Merry Christmas everyone! :D This will probably be your last drabble before Xmas, so I hope you like it :).
Poke-ball 2: Cute
People often asked Red why he didn't evolve his Pikachu. When Red bothered to answer the insulting inquiry at all, he simply smiled and said "Because it's cute."
People thought it was soft thinking, maybe even naïve. But that's what Red wanted them to think. The reason why his Pikachu was so potent was because it was cute. He found this out the hard way when he first caught it stealing berries from his backpack. He sent his Charmander after it, thinking that it could easily handle such a pipsqueak of a Pokemon.
That Pikachu destroyed his Charmander. And his Rattatta. And even his male Nidoran. Ironically it was his Pidgeotto who helped him make the capture, using multiple Gust attacks to disorient the electric mouse. But even the bird Pokemon was badly wounded in the battle. Red never thought a Pikachu could be so vicious. And that's why he loved it immediately.
The cute rodent soon became the star of Red's team, even over Charmander (soon a Charmeleon). Again and again it would fool regular Trainers and Rocket Grunts alike with its adorable act, only to swiftly fall prey to its ferocious assaults of shocking and biting. Some sore losers asked if that was really a Pikachu. Red just laughed.
It could actually be a cuddly creature when it wanted to be. It loved to ride along Red's shoulder, or nap on top of his head, or even offer him berries it had found while wandering. But it also liked to zap him unexpectedly, or chew on his hand, and just play rough with him in general. But that was fine with Red. He played rough back, rubbing its fur the wrong way and pulling at its ears and tail.
Red loved all of his Pokemon, of course. But he and his Pikachu were kindred spirits, brothers of different species. Pikachu, the endearing one hiding its brutal love for battle, and Red, a wild boy who wore a mask of silence and a cute, knowing smile.
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I have to believe there's something different about Red's Pikachu, and with the prompt "cute", this is what came up XD.