Breeding frenzy: Chapter Two

Out in the woods far from any kind of town or city the group was standing in the middle of what seemed to be a pathway or a footpath if you will; trees to the left, bushes to the right, and more woodland up ahead. Usually the one to get people lost was Satoshi, but this time Takeshi had found himself in his friends shoes at everyone looked at him expectantly.

"Well…ummm, the map says that there is a path over that way but obviously there isn't!" He glanced up to look where the map indicates a path being, over to the right.

His friends came up behind him to look over his shoulder at the piece of paper both looking curious as to whether he was making excuses or not.

"If the map says that bendy path is over there then how come it isn't?" Hikari asked him, or anyone who may have the answer.

"Maybe they made a mistake, or you picked up the wrong one..." Satoshi added helpfully. Though it seemed whatever the case they were lost and so it was time to take a rest.

Takeshi pulled out some sandwiches and snacks for everyone, he set down some food for the Pokemon and they all dug in hungrily. It wasn't easy when you were on the road a lot because you had to ration what you have and sometimes they would run out and go for a few days without anything at all. Luckily there was stands to take advantage of and Pokemon Centers if you were able to come across one soon enough.

"I can't wait to start my first Gym battle; do you know anything about him?" He asked the female in excitement. He had read a little from books but someone from Shinou was bound to know a little more than that, right?

She shook her head and put a finger to her lips in thought. "Not really, I'm a coordinator so I don't know much. I do happen to know what kind of Pokemon he uses though!"

He watched her intently for a few minutes as she seemed to think and then caught her looking at him out the corner of her eye. Hikari began to giggle as a pink tinge to her cheeks formed.

"You look so serious!" She laughed, her words a little muffled by the hand that had made its way to her mouth.

Frowning in confusing he wondered why she was delaying this information; it was important that he knew so that they could train properly for the Gym and beat the leader there. However her amusement served to lighten his mood somewhat.

"C'mon I gotta know!" Moving forwards a little to show how urgent this was, they were almost at Kurogane City just a couple more roads off track and they would make it there by the end of the week maybe.

She smiled back in a teasing manner just to make him more unhappy and commended herself at her act, of course she wouldn't keep this up for too long but his reactions were making her feel light and free and she wanted to play just a little longer, even if the result wasn't as satisfying. Thinking back to the battle she saw not that long ago, with him and Shinji, she wondered just what his strategy might be in the long run. Did he always rush in like that? Not like she was complaining about such a thing for she tended to do the same sometimes; however he seemed to have been doing this for a while and would have created some kind of battle style, right?

"Well if you really must know…" Pausing for effect she watching him hang on every word. 'How cute.'

Hikari stopped to process that, she didn't think he was cute…right? Sure she had thought it a couple of times from an objective view point but now in her own right as a person did she consider looking at him and thinking cute. Before she could go further with this though, a noise caught their attention off to the right near Takeshi and the Pokemon. Both stood up at the same time.

"Did you hear that?" She asked in a whisper.

Satoshi stood still for a moment and thought he should answer when a shadow jumped out from the bushes and scared everyone, it landed on the pathway they had been walking down just half an hour ago. Its eyes were red and yellow and seemed to be the only thing you could see properly at that moment.

"Wow look at that! I wonder what it is?" Pulling out the Pokedex Satoshi waited to see what it said about the creature.

"Rentoraa the X-ray Pokemon. Rentoraa's image depends on its gender, the male has a full mane and the females are much smaller, and sleek!"

The boy grinned obviously impressed at what he saw, on the dex it was dark blue with patches of light blue at places and had a long tail with a yellow star at the end of it. Skipping to the next image of the female it showed the same image except this time the hair on its head was much smaller and the body was slim and feminine.

"Wow I would love to battle one of those! Pikachu you wanna give it a go?" His Pokemon nodded his little head. "Pika!" He was always ready for a battle when his trainer was, which really seemed to be pretty much all the time.

Stepping out and away from Hikari he got in the famous battle stance that trainers usually showed before they commanded an attack from their partner. The little yellow mouse fell in to his own stand in front of his trainer awaiting commands. Eipam watched from the sidelines chewing its Pokemon food as one would chew Popcorn at the movies, and Pochama was doing the same while Mukkuru and Usohachii the little mini version of Usokki hopped up and down on its little wooden looking legs next to Takeshi.

Rentoraa put one big paw in front and growled low in its throat at the threat that it sensed from the two hostile forms in his territory. The light hit him as he stepped out from the shadow and his form was revealed. Unlike the picture they had seen in the dex he was angry and the fur looked to stand on end and fluff out. The female coordinator decided to check on her own Pokedex just to get the records for herself even though she already knew what it said.

"I wonder if Pikachu is strong enough to battle that thing!" Worry was evident in her voice but she was sure he knew what they were doing.

"Alright Pikachu this looks like an Electric Pokemon too so you should probably start out strong, use Thunder and test its resilience!" He shouted to his partner.

"Piiiikaaaaa-" Charging up his cheeks he was about to release the attack when.

"Wait!" A shout from nowhere came, it was female. Pikachu stopped his attack in confusion and looked around for the source as did Satoshi.

Something jumped out from where the Rentoraa had come from and landed in the way of it with their arms out stretched. She had black hair and violet eyes, her face was bold and expressive without seeming too male yet her hair was short, cut in spikes that looked soft to touch even from a distance. Her clothes were basic too as she wore a simple plain T-shirt that had a couple of stains here and there, and brown dungarees with one strap loose and hanging down.

"What do you think you're doing attacking this Pokemon?" She snapped, causing the boy to jump in shock at her.

"I didn't know it belonged to anyone Miss, I'm sorry!" She narrowed her eyes at him before deciding that it was safe to assume he was telling the truth. But her body language didn't change and she was on edge still.

Just as she was about to ask them more questions her hands were clasped in strong male ones and a tanned face was staring intently at her. She tried to take a step back but he kept her firmly in place and she became awfully nervous at his proximity.