Chatper 13

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The next morning I ate breakfast with Ash and 'theorymonned' some of the Unova pokemon that we weren't extremely familiar with. The qualifying rounds for the tournament Drake was supposedly holding was approaching, and I wanted to stay sharp as I hadn't been battling much.

After breakfast I went to the gym to get in a good workout. Following the sauna session from the previous night I was feeling especially energetic and strong.

The gym, like most of the cruises facilities, was high quality. There was a good amount of people working out during this time of day, some even choosing to work out with their Pokemon. I decided to start out on the pull up bar, doing some leg lifts to strengthen my core along with some standard pull-ups.

Behind me was this enormous meathead doing deadlifts and grunting loudly with every rep. The weird thing was he was wearing no shirt, no shoes, and some sort of karate pants. Before each set he'd breathe furiously through his nostrils and flex, showing off his hulking muscular frame. He looked familiar but I couldn't put a finger on it, and I didn't want him to notice me looking at him.

After 45 minutes or so I completed my workout. I checked my phone, it had been vibrating through my bag as I was doing bench presses.

It was a message from Flannery.

"Hey what have you been up to lately? Tonight my friend and her band are playing in the concert hall. Would you want to come with me and watch?"

I responded with "Sure, I'd love to…" and I got the time of the show from her as I headed back to my room to shower and dress.

I passed the time by playing video games until the time of the concert approached.

I walked into the concert venue searching for Flannery. I had read on the ship's flyers that all types of music would be played here such as classical, jazz, rap, pop, but this concert clearly wasn't any of them. This happened to be a rock concert, and you'd be able to tell based on the smell of human bodies, marijuana, and the sound of music so loud you'd think your ears would start bleeding.

I walked down a small flight of stairs and looked around many of the round tables. These tables were further back from the stage located near the bar, and were used for those who wanted to sit and drink, rather then stand in the main floor of the venue to watch the concert.

Finally I spotted Flannery sitting alone at a table with two shot glasses and a bottle of alcohol. I sat down, we both smiled at each other, and immediately took two shots of the alcohol before even saying a word to each other. Some crappy band was playing so we didn't even bother listening and began our conversation.

"So Flannery, who is your friend? I hope she's not in the band playing right now, they are freaking awful," I chuckled.

"No haha, she and her band are coming on next. Her name is Elesa, she's the gym leader of Nimbasa city. Hey, didn't you say you were in Unova? Did you happen to meet her?"

An ashamed look came upon my face, "I probably would have met her…but I didn't even get that far. The furthest I made it was to Castelia city… Anyway, what type of music do you like?"

"Oh I like all types of music. I really like Elesa's band, and I'm not just saying that because I'm her friend!" Flannery said cutely trying to convince me. "They play heavy metal by the way. Are you cool with that?"

"Of course! Metal is actually my favorite genre. This show might be better then I had expected. I'm excited!"

"Good, so am I," Flannery answered. "You have to meet Elesa though! She's coming over here shortly to say hi before she goes on stage."

We shot the breeze for a little while longer, when a sexy, slender blonde approached our table. My eyes started at her high heels and climbed up her long, lean legs which were hugged by black tights. She had one hand on her hip, seemingly doing her best to showcase her small yet fleshy ass and breasts. Her shoulders were elegant, her eyes a daring blue as opposed to the innocent blue eyes of Aria or Misty. She had short hair, which I usually do not care for, but in this case an exception was surely to made. She was beautiful in every sense, and must have been a model as I had never seen an outfit quite like the one she was wearing; odd jagged striped cutouts around her stomach displayed even more of her delicate white skin.

Flannery stood up and hugged the girl and they kissed each other on the cheek.

"Elesa meet Darren. Darren, Elesa."

"Hey"

"Hi"

They both sat down at the table. Elesa looked towards me as if she expected me to say something to her just because of her mere presence.

"So uh what instrument do you play in the band?"

"I'm the lead guitarist," she replied.

"Wow, that's awesome. I expected you to be the singer or something."

"Why because I'm a girl?" she said amused.

"No…well yeah that's why," I laughed.

"Sexist!" We all laughed in unison as Flannery poured out another shot.

"Want some?" she asked Elesa.

"Sure. I love going on stage a little tipsy hehe." We touched our glasses in a toast and gulped them down.

I was starting to feel a little disorientated myself.

"Elesa, I'll have you know that I am a pretty big metal fan. How about I give you a critique of your performance after the show?"

She laughed at my comment while touching my thigh under the table. "Sure. I think your going to be in for a surprise!"

"So…Darren…what's the story with you? And how did you and Flannery meet?" she looked at me inquisitively.

"Well I am a trainer myself first of all." I showed her my badges. "My uncle happens to be Lt. Surge I don't know if you've heard-

"THE Lt. Surge!" she interrupted, looking in astonishment at Flannery. "Oh my gosh he's like, a huge inspiration to me as an electric Pokemon trainer. Not to mention he's a huge hottie." She reached under the table again and rubbed my thigh a little. I don't think Flannery noticed this.

"Yeah…and now how I met Flannery… I was at the bar and I noticed this gorgeous girl owning people at the pool tables…" Flannery blushed at my comment. "…so I went over there and challenged her. I put my badge on the line, and beat her fair and square."

"He got really lucky," Flannery said rolling her eyes.

"Haha that's such a funny story. Flannery is SO competitive about everything." Elesa reached under the table once again and grabbed at my thigh, this time going higher and getting dangerously close to my groin area.

Normally I would feel embarrassed about a girl randomly touching me there, but I was too buzzed to care, and she was doing it in a flirty, alluring manner that I was enjoying.

Elesa glanced at the time. "Crap it's getting late. It was nice talking to you two, I have to go on stage now. I'll see you guys later I guess." She waved and then disappeared into the crowd of people.

Flannery suggested that we watch them play from the main floor so we left our table and trekked towards the front.

Elesa's band finally took the stage. Elesa was using a white Jackson Flying V guitar which was decorated with thunderbolt artwork.

The song started with nothing but the sound of pounding double bass drums and a few cymbal crashes. Then in came a earth-shattering whammy bar squeal from Elesa that lead into the main riff of the song. The song was sounding pretty damn good and it got the crowd pumping. During the midway point Elesa unleashed an incredible solo filled with tremolo picking, tapping, in addition to combining a good sense of groove and atmosphere. The entire time I was behind Flannery with my arms around her waste, my body pressing against her and her fat, juicy ass. Getting a boner amidst a huge crowd of people wasn't exactly something I wanted to do, but in this case I couldn't help it.

They played a set of three songs before they exited the stage for the next band to come on.

We met back up with Elesa, who the crowd now noticed as being the lead guitarist; people were coming up to her and lavishing her with praise.

I gave her my promised comment on her performance. "I'll be honest, you were incredible. I was reminded a lot of Judas Priest and Iron Maiden in your band's playing."

"Thanks for the compliment. Dave Murray happens to be one of my greatest influences so you were spot on in your assessment."

"What are you guys doing now?" Elesa added.

"I don't know, are either of you busy, Darren and Elesa? Do you want to head back to my place?"

Elesa and I took up Flannery's offer and we left the concert hall to Flannery's room.