Chapter 14: Bumps and Bruises
Hola, amigos. Shit got intense with Bronze last chapter. Let's hope this doesn't mess with training...
Bronze had been walking for a while with Lillie in his arms. He was tired, hurting, and a little pissed off he couldn't do more to that stupid Machoke trainer. That asshole pokemon really did a number on his right shoulder. It hurt Bronze when he tried to throw a punch and holding Lillie wasn't exactly pleasant for the pain. The heat from Lillie's head eased the pain a little but it didn't help that much. He pressed on though since his friend couldn't walk. So, in the words of Bronze, 'He'll live.'
Bronze wasn't talking to Lillie because she fell asleep and was currently resting her head on his shoulder while her arms hung freely. She looked so cute sleeping but he had to stop himself from melting out of cuteness overload. He needed to be on guard, he didn't want anymore asshole trainers with their equally assholic pokemon to jump him in a vulnerable state.
Bronze felt Nebby shake in Lillie's duffle bag and making its signature cry. "Callate, Nebby. Lillie's sleeping." Bronze said the ultra adorable beast. Nebby then stopped shaking inside the bag and calmed down. Bronze sighed as he continued to walk. It seemed like this path got longer for him and he was just growing more and more anxious. He had a sleeping Lillie in his arms, was down a weapon, and was just on edge from his last confrontation.
He tried to wave those thoughts away so he could focus on bringing his friend to safety but he just couldn't. What made it even worse was that Lillie started to make noises and moved around. She was still asleep but she sounded like she was in distress. "Bad dream, huh." Bronze said aloud to no one. He stopped in his tracks and looked around. He saw a rock he could sit on and went over to it. He then sat down on it so he could let Lillie's sleep movement pass. Lillie continued to squirm and make noises for a few minutes. He was growing really impatient so he decided to wake her ups
He raised his right leg so he could support her where her torso was being held by his arm. He then removed his right arm from her and put his hand on her shoulder. He then gently shook her so he could wake her up. "Hey, rise and shine." Bronze said.
Lillie stopped squirming and stopped making noises. Bronze sighed in relief and said, "Ok, now let's…" Bronze was about to say but was stopped. Lillie started to move and shift but was still asleep. She unconsciously moved her arms from their state of just dangling. She wrapped her arms around Bronze's neck and shifted her head closer for comfort. When Lillie got closer to rest her head, she accidently made both their hats fall off. Bronze groaned in annoyance, how was he going to pick up his hat now.
"Hey, Nebby. You think you can do that thing where you make everything turn white and then I wake up in my bed." Bronze asked the beast. He was going to do anything and everything in his power can to avoid doing the one thing he feared and was praying to Lugia that he wouldn't have to do something so against his beliefs and the very fiber of his being: leaving his hat.
"I'm going to have to do this aren't I." Bronze sighed as he mentally prepared himself for performing heresy against TF2. He then looked down at Lillie who was cuddling up against him and adjusted her arms again by holding on tighter to his neck. "Well, at least she's the reason." Bronze sighed as he looked at Lillie. He was finding it hard to be mad at her since earlier she was about to have a heart attack.
Bronze said his prayers and finally stood up, with Lillie in his arms. "You're lucky I like you." Bronze said to the sleep by damsal as he continued onward.
Back with the others…
Night Wing and BIGJAW were growling and hissing at each other over some argument they were having. They were so in focus with the current argument that they didn't even acknowledge the Rotom Dex's existence. Even as he was crying to them to stop. "Guyzzzz. Can you but headzzzz later?!" Rotom Dec pleaded but to no avail. He only received a roar from Night Wing and a the baring of BIGJAW's teeth.
Rotom Dex sighed and said, "I guezzzz it'zzzz come to thizzz! You forced my hand!" "Rotom Dex uzzzed Thunderbolt!" the possessed piece of tech said as electricity started to crackle around and with a yellow flash he shocked the two Pokemon. He knew this would get their attention since they both have typings that are weak to electric moves. "Alright, now that I got your guyzzzz attention." Rotom Dex said but then was cut off as he saw the two reptilian Pokemon were kinda pissed off. "By the Tapu…" Rotom Dex said, he kinda forgot that the two Pokemon he just shock just happened to be the two strongest Pokemon Bronze had under his command. Yeah, this when Rotom knew, he fucked up.
Back with Bronze…
"Finally!" Bronze sighed in relief. He could finally put down his sleeping friend. But this wasn't out of her being too heavy, since she's quite light. This was because he was worried sick about one of the most important things in the world to him that he's left unattended (And BIGJAW too…). He walked a bit faster as he saw the gym.
