give me your pokedex we'll be all set." he said and put out his hand
I gave him the pokedex and he placed it into a slot that took the information. A small dinging sound was heard and it was done.
"ok here you go." he said handing it back to me. So next you want to go to the NTPI in the next room and you'll be set." he said now spinning his ball again.
"thanks a lot. But I already have a pokemon." I explained.
"oh then your done. I wish you good luck on your journeys. Take care now." he said as I walked out the door.
As I arrived out side I noticed a tall man in dark clothing at the front desk. He had a wide brim hat that if was bigger would look like a sun hat. His black cloak stretched down to his boots that where very shiny. His hair could be seen from the hat. It was the only part of him that wasn't black. His hair was a white sliver shade. Clearly he wasn't a old man but he looked quite the noticeable character. Even the woman at the desk looked a bit nervous. Once he was done at the desk he turned and looked at me. I stopped and feelt a sudden chill run through my body. His eyes where a bright red. His face was that of a person who had seen too much bad things in life. This person gave me a horrible feeling. He stopped looking at me and continued on into the room I was just in. snapping out of my paralyzed state I looked around. I continued back to the waiting room to tell Lyric how it went but when I entered I noticed Tank and Melody sitting next to Lyric…she was crying.
I rushed over to her wondering what the problem was. As I got closer Tank noticed me.
"I don't know what happened. When I got in she was with this man in black, really I don't know what happened." he explained trying to make sure he wasn't to blame.
"Melody did you see what happened?" I asked.
"Tank woke me up when he saw her like that. I really don't know ether." now standing up too. She looked just as worried as Tank.
"Lyric what happened." I asked bending over to her level.
"I…He…I don't know…he didn't hurt me…he really, Really scared me!" she said now burying her hands in her face.
Now knowing what the trouble was I knew if I acted quick I could catch him before he was done with the man in the poke-box room.
"I'll take care of him Lyric." I said as I stormed out of the room.
Author's Note: wow. sorry for the long gap from the last post till now. alot of bad timeing came up. i have a job that has me a way from the computer for more than half the week. also in the prevous weeks iv tryed only to see that and problem was happning with the uploading program. any ways i'll add a few for now and im going to keep working on the story. so for thows of you who have injoyed the story so far let me know. it would be nice to get a coment or 2!
