Author's Note: Hi! I just want to say that I love you guys! Ya'll make me complete!
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…Okay, that was weird. The heat is starting to get to me…it must be the aftermath of the sun stroke…ha. I'm good.
One more thing. I have thought about it (a lot), and have (somewhat) decided how your characters are going to come into play. Right about now I'm thinking of the most humorous ways to bring them in (Given the earliness of the story). I have one worked out -evil look-. Worry not though. I will not torture your characters without your consent. For now, I will continue to have fun torturing Nell…because that is, well, fun.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything Pokemon related. I also do not own Kelly (Who belongs to my sister), or Kyle (who belongs to Dinobot.). I do, however, own my own characters, and of course the evilness we all know as Palee.
Let me know if I'm completely screwing up your characters, or if there is anything I can do differently!
Fire Spirit- Sofia will be in the next chapter. How do you do that nifty 'i'? It didn't sow up in my email and all week I've been thinking that her name was Sofa -sweatdrop- :) Man, I'm dumb sometimes.
Chapter Three: A Displeasing Pleasure
It was twelve o'clock noon and Nell found herself in the grasslands of Route 146. She had woken up early in order to say goodbye to her mother. It had been tough. Knowing that Merick wouldn't be going with her, both she and her mother were worried, though for obviously different reasons. Rose was concerned about Nell's safety, whereas Nell was worried about spending alone time with the ever-complaining Palee. While her mother had been fretting about every aspect of Nell's departure, the girl had kept wondering if she would ever see Merick again. His leaving was the saddest thing Nell had ever experienced. That was in the past though, and she knew that she would have to move on. But with Palee? Now that was crazy.She would just have to look for another Pokemon.
The grasslands had been relatively empty that day, apart from a few Pidgeys and Ratattas. However, those weren't the types of Pokemon Nell was looking for. Although she was now starting to regret her Pokemon standards, as Palee was becoming particularly annoying.
Not liking to be alone, Nell had let Palee out of his Pokeball and was subjected to carry him everywhere. He said that having stubs for feet made it hard to walk. Nell said he was lazy, and that was the truth.
Nevia the Pokedex had indicated that by fighting a few Pidgeys, Palee had risen to level ten and –at level seven- had learned to use Absorb. Nell had taken note of putting one of her TMs to use, making Palee learn Water Pulse. At least now he knew a half-decent water attack.
"So where are we going, and are we there yet?" Palee asked bored.
"Right now we're heading up Route 146 on our way to Marionette Town, where the first gym is." Nell replied, looking at the miniscule map on Nevia. "No, we aren't quite there yet. No stay alert, Nevia says we're heading into a more Pokemon populated area!"
Nell was excited. According to Nevia, there were plenty of different kinds of Pokemon in this area of the grasslands. She would finally be able to return Palee and have a new Pokemon to talk to. She just hoped that her next Pokemon had a better attitude.
"Oh, I know what you're thinking! You're thinking about catching another Pokemon so you can put me away! I'm telling you missy, I AM NOT going back into that ball!" Palee shrieked.
"Wow Palee, you can read minds. Now stay alert…Look! Over there!" Nell said, pointing to a Pokemon twenty feet north of them.
The green mantis Pokemon was looking up at the sky, oblivious to the trainer and her Pokemon making their way over to it. She wasn't going to fly away on them any time soon.
"Oh, I hope you don't think I'm going to fight THAT."
"Paleeeee!" Nell whined, "I want that Pokemon!"
"Nope, never going to happen girly." Palee said, stubbornly shaking his head.
"You know what? You are going to fight that Pokemon, and you are going to listen to me! I've been running around like your slave for the past day. Now you are going to get me that Pokemon!" Nell ordered firmly, emphasizing the words in her last sentence. The duo was two feet away from the Pokemon when Nell yelled, "Palee! Water Pulse attack!"