Though, to his dismay. He laid his eyes on something that he assumed he was done with. But, like when I said I was done with the anime and ending up watching an episode of Sun and Moon, he was not. Bronze sighed as he saw Night Wing and BIGJAW growling and snarling but he didn't realize they were only communicating ways to destroy Rotom Dex after he shocked them with Thunderbolt. Bronze then walked up to them with the two completely unaware their trainer was coming to scold them.
Once he got close enough to them he said, "And here I thought this was going to be my biggest inconvenience of the day." The two reptiles then turned to their trainer with both shocked looks on their faces. They had no idea what Bronze was up to so when they saw their trainer was scratched, bruised, with a sleeping Lillie in his arms, and most importantly, hatless, they got worried. The two then started to snarl at each other, blaming one another for their trainer getting hurt.
Rotom Dex over heard the two reptile's bickering and flew over their. He then screamed at the top of his…. lungs,voice box? "I'VE BEEN TRYING TO TELL YOU GUYZZZ ABOUT BRONZE GOING TO ZZZZZAVE SOMEONE FOR THE LONGEZZZT TIME!"
BIGJAW and Night Wing then went wide eyed, realizing that their fighting kept them from going to keep their trainer out of harm's way. "Rotom, donde esta Yoshi." Bronze asked in espanol.
"I haven't zzzzzzeen him out here zzzo try looking in the gym." Rotom Dex said. Bronze then walked into the gym without a word. Night Wing and BIGJAW then looked to each other but they weren't growling or even giving dirty looks. They were just looking and were having a moment of 'what the fuck am I doing.'
"You guyzzzz need zzzome therapy." Rotom Dex said in a unamused time as he floated off.
Inside...
Bronze had looked for Yoshi for a while so he could get some assistance. If he knew the gym better, he would of brought Lillie to the infirmary himself. Her scrape wasn't life threatening but it'd be better if they could clean it. There was no time for dilly dallying, as he was dicking around enough looking for his mentor. He decided to just bring Lillie to the room he was given so she could continue her slumber in peace.
Bronze then walked up to the door and sighed. "How am I going to get this open?" Bronze asked no one. He then looked at Lillie and then thought of something. He took his right arm off of Lillie's back a little bit, just in case she fell. But, to his surprise, she was really holding onto him as if her life depended on it and he was still supporting her legs with his left arm. He then used his free arm and opened the door. But right after he got the door open he put his arm back on Lillie's back to support her.
Bronze walked up to the mat. He then kneeled down and said to himself, "Gently, gently." He then bent over to place her down gently. Once his arms touch the mat, he took his arms off her and let her body lay on the mat. Bronze then tried to stand up but was weighed down by Lillie. She still hard he earns wrapped around his neck. "Ok, this was cute and all but now it's time to let go." Bronze said as he tried to get Lillie off of him. Unfortunately for him, she had an iron grip on his neck that he couldn't take off easily. He would of actually have to put some muscle into prying her off of him but Bronze didn't want to hurt the girl since he had a lot of size and strength on her. "Oh, come on!" Bronze sighed.
As Bronze was trying to finagle his way out of this situation, Hau was walking into the gym. "Hey, Bronze!" Hau said. "Where you at?" Hau asked out loud as he walked around in search of him. However, Bronze was nowhere to be found. Hau then saw the rooms and decided to check there
"You here?" Hau asked as a door flew open. Hau then saw Abrok choking out it's slender, female trainer.
"Come on, Arbok. HARDER!" the trainer yelled. "Put some muscle into it! You want your wrap to be feared!" Hau began to feel a little uncomfortable and slammed the door shut as he ran away.
"Yeesh, this place is full of crazies." Hau said. He then went on a long search only to find people in deep meditation or in intense stretching with their pokemon. Hau then went to the final door he was willing to look through but he sat down and took a breather. He needed to mentally prepare himself for whatever shit was going to scar him for life this time. Hau then opened the door and braced himself for what he going to see. He only came to see Bronze trying to pry Lillie off of him. "Uhhh, you guys need a minute…" Hau said awkwardly.
Bronze groaned in annoyance. "Don't take this out of context." Bronze commanded angrily. Bronze then turned around to see Hau, who wasn't convinced.
"Yeah… right." Hau said, trying to annoy Bronze. Bronze then looked at him with a unamused expression on his face.
Bronze then sighed. He didn't want to disrupt Lillie in her sleep but this was getting out of hand. "Tell no one of this." Bronze said. He then took a deep breath and let out a grito. Hau jumped at this in shock and Lillie's eyes shot open. She got scared as she was suddenly awoken. She was shaking and digging her nails into Bronze's neck. Bronze grunted in pain at this. Lillie then looked up to see she was clinging to Bronze for dear life. She then nervously let go and fell onto the mat.
