Chapter 3: Accumula Town and N
It was dark by the time we arrived at Accumula Town, Cheren and the group were already at the gates, waiting for me.
"What took you so long?" Cheren asked.
"Well, I trained a bit and I... um, gained my lillipup's trust?"
"And that took you 4 hours to do? Seriously Ken, it's 6 o'clock now!"
"Okay, okay, I might have gotten lost... a bit."
(More like a ton, I swore we saw the same rock 4 times in a row...)
"What did Snivy say?" Bianca asked, looking at Allison who said, "He said they saw the same rock 4 times."
"So you did get lost," Cheren sighed, "Route 1 was the shortest route, what are you going to do when you get to the longer routes?"
"Urm... I'll buy a map?"
"Wait, you didn't get a map?" Bianca asked, shocked.
"Was I?"
"Yes! It's a good thing I always have an extra map on me!" Bianca said, giving me one of her extra maps, "Here, you can keep it!"
"Oh, thanks." Putting the map into my pocket we went into town, searching for a decent restaurant.
After a while, we finally came across one that we could agree upon.
"Let's go to this one! It's decent, a 4 star!" Bianca said cheerfully pointing at a pretty nice looking restaurant.
"I don't think I want to eat pidove meat on my first day..." Allison mumbled, looking at the menu.
"Well you don't have to order that, there's plenty of other things to eat, and besides, they let our pokémon eat with us!" I said, already walking towards the restaurant, "Come on guys!"
-Pokémon Black-
"Hm... what do you two want?" I asked, turning to Leafy and Sam, who were staring intently at the menu, "Um, guys?"
Sam pointed at a dish of cooked pidove wings while Leafy picked the fanciest looking meal out of them all.
"Are you trying to make me broke!?" I hissed at Leafy, "That costs well over $200! I only brought $3000!"
(Tch, fine...) Leafy huffed as he pointed at another dish, this time less fancy than the last one.
"Alright, $23 and S18, along with $25 makes $66... eh, that sounds alright..."
"Are you 4 new trainers?" An employee who just so happened to pass by asked.
"Yes we are," Cheren answered bluntly, fixing his glasses in the process.
"Ah, we have a program that lets new trainers eat for free at our restaurant for one week, all you have to do is defeat 3 of our employees in a row," The employee stated, "Would you 4 like to try?"
"Heck yes!" I immediately shouted, standing up then quickly sat down once I saw that everyone was looking at me.
(Free food!? This is a scam! I can smell it!) Leafy shouted, leaping onto the table and pointing at the employee.
"Oh, your pokémon seem excited!"
"Actually, he said that your program smells like a scam..." I said, ignoring the looks of disbelief some of the customers and employees gave me, especially the one with green hair tied in a ponytail.
(Because it does, my sense of smell is top notch I'll have you know!) Leafy bragged, crossing his arms and smirking.
(Yeah right it is! My sense of smell is the best!) Sam growled, leaping up and tackling Leafy onto the floor where they began rolling around, still at each other's throats.
"You two stop!" I hissed, grabbing the two by their nape and lifting them away from each other, then I turned to the employee, "Yes, we'd like to try."
Nodding dumbly the employee led the 4 of us to the back of the restaurant where there were already a few challengers. We were led to separate lines, mine conveniently just emptied out.
"Shall we start?" The employee asked, pokéball in hand.
"Yup," I said, motioning Sam to step up, the opponent then threw their pokéball, releasing a purrloin.
"Tackle!" Sam quickly took off, racing towards the purrloin who unfortunately didn't have time to react and got knocked back a few feet.
The purrloin quickly got back up and leaped at Sam, scratching at him furiously, "Sam! Tackle him into the ground!"
Shaking his head, Sam headbutted the purrloin into the ground, successfully crushing the purrloin and defeating it.
Moving onto the second employee, Sam quickly defeated her patrat and took care of the last employee's lillipup.
(Pffft! That was too easy!)
"You didn't even do anything..."
(I did! I graced the puppy with my awesomeness!)
(Like you have anything that's considered awesome, I'm more awesome than you'll ever be!)
(Oh? You wanna bet!?)
(Bring it on!) Sighing, I returned both of them back into their pokéballs before they started fighting, physically.