Palee jumped out of Nell's arms and growl at her before hitting the Scyther in the back with a large amount of water. When the Pokemon recovered from shock, it turned to Palee with an angry expression on its face. It charged at the Lotad with an unavoidable speed, and hit him hard. This made Palee very mad.
"Palee! Another Water Pulse attack!" Nell screamed.
Palee gladly complied and water it hit the Scyther square in the face. The bug looked dazed, so Nell took that opportunity to throw one of her greatballs at it. The Pokemon was absorbed into the ball by a glow of red light. On the ground, the greatball rocked back and forth for a few minutes until it stopped.
Nell jumped up and let out a 'whoop'. She grabbed the blue and red pokeball from the ground. This was the first Pokemon she had caught on her own. She felt a wave of overwhelming pride rush through her. She turned to tell somebody about it…but she remembered that there was nobody there with her. Nell sighed and turned her attention to Palee.
In her opinion, the Lotad was looking rather conceited. He had his head tilted upward with a freaky grin plastered on his face.
"Proud of yourself, Palee?" Nell asked happily. Palee immediately returned to his defiant self. He looked at Nell and saw his minimized pokeball in her left hand. He shuttered.
"I didn't think you were actually serious about putting me back in that thing!"
"Well…since you listened to me, I guess I could keep you out." Nell hummed, receiving a grunt from her Pokemon.
She threw her greatball in the air to release her new Pokemon. When it appeared in front of her, Nell pointed Nevia at it.
"Scyther, the mantis Pokemon. Scyther is blindingly fast. Its blazing speed enhances the effectiveness of the twin scythes on its forearms. This Pokemon's scythes are so effective; they can slice through thick logs in one wicked stroke." Nevia said. Nell scrolled through Scyther's stats and learned that she –like Palee- was at level ten.
"Okay, where is that little blob of a…when I catch him he is DEAD." The Scyther said looking around for who Nell supposed was Palee.
"Hi!" Nell exclaimed.
The Scyther looked at her.
"I'm Nell, your new trainer! I think I'm going to call you…Ao. Is that name okay?"
"Sure, whatever. Now where is that thing that hit me- oh hello little blob." With a wicked grin, Ao started to chase after Palee, who was 'running' for his life. Nell laughed at her two Pokemon. She liked this Scyther.
All she wanted to do was work. Was that too much to ask for? She never thought that taking this apprenticeship would cause her any trouble. Maybe it wasn't her fault though. After all, she hadn't had any problems before this. Everybody thought she was a doll- completely adorable. And she was, in her opinion. Not that she was conceited about it or anything.
No, Kelly Fernbrook would not be disturbed by this difficult customer. At the Eclipse Pokemon Daycare, every Pokemon is happy. So if this guy wasn't, that wasn't her problem. He wasn't a Pokemon, was he?
Kelly tossed her blonde hair from her shoulders and stared at the boy in front of her. "Look buddy, I tried to be nice, I really did. What don't you understand about that fact that you said that you didn't want the egg?" She said in her southern accent.
"I didn't say that!" The boy said in desperation. "You must have me confused with somebody else. Now give me the egg already."
"You see, I normally wouldn't have a problem with that, except the other parent of that egg happens to be my Gorebyss! And really, I think that the mother should keep the egg!" Kelly said smartly.
The boy growled in frustration. "Fine, how can we settle this? I just want to leave."
"Nothing's stopping you!" The blonde snapped.
"How about a two-on-two battle? Winner gets the egg?" The boy suggested.
"And what id it's a tie? Do we play rock-paper-scissors?" Kelly said half sarcastic and half serious. She liked rock-paper-scissors. That was probably because she had freakishly good luck. It was because of that luck that she knew she was going to win this battle.
"Sure, whatever works. Let's go outside."
It was still sunny outside, although most of the sun's rays were blocked by the many trees of Eclipse forest. The Daycare Center- which was a log cabin- was located in a clearing in the middle of the forest. At night it normally got so dark that it was hard to see.