As soon as Bronze saw the girl hit the mat he bolted out of the room and yelled, "No hats left behind!" Lillie was just in a state of "What the fuck." Hau, however, was laughing his ass off at this. He just heard Bronze's grito and saw him bolt out of the room for a hat related reason.
"Wha-what just happened?" Lillie asked in concern.
"I don't know. But that was so worth waiting for!" Hau exclaimed as he fell on his back and kept on laughing.
Outside…
Bronze was booking it to the site where he has to leave the hats. This was the fastest he's ran in a while. Another time this was documented was when he had a herd of Tauros chasing him since he made the dumbass mistake to wear red.
BIGJAW was on top of a rock, contemplating his life choices. He felt really down about that whole situation, earlier. Apparently his petty squabbles with Night Wing kept both of them from protecting their trainer. And the worst part was that they were being yelled at by Rotom Dex to go be Bronze's backup. The croc looked up and saw Bronze was running into the direction of the place he just came from recently.
BIGJAW then jumped off the rock and followed his trainer. He wasn't going to let anything happen to him this time. The croc ran into the direction Bronze was running into but caught up quickly thanks to his speed.
BIGJAW noticed how Bronze was decreasing in speed. It was a hot, Alolan day so naturally it'd be pretty humid. Bronze had sweat dripping off his face as he ran. He normally had the shade of his hat to aid in his eyesight and keep the sun off of one part of his body. But, now his head was exposed to the full force of the Alolan heat. "Man, it's hot." Bronze said as he used his hand to propel some cool air into his face. He then felt water get splashed on him. Bronze then jumped back into fighting stance since he got surprised out of the blue. Bronze then sighed as it was only his Croconaw.
"Jeezum, you don't sneak up on a dude like that." Bronze said. "What are you doing here anyway?" Bronze asked. BIGJAW responded with a hiss and pointed to the direction Bronze was going.
Before Bronze could say something he heard flapping and saw the black, shimmering figure of his Charizard coming towards them. "Great…" Bronze sighed as he saw the faux dragon coming closer. He then landed on the ground and happily grunted to his trainer. "You're here too, huh." Bronze said. Night Wing made a shocked expression and looked to see his rival. The two then glared at each other in classic Mexican standoff fashion.
Bronze then stood in the middle of the two with his hands in the 'stop' position. "Look, you can come with we but I better not see y'all fighting or else." Bronze said in a firmly. The croc and dragon nodded their heads to their trainer. "Esta bien, vamonos." Bronze spanished as he walked to the direction of the hats.
Night Wing and BIGJAW both looked at each other and snorted as they walked behind their trainer.
Night Wing's stomps were heavy and kicked up a little dust below. He was trying to walk so he could be closer to Bronze instead of slowly hovering over him. He didn't walk long distances much so this was a bit new for him
Night Wing noticed that Bronze was using his hand to shade his eyes. Even with his sunglasses, Alola's sun was just too stronk. The faux dragon saw this as an opportunity and used his dark wings to block the sun from hitting Bronze. At the sudden shadow that formed, the cowboy then turned around. He then said with a smile, "Gee, thanks."
BIGJAW then looked up at the dragon. He then received given a smirk from the shiny Pokemon.
BIGJAW then decided it was best if he didn't pay attention to the dragon so he just sped up his walking speed. Night Wing saw this and thought he was just trying to get closer to their trainer. So, he sped up his walking pace too, kicking up more dust under his feet and making more constant stomping sounds.
The croc noticed that Night Wing had sped up gradually. Night Wing already won the contests for most rare, badass looking, and debatably, most powerful. Being the pokemon Bronze's walked with was HIS thing. So he was like 'Hell nah' as he noticed the faux dragon tried to do this too.
BIGJAW then sped to claim his territory as the walking Pokémon but then ended up tripping from moving too fast. He fell on his stomach with a unamused expression on his face. Night Wing was witness to the whole thing and put his hands over his face to true and contain his laugh. But then, he tripped and fell on his stomach in the same fashion as his toothed teammate.
Bronze heard a thud and turned around to see both his Pokemon were on the ground. "Alright, let's get you up." he said as he took a knee and put his hands around BIGJAW's torso. He then proceeded to lift the croc and placed him gently on the ground.
Bronze then put both his hands out and grabbed Night Wing's to help the faux dragon up. Night Wing stood up and happily grunted to his trainer. "Okay, you guys should just stay in my line of sight." Bronze said as he backed up so he could see his Pokémon walk.