"Looks like you finished second," Cheren said, making his way towards me.
"Yes I did, Mr. Cherry."
"I'm going to beat you next time."
"You can try."
"Fighting again?" Turning around I saw Allison heading our way, "You two sure love fighting..."
"He started it," We both said, pointing to each other.
"What are you, 6?" Allison asked, hands on her hips, "Ken I can understand, but you too, Cheren?"
Cheren just looked away, embarrassed while I huffed and looked at Bianca battling her last trainer.
Oshawott fired one last shot of Water Gun at the patrat, defeating it, and then they made their way over to us.
"Phew! That was tough!"
"Alright, now that everyone won, let's head back to the restaurant!" I said.
(Come on! Let's go, let's go!) Allison's pidove shouted, flapping her wings angrily.
"Okay, okay! Calm down Pidove!" Allison shouted back, running towards the door, Pidove right behind her.
When we arrived back at our table, we started ordering as many things as we could fit inside our stomach.
(More!)
(If you eat any more, you're gonna become too fat to fly,) Leafy said, looking up at Pidove, who finished her 7th plate already.
(Quiet, reptile.)
(What did you call me!?)
(You're deaf.)
(Tch!)
(Oooh, someone just lost!)
(Shut it, puppy!)
(Who are you calling a puppy!?)
"Would you two calm down!?" I hissed, grabbing both of them by their scruff.
(He started it!) They both said, pointing to each other.
"Like trainer, like pokémon." Allison sighed, putting another plate in front of Pidove.
"You're overfeeding Pidove, she's gonna become too fat to fly," I said, looking at Pidove scarf down the pidove wings, the cannibal!
(Exactly!) Leafy shouted, agreeing with me for once.
"Since when did Leafy start caring for Pidove's welfare?" Allison asked.
(Since it would look bad if people and pokémon were to see me traveling with a plump pidove.) Snivy stated.
"Of course." I sighed.
(I mean, I already look bad enough traveling with a puppy and an idiot trainer.)
(I am not a puppy!) At this Leafy leaped out of my grip and reached into my pocket and pulled out my Pokédex.
He then hit pulled up Lillipup's data and pressed play.
"Lillipup, the Puppy Pokémon. It faces strong opponents with great courage. But, when at a disadvantage in a fight, this intelligent Pokémon flees."
(The Pokédex agrees with me,) Leafy said smugly.
(But the Pokédex says that I'm courageous and intelligent!)
(That's just the Pokédex being stupid.)
"Snivy, the Grass Snake Pokémon. It is very dumb and overconfident. If it annoys you, be sure to put it out of the sunlight to make its movement more sluggish, that'll be a sight to see."
(Ahahahahaha!) Sam rolled over, clutching his stomach, (Good job Pokédex!)
"My pleasure."
(Why you!) Leafy growled, but before he could slam the poor Pokédex on the seat, I grabbed it out of his hands.
(Wait! Wait! Do Pidove, Pokédex!) Sam said between laughs.
"Pidove, the Tiny Pigeon Pokémon. Each follows its Trainer's orders as best it can, but they sometimes fail to understand complicated commands."
(Hey! That thing just called me stupid!) Pidove shouted, trying, and failing to fly over to the Pokédex, (You stupid, ungrateful, idiotic dex!)
"Hey, blame the researchers, not me. I'm just saying the information they input into me."
"Sirs and madams, please quiet down, the other customers..." An employee plead.
"Sorry," I answered, giving my two pokémon a glare, they both sat down quietly.
After we finished eating, it was 9 o'clock so we decided to turn in for the night at the Pokémon Center. The next day came faster than I'd imagined, that or I only got 6 hours of sleep.
"Ngh... Cheren, it's 4 in the goddamn morning!" I mumbled, turning around, "The hell do you want?"
"There's something going on outside."
"Then go check it out yourself..."
"Ken's not a morning person," Allison said.
"It's 4 in the goddamn morning!" I shouted back, "4! The sun's not even up!"
"Well, you're up so let's go," Cheren said, making his way to the door.
"Ugh." I grumbled, but begrudgingly got up, "Wait, how did you two get in?"
"Cheren let us in!" Bianca answered.
