Thoughts
"Dialogue"
'Pokemon speak'
Pokedex info
… awkward moment
Flashback
Madness in Pewter City
After spending a long while wondering around in the Viridian Forest we come upon Pewter City, only to have a huge argument on where to eat lunch.
"I say we have lunch at Wendys!" Eric argued.
"Well, I say we have lunch at BK!" Jared defended.
"How long has this been going on for?" I whispered to Amy.
"Too long." Amy whispered back.
'I agree' Growlithe and Cuddles agreed. Eric and Jared were still at it for a while until Amy snapped.
"How about me and Jared-" Eric cut her off.
"Jared and I" Amy kicked him where it really hurts. Eric fell clutching to… ehem… himself.
"JARED AND ME will go to BK while Nicole and Eric go to Wendys. Fair enough?." Amy continued putting an emphasis on JARED AND AMY to rub it in Eric's face. We all nodded in agreement, not wanting to what happened to Eric, to happen to us.
We were at a booth at Wendys and Eric was scarfing down at least 3 baconaters a minute. I looked at his "BACON RULES" shirt, I wonder…
"Hey Eric?" I asked, getting his attention away from the food.
"Hmmm? What is it?" He asked, his words muffled from the baconaters.
"Why are you obsessed with bacon?" I finally asked after many moments of silence.
"Oh, well that's an easy story. You see-" Eric was cut off by his pokegear. He checked the id and he turned to me "Hold on, be back in a minute." He left over to the men's' room to talk.
He came back a while later, with someone behind him. I remember him…
"We're coming from you live from the Lavender Town's pokemon contest. Up next is the newcomer Luster from Celadon City!" We were in the pokemon center in Viridian City taking a rest stop. We were feeding out pokemon when the pokemon contest came on the television; there was nothing else to do, so we decided to watch it.
"That guy sure is different" Eric commented, and he was right. He had spiky silver hair that covered bright red eyes. He wore an assortment of blue and white, a plain white shirt with a light blue vest, dark blue denim jeans, and white and blue sneakers.
Out on the stage he had a jigglypuff, it was cute, especially with that red ribbon on her head. Musical notes glided along the stage, hypnotizing the audience and the judges.
"Now Emily, use hyper voice!" So, the jigglypuff was called Emily, pretty cool. Anyways, the hyper voice made the music notes explode into shining glitters that floated down to the floor…
He's the guy from the pokemon contest, Luster, and he had the jigglypuff, Emily, held in his arms.
"Hey Nicole, this is Luster, you know the guy from that contest a while ago." Eric introduced.
"Howdy." He greeted.
'Yo.' Was all Emily said. I got up and shook his hand.
"Hi I'm Nicole, and this is Growlithe and Electrike" I gestured towards my pokemon. He looked over to me, then to Eric, and raised an eyebrow.
"Wow Eric, your girlfriend sure is pretty." I blushed at his comment and Eric was waving his hands in front of him.
"S-S-She's not my g-girlfriend man!" He stuttered, a blush spreading rapidly across his face. Luster took one look at us and laughed.
"I'm joking man, get a grip." Luster said patting Eric on the back. We walked out of Wendys with the pokemon, after paying of course. Eric said he has big news and he wouldn't tell us until everyone was with us.
We eventually found Amy and Jared around the market. They, well more like Jared, had bags of pokemon food carried in their arms. Amy saw us and came running over, dragging Jared along with her.
"Hi Eric, Nicole, and Eric and Nicole's friend." Amy greeted.
"My name is Luster, howdy." Luster greeted in return. Amy's eyes bugged out, she must've remembered who he is now.
"Oh my god! You're that coordinator from that place and in that contest!" Amy jumped up and down, but suddenly she went and glomped Emily. "And you're that jigglypuff he used! You're so kawaii (1)!"
'Hey! Let go of me!' Emily squirmed. She finally broke free of Amy's grip and used a double-slap on her. Amy fell backwards, only to be caught by Jared. For what seemed like an hour Jared and Amy just stared at each other. Am I missing something?
"I see lovebirds!" Luster announced, and at that moment Jared and Amy had blushes on their faces. Jared, shocked by Luster's comment, dropped Amy by accident.
"Oof. Hey what was that for?" Amy asked.
"Sorry Amy." Jared apologized as he helped Amy back up. Amy giggled and hugged Jared, only making Jared's blush bigger. Luster opened his mouth to make another comment, but I kicked him in the shin, making him fall to the ground.
We were all sitting at the pokemon center, random topics being thrown everywhere.
"I wonder if we'll see her again." I wondered out loud. All heads turned to me, I hate tension very much. Eric pipped up.
"See who?"
"Mick." Luster looked at my direction.
"Short, long blonde hair, dressed in red, orange, and black, has a monferno named Fluffy, gets mad when you call her short?" Luster described her perfectly. Has he seen her before?
"Um.. yeah, have you met her?" I asked awkwardly.
"Yeah, in fact, I faced her in the final round of a contest. She's one tough little cookie." Luster chuckled.
'Her monferno is pretty tough as well, I still have a scar from one of his punches.' Emily remarked.
"Yeah, but no one wants to see that." Luster added, laughing as he did so. Emily puffed up, only to be poked by Eric. Who, in the end, got a slap. I have weird friends. Then it hit me.
"Hey Eric, what's the big news you wanted to tell us?" I asked. All eyes were on Eric now, staring holes into his body, all except for Luster. Who was… sipping coffee.
"Oh yeah! Well it turns out that Luster's dad is my dad's brother. Long story short, we're cousins." Eric said slinging his arm around Luster's shoulder in a brotherly way. We all had bug eyes, except for Luster. Who… had a blank stare on his face.
"WHAT!?" We all shouted at Eric.
Heh heh, I just HAD to end on a cliff hanger! So, it turns out that Luster is the cousin of Eric. And will the gang end up meeting Mick once more? If so what will happen? Find out next time!
1. Kawaii just means cute in Japanese.