The two scaley mon's were walking side by side, not even interacting with each other. Bronze noticed this and sighed. "When will those two just put aside this stupid rivalry and become friends?"
Bronze felt the tension between the two even though they were acting as if the other was just thin air. Bronze thought he should try to start small talk between the two and asked, "So… how are you two liking the training?" BIGJAW and Night Wing then turned their heads to answer Bronze but the the two rivals locked eyes. They then swung their heads away from hack their and crossed their arms.
Bronze's eye twitched. He was trying something new called 'patience.' A attribute he's rarely expressed. He then took a deep breath and said something so cheesy he could almost taste queso. "My favorite part of this training is seeing you two grow." The two then turned their heads with sentimental looks on their faces. "Bingo." Bronze said to himself.
"I'm just so happy whenever I see you guys train and the fact that you guys are actually having fun feels so rewarding." Bronze said. He knew he had the two reptiles hooked in this moment of mush. Those warm and fuzzy feelings are what make relationships between trainer and Pokémon special. It also helps to get some particularly rowdy Pokémon to feel bad about be so rambunctious.
Now it was time to put a really hard sell on these two. "But you know what would make this perfect? For us to all train and grow together, as friends." Bronze said with a feeling of reluctance in the back of his mind. BIGJAW and Night Wing's eyes went wide at this and silently muttered under their breath.
"Well, that went well…" Bronze said to himself.
BIGJAW was looking around the rocky field they were walking on. He was trying to avoid Night Wing so he could at least pay attention to his surroundings. Wouldn't want Bronze getting jumped.
The croc then noticed two objects in the distance. One looked beige and the other looked white. BIGJAW used his brain and remembers that Bronze's hat was beige and Lillie's hat was white. So he used his common sense and had in his mind that those were the times the trio were seeking.
BIGJAW bolted in the directions where he saw the pieces of headwear. Bronze and Night Wing jumped at BIGJAW's sudden burst of speed. "Wait!" Bronze said as he ran after us croc. Night Wing was debating whether to follow BIGJAW or forget that he even existed. "Night Wing, vamonos!" Bronze yelled. Night Wing let out a sigh. Follow BIGJAW it is.
Bronze was chasing after his croc with Night Wing closely following. The two then saw BIGJAW's back was turned to them. "Oh, you are so gonna get…" Bronze almost finished in a stern voice but then quickly changed his facial expression and tone when BIGJAW turned around.
The croc was wearing Bronze's signature cowboy hat and was holding Lillie's sun hat. "A hug!" Bronze finished as he grabbed his croc and put him in a bone crushing bear hug. "Oh, man. You're a total lifesaver!" Bronze said as he took the hat off BIGJAW's head and placed it on his own. "That's better." Bronze said as he flicked the brim of his hat. Night Wing let out a low growl which made BIGJAW looked at the dragon with rage filled eyes. He then took a breath to try and compose himself. The two really did not want to anger Bronze right now. The croc continued to walk with the cowboy and dragon with hat in hand.
Night Wing noticed something from the corner of his eye. It was a shimmer. He let out a grunt to alert his trainer and teammate. "What is it, boy?" Bronze asked. Night Wing gestured to the shimmering with his head as he bent down to get a better look at the shimmering object. Night Wing recognized that it was the amulet that was tied to Bronze's makeshift weapon.
He used his claws to gently pick up the amulet and handed it to Bronze. Bronze looked at it and had a shocked expression on his face. "Jeez, how far did this thing get sent." Bronze said as he took the amulet from his Charizard and shoved into his pocket. That Machoke must have hit Bronze's weapon hard if it was able to send the amulet thus far from where they fought. Oh well, this just gives him another reason to hate Machoke :b
"You are such a lifesaver, Night Wing. You actually just saved the challenge!" Bronze said, looking relieved and ecstatic. He didn't know wether or not he'd be allowed to continue his trials without the amulet so it was to his benefit that Night Wing sported it. Bronze gave him a look of approval and a thumbs up. Night Wing happily growled as he stomped on the ground.
BIGJAW looked at the dragon with a unamused face. Again, he got showed up by the winged lizard. The croc hissed at the faux dragon which seemed to really piss him off.
Night Wing roared in anger at the croc and angrily whipped his tail about. BIGJAW let out a much lower roar and bared his fangs. The two then looked each other in the eyes as they hissed and growled at one another.
Bronze then stepped in before they could start a fight that would cause an rock slide or some other natural disaster. The dragon and crocodile then backed up so they wouldn't accidentally hurt their trainer. They also noticed that he wasn't particularly happy about this little predicament.