"Cheren!"
"Deal with it."
"Jeez! Fighting already?" Allison sighed in disbelief.
"None of your business!" After I got dressed, I made my way downstairs, almost falling down the stairs twice, "Why?"
"Outside," Cheren said, pointing to a group of people huddled around some weird looking flags.
Walking outside, I said in disbelief, "This, is what you woke me up at 4 in the morning for!?"
"Just listen." Cheren sighed.
Grumbling to myself, I walked towards the crowd and made my way to the front, where I saw several very, very badly dressed individuals and an even more badly dressed old man.
"My name is Ghetsis. I am here representing Team Plasma. Today, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to talk to you about pokémon liberation." The old man, Ghetsis, began, "I'm sure most of you believe that we humans and pokémon are partners that have come to live together because we want and need each other. However... is that really the truth? Have you ever considered that perhaps we humans... only assume that this is the truth?"
"T- that..." A young businessman stuttered.
"What?" An old woman grumbled.
"Pokémon are subject to the selfish commands of trainers... They get pushed around when they are our "partners" at work... Can anyone say with confidence that there is no truth in what I'm saying?" The man continued, a smirk decorating his face when he heard the frightful murmurs of the crowd.
"B- but..." This time, a young boy, who couldn't be older than 7, stammered out, shocked.
"Pidove, my dear! I- is this what you really think about me?" Another woman, this one was rather plump and had makeup all over her, I looked away when she leaned in to give her pidove an apology kiss.
'This is stupid...' I thought.
(The heck is this man blabbering about?) Leafy yawned from my shoulder, woken up by the chattering.
(Something about... us.) Sam answered, deep in thought, that was a first.
Yawning, I put my hands behind my head and listened on in boredom, I saw that green haired guy from yesterday staring at me, then shaking his head.
"Now, ladies and gentlemen, pokémon are different from humans," He said, starting his speech once more, "They are living beings that contain unknown potential. They are living beings from whom we humans have much to learn. Tell me, what is our responsibility toward these wonderful beings called pokémon?"
"L-liberate them?" An old man said, backing away.
"That can't be!" A woman, probably his wife, plead, holding onto her husband's hand.
"Really Cheren? This is what you brought me out here for!?" I hissed.
(This is boring, I wanna sleep.) Leafy groaned as crawled onto my head and snuggled into my hair, then he quickly jumped down, (My Arceus! Why is your hair so... so... spikey!?)
"Leafy, shut up, it's 4..." I groaned.
(Oooh, if snakey isn't up there can I go up there?) Sam asked.
"No, Your paws' all dirty."
(Aw...)
"That's right! We must liberate the pokémon! Then, and only then, will humans and pokémon truly be equals. Everyone, I end my words here today by imploring you to consider the relationship between people and pokémon... and the correct way to proceed. We sincerely appreciate your attention." The man finished as his underlings began folding up the flags and picking up their things. Seeing this, most of the townsfolk left the clearing, murmuring amongst each other.
"Finally! Now I can go back to sleeping!"
(Yay...)
(But I wanna eat...)
(Quiet, puppy, the prince demands rest.)
(Even if you were a prince, you'd make a horrible one.)
(What did you say!?) Leafy growled and leaped at Sam, causing both to land on the ground in front of me, wrestling each other.
"We meet again," Someone said, looking up I saw that it was the green haired man from earlier.
"Have we met before?" I asked lazily.
"Yes, I saw you last night, in the restaurant." He answered, smiling.
(What a stalker!) Leafy shouted, pointing at the man, who looked at Leafy in surprise.
"Leafy, please shut up..."
(Hah! You just got told!) Sam laughed, causing the two to get into yet another battle.
"You know, Snivy slightly resembles Cheren and Lillipup resembles you," Allison said from behind me.
"In what way, shape, or form?" I asked, confused.
(I do not resemble that idiotic man with glasses!) Leafy shouted, stopping from his fight momentarily, before going back in.
"Leafy just called you an idiot man with glasses," I said, turning to Cheren, which caused his eyes to twitch and Bianca to giggle.
"Y- you... can understand them?" The green haired man asked, pointing to my pokémon.
"They have a name, this is Leafy and this is Sam," I said, introducing the two, "As for your question, yes."
