AN: Hey everybody! Diamondgigas here again. I've had more time to write now, despite it being my major exams year. Kinda ironic, I know.
The reason for that is because I've banned myself from mobile and console games unless invited, as well as non-music Youtube videos. Also, my new hand-me-down phone has bonkers 3G. :/ So now I spend my time on the train writing, so... yay? Intrestingly enough Chronicles 9 is almost done at the time I'm posting this. I may just finish it by the end of the week, who knows? (DONT TAKE MY WORD FOR IT)
I'd like to give some shououts and thanks. First, my good friend Anggun who I have asked to help beta this chapter. She read through the other chapters too and gave some pretty good insight. So, thanks Gunn!
I'd also like to thank a user: Fenn the Fennekin! I'm sorry if I'm being biased or whatever but after Chapter 7 I was like peeling my face waiting for Review #24. So, thanks Fenn! As for your list of characters... damn you're pretty accurate. As a little spoiler (SPOILERRRR) treat I'll tell you which roles are wrong, but I won't tell you what is right because I'm evil like dat :P. So: Green (no shit sherlock), Gold, Crystal (dunno is not a class XD), Sapphire, Emerald (although actually I like your idea more, who knows I may change up some stuff when I reach Hoenn), Diamond, Platinum.
Alright that's all! Just wanted to end the last day of my June Holidays with something for the fans~ if there are any left :P
See ya!
Disclaimer: I do not own Nintendo, Game Freak, Pokemon, Maple Story, Dragon Nest, etc.
Chronicles 8
Normal POV
By the time the blonde girl woke up, the Sun had risen high in the sky.
A hand presented a bowl of Berries to the dazed girl. "It's not much, but breakfast is still the most important meal of the day." Red informed her. Yellow gingerly accepted the meal and ate the fruit in nibbles. She wasn't feeling particularly hungry, but seeing the smile on her companion's face was reason enough to eat.
Once Red made sure that Yellow had eaten at least half of the Berries (she was full after 2 Berries, but everyone pressed her on), they packed up their things and continued their journey.
It was only after an hour's trek was their progress visible. At some point, the landscape beneath their feet showed a gradual change. The dry earth began to sprout small, green patches of grass, leading up to a whole meadow. Colourful mushrooms dotted the green pasture that became larger and larger the closer they got to Henesys.
Just as the mushrooms reached building size, Red exclaimed "Up ahead! There's Henesys!" The group quickened their pace, and sure enough, the village became visible on the horizon.
All of a sudden, Red dived at Yellow, and the duo went sprawling onto the grass. Before Yellow could tell Red she wasn't ready for this kind of relationship, she spotted the arrow that had embedded itself in the ground where she had stood seconds ago.
The two got to their feet, where their Pokemon companions joined them. The attackers stood on the top of a tall mushroom, looking down on them. On the left was a boy about the same age as Red. He had a head of brown spiky hair, and below it, a pair of forest green irises that stared at their prey, but without signs of bloodlust or hatred. He wore light purple jeans and a simple black collared shirt. Across his torso was a leather strap that was attached to a quiver of arrows peeking out from behind his back. In his hands he handled a black bow, decorated with red and yellow designs, resembling small blazes. It was already loaded with an arrow, trained on the group.
On the right was a spunky girl, with bright orange hair tied into two bristly bundles. She had bright blue eyes, clear like water. She wore a white, low-collared, sports shirt with blue wave designs on the sides. She wore denim shorts and tied a cyan jacket around her waist. She also held a bow in her hand, wooden, deep blue, with a grey rubber grip.
"I take the blonde and you take the guy?" the girl asked. The boy didn't show much sign of affirmation, but both let their arrows fly simultaneously. The projectiles hit somewhere behind Red and Yellow. Red noticed the rope attached to the tails of the arrows, and saw the duo zip lining down with their bows as handles.
Red cut the rope with a swing of Lionheart, and the duo fell, only to land nimbly on the soft grass. Both sides tried to size one another up for a few tense moments.
All of a sudden, Red declared "Poli, Vee, you're with me! Everyone else, help Yellow!" before breaking for the forested area a couple of meters away.
"I would be at a disadvantage if I was to fight together with Yellow. She would only distract me."
The boy chased him. Red gave one last concerned look at Yellow, before being swallowed up by the dense forest.
Yellow's POV
I could kind of understand what Red must have been thinking, but being left alone with this tigress of a girl was still unnerving. Still, better than that quiet guy. There was a sense that he was much more than dangerous than this one.
However, this was only marginally better.
I narrowly dodged an arrow that would have taken my eye out. I snapped myself back into reality, as I took in my opponent. I pulled out my rapier - Dandelion - and got into a battle stance, just as Red taught me. It then dawned on me: this was my first actual battle.
The girl seems to have realized it too, probably from my awkward battle stance. "Wait... This is your first battle?" The girl stared at me, shocked for a little while. I expected her to erupt into laughter, but instead she looked at me somewhat sorrowfully.
"I-I thought..." She seemed hesitant for a little while, but shook her head a little, as if to reassure herself. The spunk in her was gone.
"I'm sorry, but..." She muttered, before attacking. I rolled to my side to dodge the arrow, and lunged at her to close the distance between both of us. My lunge was intercepted by her bow, which withstood the blow. I jumped back, turning my body slightly to avoid another arrow.
Gravvy came in like a wrecking ball, attempting to steamroll the girl down with Rollout, but she jumped back a remarkable distance, way out of reach of both of us. She pulled out two arrows tipped with spherical capsules on the end from her quiver and shot them near our feet. A cloud of white smoke appeared almost instantly.