Bronze felt his anger bubbling inside of him but lashing out in the form of angry yelling did jack shit last time. So he was going to try a new approach at this. He took a deep breath and did something that was against everything he's ever done. "Look, I'm sick and tired of your fighting. So, I'm not going to train y'all until you learn to get along." Bronze said. He then walked off, grabbing Lillie's hat. BIGJAW and Night Wing quickly followed him. They didn't interact with each other the whole way since they could tell Bronze had enough to them for today.
The trio made it back to the training grounds. Bronze then went inside the gym without a word. BIGJAW then sat on the ground and crossed his arms. Night Wing growled in annoyance at the situation. The faux dragon then flapped his wings and took off into the air. BIGJAW then angrily looked at the sky. He then began to make rage filled reptilian roars at the sky directed at Night Wing. The croc was filled with even more rage as he realized the faux dragon didn't hear him since he didn't respond. The croc then looked at the punching bags and used River Run to get to the bags quick so he could let off some steam.
Back with Bronze…
The cowboy went to the door of his quarters. He knocked on the door and said, "Hey, I'm coming in." He then opened the door to see Lillie staring at him. He felt a bit of relief at the sight of some bandage around Lillie's scraped knee. But Bronze felt like she was staring into his soul with her big, green eyes. "H-hey, I brought you your hat." the vaquero said as he walked up to his amiga. He then handed her the sun hat but she didn't take it. She reached her hand out to put it on the bruise he got from his tussle with that Machoke.
"D-does it hurt?" Lillie asked, feeling guilty Bronze got hurt protecting her. Even though it seemed like he was asking for a death wish.
Bronze started to get red in the face as he saw her hand get closer to his face. It didn't help he was looking directly in her eyes either. He was really nervous, he could barely speak. "Shoot, I'm dying out here…" Bronze said to himself. "Come on. Say something, cabron!" Bronze thought to himself but his brain couldn't get his mouth to form words. He'd never gotten this petrified before from anything really. He's looked a raging Tauros right in the eyes while wearing a red bandana as a mask and yet when a pretty girl is looking at him, he turns as stiff as a statue. He then felt her soft skin press up against the bruise in his face. He felt a little of pain from the contact but it wasn't anything he couldn't handle. However, it gave him a idea to keep himself from standing there like a simple minded ape. He then pulled himself back and covered the bruise with his hand. "Dear Lugia! What the heck!" Bronze exclaimed, hoping his fake cry of pain wasn't too over dramatic.
"Oh, dear. I'm so sorry!" Lillie apologized. She then instinctively got up to check him but fell over as she felt pain in her knee. Bronze turned as he heard Lillie apologize. That really made him feel like a asshole. He then saw his friend struggle to keep her a balance but before she fell over, Bronze caught her. He then helped her back into the mat and then squatted down to get to eye level with her.
"Are you al…" Bronze was about to say when Lillie hugged him and began to cry.
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. I should've just stayed by you guys instead of wandering off by myself. And you even got hurt because me." Lillie said as she cried into Bronze's shoulder. The cowboy was now completely red in the face. Back to square one. "I'm so helpless. I can barely take care of Nebby and that Machoke ordeal only proves that point. I always need to rely on others to save me." Lillie said to her friend. The room was filled with her wails, which was making her feel even more pathetic.
The wheels were turning in Bronze's head as he tried to find a way to comfort her but he didn't know what to do. Bronze really didn't give a shit that he got hurt. He's shown that on multiple occasions where he's done some really boneheaded things in attempt to protect his friends. However, a simple "Forgetta 'bout it" wasn't gonna cut it. Bronze then thought of the most cheesiest 'I fight for my friends' Ike voiceline and put it into action. "Hey, it's fine. Friends gotta have each other's backs." Bronze said as he hugged her back. He then continued to comfort her by saying, "I just do really stupid stuff because that's all I'm good for." Bronze said. Bronze then continued to hear Lillie sniff and cry so he wasn't sure that he was making her feel better.
Bronze then pulled away from the hug and put his hands on his friend's shoulders. "Look, I'll live." Bronze said as he put his hand under his friends chin and lifted her face so he could see her's. "I've lived with Tauros all my life so I can take a hit." Bronze said. "Especially if it's for you. You're like, the first friend I made here so I kinda owed you for putting up with me for so long." Bronze said. Lillie let out a little giggle at the comment but was still looking as blue as BIGJAW's scales. Bronze sighed as he began to think about some other way to make her feel better. "Uh…. how about we get you some fresh air." Bronze said. He picked her up in bridal position once again. Lillie just slumped into Bronze's arms. She felt safe with him so she was comfortable with letting Bronze's strength do all the work. Lillie held onto her hat but didn't put it on. She also was looking down. "Oh, Lugia. Help me." Bronze said to himself as he walked out of the gym.