(Hm... you look like a stalker, what a creep,) Leafy said bluntly, causing the man to awkwardly laugh.
(Hallo! Are you friends with my trainer?) Sam asked, tilting his head.
"No Sam, this man is just my stalker, we should get rid of him," I said jokingly. The green haired man looked at me questioningly while Sam growled at him, "Just kidding Sam, calm down."
(But you just-)
"I was joking."
"Ah, I haven't introduced myself yet, my name is N, this is Purrloin," He said, point to his purrloin besides him.
(Horray, the puppy and kitty couple reunite, roll credits!) Leafy said, stretching.
(Excuse me, but I'm a guy!) Purrloin growled.
(You're excused!) Leafy smiled, waving his hand at the purrloin.
(Hmph!) The purrloin huffed.
"Interesting..." I mumbled, pulling out my Pokédex.
"Purrloin, the Devious Pokémon. They steal from people for fun, but their victims can't help but forgive them. Their deceptively cute act is perfect. And speaking of stealing, you'd better check your pockets."
Quickly, I put my hands into my pockets and stopped when I couldn't find my money, "Okay, very funny Purrloin, now gimme my money back."
At this, Purrloin gave me a cute look, me, being tired, was not affected.
(Hmph! Fine, I'll give it back to you if you can beat me!) Purrloin purred.
"That Pokédex... so... You're going to confine many, many pokémon in pokéballs for that, then? I'm a trainer, too, but I can't help wondering... are pokémon really happy that way?" The man, N, said, scowling at my Pokédex, "And just when I thought that I had met some people that could help me in my cause..."
(Is this man bi-polar or something? I mean, he was just giddily happy a second ago, now he's being an ass.) Leafy asked, looking at N in disinterest, causing said man to flinch at the harshness.
"You know what? Let's have a battle, I want my money back," I said, backing up, "You're up Leafy."
(Time for some kitty-pounding!) Leafy grinned, stepping up.
(I'd like to see you try!) Purrloin growled, stepping up as well with N behind him.
(I don't try, I do.) And with that, Leafy sprinted forward and landed a Tackle attack on Purrloin.
"Growl! Then Scratch!" Skidding to a halt, Purrloin let out a loud growl, causing Leafy to hold his non-existent ears, and then he jumped onto Leafy, bringing out his claws and scratching away.
(Augh! Disgusting!) Leafy cried, swatting the Purrloin away.
"Leafy! Vine Whip!" Growling, Leafy brought out his own weapons, his vines, and struck Purrloin 3 times, sending him back towards N.
"P-Purrloin! I know you can do it! Scratch!" Getting up again, Purrloin ran at Leafy again, who just scowled and dodged, shouting, (Just go down already!)
(Never!) The purrloin hissed, turning around and headbutting Leafy, who used his vines to hold onto Purrlion.
Using his momentum from being hit, Leafy swung Purrloin around and threw him towards a bench, causing the couple sitting on the bench next to it to fall off their bench in shock.
"Purrloin!" Running over to the cat, N scooped him up and turned back to me, "As long as pokémon are confined in pokéballs... they will never become perfect beings. I will change the world for pokémon, because they're my friends."
Saying that, he ran off, Purrloin in hand.
"What a weirdo..." Allison said.
"Allison! That's not nice!" Bianca gasped, looking at Allison.
"He was kind of weird..." Cheren agreed, hand on his chin.
"Not you too, Cheren!"
(Hah! Taught him!)
(I wonder if the purrloin is okay...)
(What, were you entranced by her beauty?)
(W-what!? No!)
"Ah, that was annoying..." I sighed, looking at my X-Transceiver, "Good, it's only 4:47, well, time for a nap!"
Ignoring the annoyed faces Cheren and Allison were giving me, I made my way towards the Pokémon Center. Suddenly I stopped right before going in.
"Wait! My money! N, you bastard! Give me my money back!"
Chapter 3~
Augh, school's starting again soon... I dun wanna go bak 2 skool...
The Pokédex, I got the idea of a sassy Pokédex from Ash's Pokédex, Dexter from the first episode. Yes, I watch- watched the anime. Also, this is my longest chapter thus far!
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