From the smoke, a spinning, purple star collided against Gravvy, knocking him back. Before I could even feel worried for him, a powerful jet of water hit my chest and I was sent flying.
I looked up to see a Lanturn being revealed as the smoke dissipated. The Starmie that had attacked Gravvy boomeranged to the girl's side.
Ratty tugged at my shirt sleeve, and I assured him I was fine and got up. My chest hurt, but with some healing I reduced the pain somewhat. Gravvy seemed fine as well, having resisted the Rapid Spin due to his hard Rock type.
Pika and Chuchu fired two Thunderbolts at Starmie. The bulb on the Lanturn's antennae glowed, and the two bolts of lightning were redirected and absorbed into the bulb.
Lanturn, seemingly charged, used its own Thunderbolt with twice as much strength, frying Kitty and Ratty in an instant.
The two smaller critters who were trying to hang back fell to the ground, smoking and unable to move.
"Kitty! Ratty!" I wanted to scream, but before I could finish, a searing pain filled my left arm. An arrow had embedded itself in my arm.
I pulled it out, wincing, and did some quick healing. It was still bleeding, and there was little I could do while still running around, but at least I could still move without being crippled by pain.
I decided that just dodging was getting me nowhere. I signalled Gravvy, Pika and Chuchu to come to me. We stood side by side, creating an extremely easy target.
The girl hesitated for a moment, wondering if there was a trick to this or if I was just not very good at tactics. But before she could command them, the Light Pokemon and the Mysterious Pokemon took the bait. Both attacked with Hydro Pump, knowing it wouldn't miss with such an easy target.
I decided it was time to reveal the only skill I had learnt after the training with Red. I concentrated energy through Dandelion.
"Feel the energy; let it flow through you like water..." Red's words echoed in my head.
The tip of my rapier shined a pleasant, cool blue. With it, I drew a circle in front of me. A shield of rippling energy materialized.
"Bubble Shield!"
I completed the skill with only seconds to spare as the jets of water collided into it. They stuck there for a little while, as orbs of water, as if unsure which direction to go. Suddenly, the Hydro Pumps burst back at the aggressors, and they were blasted back by the torrents. While they specialized in water, the counterattack took all 3 of them by surprise.
They lay on the now muddy ground, still somewhat dazed. I too was a little surprised that Bubble Shield had actually worked, recalling the times the energy exploded in my face during training.
But the attack had not done much damage at all. The three got up, more annoyed than hurt. I felt drained, and could not move. The girl loaded an arrow.
"Stop!"
A voice called out to us that made the girl instantly unload her weapon. Everyone turned to look at the aged man running towards them, his arms flailing.
"Stop it!"
Normal POV
When Red entered the forest, he lost all traces of the boy. He looked around for a bit, and saw something.
Red grasped Lionheart in his two hands firmly. White streams of energy encircled the blade, causing the air around it to become blurry.
"Gale Hammer!" Red swung his blade at a tree about ten metres away. The energy collected in Lionheart was released as a giant ball of wind that launched off with the swing. It collided against the tree, stripping it of all of its leaves, and moments later, tore the whole trunk down. The boy, who had been hiding amongst the leaves, was blown away. He lay sprawled on the ground, but quickly got up to dodge Red's next slam.
As Red pulled the crimson blade out of the ground, he heard rustling from behind. As he turned, a green blur bolted out of the bushes, slashing his chest. Red swung with his blade again, but the blur jumped out of his reach and back into the bushes.
Red looked down to see his ripped shirt and bloody gash, right across his torso. It wasn't deep, thankfully, for Red had turned around just enough to avoid being cut in two.
Red didn't even have time to yelp in pain, for the green blur had jumped out again. Red didn't have to do anything this time, however. A blue figure crashed into the attacker, sending both to the ground. Poli pinned the revealed Scyther to the ground. Poli pummelled the Mantis Pokemon, but could only land three good punches on it before he was kicked away.
Meanwhile, Red was struggling against the boy. Lionheart was a large hulking blade that while shielded Red from arrows, made it impossible to hit the boy without him jumping away. Red was also drained of magic energy.
The boy took out a new arrow. It had a spherical object at the tip of it. He shot it near Red's feet. A puff of smoke was produced, and Red would have dodged, but he suddenly found his body unable to move.
The smoke dissipated, and an odd pink and blue Pokemon stared up at Red. It was made of weird, basic shapes. Red had no idea what Pokemon it was, but he knew from those sparks around its body that it had paralyzed him with Thunder Wave.
Out of Red's peripherals he could vaguely see the boy loading another arrow. The boy gave Red another glance, before letting the arrow fly towards his heart.
However, the arrow bounced off in mid-flight by a green translucent projection. The Pokemon at Red's feet was also flung away by an unseen force.
Red, free from paralysis, could feel his body again. He didn't need to look to know Vee was by his side.
Poli and the Scyther jumped back to their owners' sides from their isolated fight, bruised and cut up everywhere.
It was Red, Vee and Poli versus the boy, the Scyther and the unknown Pokemon. They stared at one another, as if to say "You still up for more?"
Then, without any command, both sides charged towards one another to continue their fight.
That is, that would have happened if the same aged man who had stopped Yellow's fight hadn't appeared to stop them.
"Stop!"
The man stumbled through the foliage. Behind him, Yellow and the girl from before followed.
The two boys and their Pokemon froze.
The boy sighed and put his bow back. "What is it this time Gramps..."
Red stared from him, to the old man, to Yellow, not being very sure what was happening.
"What's going on?"