Lillie, once again, felt like a princess. A helpless, weak princess...
Outside…
"Alright, Dartrix. Let's test your aim!" Hau exclaimed as he held up a bunch of frisbees. Dartrix lazily looked at its trainer and sluggishly got into position. Hau then chucked a disc and Dartrix eyes opened completely. With ninja like speed, he used razor leaf and nailed three of them on the disc, almost using like ninja stars. "Dang, remind me not to mess with you during nap time." Hau jokingly said. Dartrix roles it's eyes as it got ready for another disc to be chucked. Hau was about to chuck another disc when he saw Bronze was up and about, carrying Lillie. Hau snickered to himself. "Oh, cowboy. You are gonna hear it later." Hau said, he then tossed another disc for his Dartrix to attack.
Bronze had found a place to set Lillie down. "Alright, you feel okay?" Bronze asked, however, Lillie didn't give him an answer. The cowboy sighed, he didn't like seeing her like this. From the short time he's known her, he's kinda figured that she was very timid and fragile. He then began to think of something else that would get her to do something that wasn't feeling guilty. He laid his eyes on those new boots Lillie was rocking. "I like your boots." Bronze said. He was trying to get a smile out of her. "I think they look great on you. The colors go well with your dress." Bronze said, he was really trying to get her to feel happy but he knew he was trying too hard. He wasn't exactly good with girls (I know, shocker)
"T-thank you…" Lillied muttered. "You're want came to mind when I saw them." Lillie said with a smile towards him.
"Aww shucks, you're making me blush." Bronze said with a shade of red on his face, even though he trying to go for something comedic. He wanted to punch himself for acting like this.
"I just wish I could take after you a little more." Lillie said, feeling a little blue again. "You're so brave and selfless." Lillie said. "And all I can do is hope you can save me. It just makes me feel so helpless." Lillie said. Bronze's shade of red became more prevalent at these remarks. Did she really look up to him like that?
"Uh…" was all Bronze could utter. Hearing that Lillie looked up to him and saw him in this 'hero' light really made it worse on his nerves. The cowboy knew he was dying out here so he decided to walk off his nerves. He then put his arm against the ground to hoist himself up but grunted as a sharp pain came from his shoulder. He then sat back down and put his left hand in his shoulder. "For the love of Lugia, that hurt." Bronze said as grunted in pain again. He hadn't felt like this since he was hit in the side by a baby Tauros.
"Oh dear." Lillie said. She then got closer to him and moved his hand out of the way. She then started to run her hand across his large shoulder. She applied pressure to it and received a grunt of pain from her cowboy compadre. "How much does it hurt?" Lillie asked with concern.
Bronze didn't want her to see him like this so he just said. "It's nothing, really…" Bronze replied. It actually hurt really bad though. But his friend was also hurt so he'd rather her worry for her little scrape than worrying about the dumbass that fought a Machoke what a main character :/
Lillie puffed her cheeks at the cowboy. Lillie then got up and grabbed him by the hand. She then hoisted him up and said, "You need ice!" She then dragged along with her accompanied by them both saying 'ow.'
To the mon's
Night Wing was flying around in circles. He was hoping the rush of the wind on his scales would help clear his head but it wasn't helping. All he could think about was BIGJAW. He didn't know if he could actually be friends with him. No matter what it seems the two always end up fighting over anything. And now, their fighting is just causing more and more problems for them. The dragon tried to wave those thoughts away as he continued to fly in circles like a vulture.
BIGJAW looked at the ground with anger. He didn't want to look up at the sky since Night Wing was soaring throughout. The croc then heard a soft whirr coming right towards him.
BIGJAW jumped up and saw the projectile coming towards him. The croc used River Run and quickly maneuver at shocking speeds and caught the disc in his toothed mouth. The croc landed gracefully in the ground and spat the disc out, leaving some holes in it thanks to his fangs.
Hau's Dartrix began to angrily squawk at the croc since they were using that. BIGJAW hissed at the grass type and glared. Dartrix then quickly used Razor Leaf on the croc which knocked him back and hurt like hell. BIGJAW didn't know that Dartrix had gotten much faster and stronger since their last 1 on 1. The croc then got up and roared a small reptilian battle cry at the grass owl.