The two trainers stood on the grass outside of the Center and stared at each other. Kelly took two pokeballs from her white belt and held one in each hand. The boy did the same, only from his black belt.
"Two-on-two? Are you sure you want to do this?" Kelly asked, her eyes gleaming.
"Must you continue to talk? Let's just get this over with." The boy said stoically.
"Fine! Rina, Aria, go!" Kelly said throwing her pokeballs up in the air. Soon enough, a Delcatty and a Persian appeared in front of her respectively. "Ha! Bow to my feline power!"
"That was a terrible catch line. Squirtle, Mantine!" The boy said, mimicking Kelly's previous moves.
"Rina, Aria, use a double Shockwave attack! Ha, I am so going to wipe out your water Pokemon!" Kelly ordered confidently.
The boy- Kyle- didn't think that Kelly was the type of person to teach her Pokemon attacks like that. He was expecting something like Attract, or Charm.
"Squirtle, quick, dodge it with dig! Mantine, protect!" Kyle shouted.
Just as the two cats released their attacks, Squirtle buried itself into the ground and Mantine put up a silver barrier. Electric attacks lit up the clearing and went out in a split second. One had hit Mantine's shield and got absorbed into it, and the other hit the ground. Moments later, Squirtle came up from under Aria and knocked her to the side.
"Gah! Rina, use Shadow Ball! Aria, Toxic attack!"
"Squirtle, use Focus Punch. Mantine, Swift."
The Delcatty charged up a ball of purple matter and shot it at the Squirtle while the Persian sprayed both of its opponents with a green acid. Both Squirtle and Mantine flinched in pain for a brief second before launching their attacks. A fury of stars it the cats and Squirtle aimed his powerful punch at Aria.
Kelly and her Persian both let out a small cry, and Aria was down. Kelly returned the white cat and glared at Kyle.
After her partner was down, it hadn't taken much longer to knock Rina out to. The Delcatty just couldn't take out two Pokemon on its own.
Kelly sauntered into the Center sadly to retrieve the egg. As much as she hated to admit it, it had been a fair fight. She really wanted that egg though. She knew that there was a good chance that the Pokemon in the egg would be a Clampearl, and they were fairly hard to come by in the Lochbay region. As a Pokemon breeder-in-training, she appreciated rare Pokemon and would do anything to own more. She could understand why the boy wanted the egg to. From what Kelly had heard, he was a renowned water Pokemon expert. From the way he battled, she could tell.
Nonetheless, he could always go out and dive for a Clampearl. She couldn't because her Gorebyss- Cara- didn't handle open water very well. Yes, she would do whatever it took to get that egg from Kyle. Even if that meant trying to steal it every chance she got. She wondered when she had gotten that evil.
The she got an idea.
"Hey buddy!" Kelly said, back to her perky self.
"What now? Just give me the egg." Kyle said impatiently.
"Okie-dokie! Here ya go!" Kelly grinned.
The boy stared at her. "Okay, I'm leaving.It has been a displeasing pleasure." He nodded his head.
"But I had an idea!" Kelly pouted.
"Something tells me I don't want to know what it is."
"So, here's the thing…I really need and want that egg. My smartness tells me that a Clampearl is in there, and I, like, really want a Clampearl. So…I'm going to follow you until you're so annoyed that you'll give me the egg just so I'll go away!" Kelly said bluntly.
"Well now that I know that…"
Kyle took off towards Eclipse Village. It was too bad for Kelly that he took the egg with him.
With her Pokemon on her belt, she ran through the trees after him in hopes that she would be able to steal the egg for herself.
Author's Note:I Love how Kelly is blunt.Okay, that was a pretty short chapter. I was bored today so I figured I'd write/post it. I'll update on the weekend with a normal/longer length chapter.
And yes, the whole Kyle/Kelly stalk-a-thon will continue, and it does have something to do with our buddy Nell. :)
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