Dartrix got ready to battle, even against Hau yelling at him to cut the crap. But then a thud was heard, the air around him started to get hot, a shadow was casted over him, and the distinctive smell of soot was present. The owl nervously turned its head without turning its body and went wide eyed as it saw Night Wing was looking at him with a not so satisfied look on his face. His size alone scared the shit out of Dartrix but knowing that this was also a fire/flying type made him know not to fuck with him. The owl then flew away, bucking like a chicken as it scrambled through the air to get to the safety of his trainer.
Night Wing chuckled and shook his head at this but then directed his attention to BIGJAW. The croc muttered something that was a 'I didn't need your help' kinda thing. Night Wing scoffed and gestured to the croc to come with him. BIGJAW naturally refused and shook his head as he folded his arms. Night Wing sighed as he grabbed the croc and flew away with him.
The croc wiggled and shook around to trying and break free from the claws of Night Wing. BIGJAW then opens his big jaws and bit down on the dragon's shoulder, getting a taste of soot in his mouth that made him gag.
The dragon roared in pain and he lost his grip, making his crocodilian companion fall. BIGJAW got a bit of satisfaction knowing he did that to the big bad dragon however, that moment of glory was quickly replaced by fear as he fell to his doom. This is when BIGJAW knew, he fucked up.
The croc let out a gecko like screech as he fell through the air. The wind on his face was rolling off him so fast that he could swear he was losing scales by the minute. He shut his eyes and screech something in Pokémoneese that when translated is "I'M SORRY, NIGHT WING!"
The dragon then went wide eyed and dove downwards, hoping that he'd build enough momentum to catch up with the croc. The dragon flapped his wings as he desperately got closer and closer to his crocodilian companion. He was being fueled by this thought the whole time: "If he splats, Bronze is gonna kill me…"
BIGJAW awaited the impact, he was tough but he wasn't gonna survive this, especially since this form wasn't his strongest form. Even then, a Feraligatr wouldn't just walk away with a scratch.
The croc was in such a state of fear that he didn't even realize that Night Wing's claws were around him once again until he felt the warmth of the faux dragon. BIGJAW then looked up and had a feeling of relief he'd never think he'd direct towards the shiny Charizard.
After a bit of flying later, the reptiles landed in a high rock formation that was flat but riddled with rocks and boulders. The croc then looked to Night Wing and saw he was grabbing at his shoulder. The dragon then roared in anger at the croc. Which translated, means "What in the Tapu's name is wrong with you!?"
Bigjaw then angrily replied with a grunt which meant, "You kinda kidnapped me, Fire Face!" "What did your expect?" Bigjaw hissed with anger and sarcasm in his hiss.
Night Wing let out a annoyed growl and looked up at BIGJAW. He then stomped on the ground and looked at his crocodilian companion. The faux dragon looked at the sky and saw a Fearow flying. He then spat a Flame Burst at the giant bird.
The Wild Fearow caught the flames from the corner of its eye. It fearfully squawked as it just barely dodged the fire move, feeling a bit of heat coming off as it passed by. The Fearow sighed in relief but then heard Night Wing's roaring.
Bigjaw was taken by surprise by Night Wing's sudden attack. The croc tried to make the winged lizard stop. However, Night Wing wasn't listening as he seemed to want to fight.
The Fearow locked onto the hard to miss Pokémon and dived right for him.
Transition…
"Now, please refrain from doing anything else that will aggravate it." Lillie said sternly to Bronze. The cowboy had an ice pack on his shoulder and was sitting down on a stone.
"Yeah, yeah…" Bronze mumbled. He really didn't want Lillie to be doing this for him. He kinda had to take the role as the muscle do the group since Hau was….. well, Hau. Bronze had the requirements set, large, bravery, and little to no concern for himself. The dude fought a Machoke and punched a Charizard in the face so it's not like he's lacking the bravery department. Or stupidity, whichever one you prefer.
"Good, now, I'll go tend to your Pokémon. I don't want you to have to break up a fight after that confrontation with a Machoke." Lillie said before walking off. She didn't even pay attention to her leg anymore.
The cowboy sighed as he looked at the ground. At least he has his hat now…. Bronze heard chuckling and looked up to see Hau, covering his hands with his mouth. "Man, she told you." Hau said in a giggly voice.
"What the heck are you talking about?" Bronze asked in an annoyed tone.
"Well, you stood up to Team Skill, rope up Tauros, tamed a wild Charizard, and apparently took on a Machoke, solo. And, yet, you let her push you around." Hau said, trying to hold in a laugh.
"Shut it." Bronze said in an annoyed tone. "She's just trying to repay me…" Bronze said.
"Come on, cowboy. Don't act like you don't like the attention." Hau teased. He was really acting like a jackass right now but it was all in good fun. They are friends after all.
"Why I oughta-" Bronze said but was cut off by a jolt of pain from shoulder. He grunted as he started at the ground. 'This is gonna suck…" Bronze thought to himself.
Transition…
BIGJAW sat back and watched as Night Wing and Fearow dukes it out in the air. Air slashes were exchanged through out. Night Wing out sped the Fearow effortlessly as he tried to find ways to get a good hit on it. However, the Fearow was also extremely quick as it's reaction time to Night Wing's Flame Burst was very quick.
Night Wing was growing impatient and decided to charge in. The faux dragon shot out a Flame Burst that broke into two projectiles and then proceeded to fly right towards them like a giant bullet.
The Fearow used Air Slash on the hot projectiles and as they connected, they both formed smoke. The Fearow, however, was not fast enough to hit the faux dragon as he lunged into the giant bird.
The bird was knocked back and struggled to regain its air time as it frantically flapped its wings. Night Wing saw this as an opening and went it for a hard hitting physical move.
The dragon flew straight up and then flew towards the Wild Fearow at a high velocity. His tail started to glow purplish as he got ready to execute Dragon Tail.
The Fearow then flapped faster in an attempt to dodge the Shiny Pokémon's attack. Unfortunately, Night Wing was just too fast and smacked it in the face with the dragon move.
The Fearow was spiked downwards onto the grounds of which BIGJAW was around. The croc duck and covered as it saw the massive bird come crashing down. The bird left a Fearow like indent in the stone ground below.
The Fearow weakly got up, bits of rock rolling off its dusty feathers. It shook as it tried to stand. The poor thing felt like it was hit by a truck.
BIGJAW looked at the bird Pokémon and felt bad, he didn't know why Night Wing was even doing this. Heck, he should have tried to put a stop to this, but something was holding him back. He couldn't put his claw on it.
Night Wing then landed on the ground with a loud thud. Pebbles and debris shook from his impact. The Fearow felt fear units chest as it heard Night Wing land. However, it was too weak to move another muscle.
Night Wing then grunted to BIGJAW to get his attention. His crocodilian comrade looked up at the dragon. Night Wing wanted him to watch closely. As he was about to pull something off.
Night Wing then vanished, making BIGJAW jumped. The Fearow knew he wasn't there but he could still feel Night Wing's powerful, totem like aura.
The Fearow felt a jolt of electricity for a moment. Nothing too painful, it's more on the lines of getting shocked after rubbing your socks on the carpet.
Night Wing then appeared with electricity surrounding him. The Wild Fearow was then introduced to an explosion of electricity. Yellow light flashed so fast that it could have cause someone a seizure. The Fearow then landed, belly down with swirly eyes. It was accompanied by the small crackles of electricity that are the courtesy of Paralysis.
BIGJAW's jaw almost dislocated from the jaw drop he was having. As much as he hated to admit, Night Wing was a total badass. He had a cool coloration, was confident as hell ( too much for his own good), and was a total powerhouse. And that Thunder Punch he just pulled off was just another way the faux dragon shows that he can walk the walk. (The Zard Walk, that is)
Night Wing then smashed a boulder to create a bunch of targets. He then picked up a chunk of the broken boulder and folded it up in the air and caught it again. Night Wing grunted to the croc and readied a throw. BIGJAW didn't even have think twice about what this was. The two may have rivals and butted head a lot, but they both respected each other from a battle standpoint.
Even though Night Wing did crush the croc in their first encounter, he gained some respect for him. The way BIGJAW kept coming back, ready to keep on going reminded him of a certain golden Charmeleon. The faux dragon may be a jerk and act like he's the top of the team but, for a Croconaw, BIGJAW is extremely strong and quick. This normally catches him off guard as he would be able to push around water types at his level.
BIGJAW nodded to the faux dragon and took fighting stance. His blue fists started emitting snowflakes as he readied his Ice Punch. (Not lunch)
Well, here ya go. Took forever to write this cause it's just been hard to write recently. But, hey. I got something out. Anywho, I'm not dead. This chapter is shorter but that's just cause I got a bit bored writing this and wanted to get something out. 7,000 + words may not be a lot but I'd rather post this then take another 3,000 years to add more for this chapter. Plus, I've kinda dwelled on here for too long, the whole training thing. And I'm afraid it'll get boring after a while so the next chapter may be the last "Training Day" chapter. The most will be two.
Also, this is the first chapter of the school year. And also, school started. yay….
Anywho, that's all for now. I'll see ya next time, adios.
