Kitsune and Ryuu's battle continues!! Who will win? What pokemon does Kitsune have? Find out right now! And Kitsune calls Ryuu kitty-boy because of his last name. All the pokemon have Japanese names, but I'm not going to do them. All except for Meowth. :D
"Go!" Kitsune threw her poke ball into the air. A beam of red light revealed a Chimchar.
"Chimchar!" It yelled as it danced around. Kitsune smirked. Ryuu winced slightly.
"Not so tough now are you, kitty-boy?" said Kitsune. Ryuu looked shocked.
"How'd you find that out?!" He yelled.
"Trainer card!" Kitsune said in a sing-songy voice. Ryuu growled.
"Turtwig use Razor Leaf!" yelled Ryuu. The spinning sharp projectiles came flying towards Chimchar.
"Chimchar, dodge it!" Chimchar did a back flip and jumped up in the air. "Ember!" The fire pokemon shots bits of fire out of its mouth at Turtwig.
"Turtwig!" yelled Ryuu as the fire hit the turtle pokemon directly. "That's it! Vine Whip!" Turtwig grabbed Chimchar with its vines and threw it to the ground. It then grabbed Chimchar again and brought it up close. "Solarbeam!" Kitsune gasped.
"Turtwig already knows Solarbeam?!" Ryuu smirked. "Chimchar, we have some tricks of our own! Scratch!" Kitsune commanded. Chimchar lashed out its sharp claws. Turtwig let go of Chimchar. Chimchar jumped off of Turtwig using its face. "Flame Wheel! Then finish it up with Flamethrower!" Chimchar blasted fire from its mouth and sped around, making a circle of fire. It sped towards Turtwig and the turtle pokemon was sent flying back.
"Now, Turtwig!"
"Chimchar!" Both trainers spat out commands as the turtle pokemon shot a Solarbeam out and the monkey pokemon shot out its Flamethrower. When the smoke cleared, both pokemon were still standing. Then, the turtle pokemon fell to the ground. Ryuu looked in horror.
"Yes, we won, Chimchar!" Kitsune ran towards her pokemon and Chimchar jumped up to her. They jumped around happily.
"I let you win. It won't happen next time, annoying girl." Ryuu said. "How did your Chimchar know Flamethrower and Flame Wheel already?"
"Actually, I told Professor Nanakamado I was battling you. Then he suggested two TMs. He said Chimchar was already kind of experienced because someone tried using Chimchar before, but returned it." Said Kitsune, rubbing the back of her head. Then, Kitsune felt someone run up behind her and run into her. She fell onto the ground. She looked up to see her Azure Flute flying through the air.
"No!" She screamed. Ryuu turned around to see the Azure Flute coming towards him. He caught it with ease and looked at it carefully. It was very… different, unlike real flutes. It was small and had holes all around it and had random blue parts sticking out of it.
"What is this?" He asked with wonder. Kitsune ran up to him and snatched it from his hands. "Family heirloom? Valuable treasure?" Kitsune sighed.
"Yes. An Azure Flute. It's a very treasured item, yet no one knows what it's for. I'm not supposed to show anyone." She hung her head. "Don't tell anyone, okay?"
"And how are you going to stop me?" Kitsune then swung her head up.
"I'll travel with you!"
"What?!" He yelled.
"Yes! I'll follow you around and make sure you never tell anyone! My mom said that some people would do anything for this." Kitsune put the flute into her bag. Ryuu slapped his forehand and moaned, hanging his head as well.
"I guess you'll have to travel with me… Or, I could just promise to not tell anyone!" He said. Kitsune looked at him disbelievingly.
"You want me to trust you?" Kitsune laughed. "Come on, kitty. We're traveling together." He moaned. "At least you have someone strong, weakling."
"I didn't ask for you, annoying troublesome girl." Ryuu glared at her. Kitsune ignored him and kept walking, dragging Ryuu.
Back in the bushes…
"Ooh! Hahaha! Would you look at that beautiful treasure!" said a woman of about twenty-five with blue eyes and long, purple hair that went down in a curve.
"We could snag that blue treasure and sell it for cold, hard cash! Then we could eat all we want!" Said a man with green eyes and light blue hair, about the length of Ryuu's.
"Is that all you think about, Kojiro?" said the woman, punching the man down to the ground.
"But Musashi, we haven't eaten in days!" said Kojiro.
"Oh, quit your whining. We's got some pokemans that we's can capture." Said a cat pokemon.
"You say that all the time, Nyarth, but you never really have a plan." Said Musashi.
"Who's there?" asked a voice.
"Ah! It's the twerp!" Said Musashi. Ryuu was examining a bush. Then, three people burst out of it. The girl had a white short top with a triangular cut coming up from the bottom and short skirt. She was wearing black under her shirt that was equally short. There was a red 'R' in the middle of her shirt. The boy had long pants and his shirt had a triangle cut out of it, too, and he also had black under his shirt. His black shirt under was longer than his shirt outside. They both had huge boots; the boy's pants were tucked into them, and the girl's boots came into a point at the end. The girl had huge green earrings. The two also had long, black gloves. There was a cat pokemon in the middle of them.
"What is that?" asked Kitsune, taking out her pokedex.
"Meowth, the scratch cat pokemon. Meowth often have a big rivalry with their evolved formation, Persian. The coin on their head can bring them good luck and a Meowth's signature move is Pay Day." Said the pokedex.
"Who are you and what do you want?" asked Ryuu.
"Why, your pokemon and that treasure of course!" said the girl.
"Listen, is that a twerp-ish voice I here?" recited the girl.
"It's speaking to me, loud and clear!" said the boy.
"On the wind!"
"Past the stars!"
"In your ear!" said the Meowth.
"Bringing chaos at a breakneck pace!"
"Dashing hope, putting fear in its place!"
"A rose by any other name's just as sweet!"
"When everything's worse, our work is complete!" said the boy, holding a red rose.
"Musashi!"
"And it's Kojiro!"
"Nyarth, that's a name!" Said the Meowth.
"Putting the do-gooders in their place!" Musashi said.
"We're Team Rocket!" Kojiro exclaimed.
"In your face!" Nyarth said. Kitsune gave the three a puzzled look.
"What? Another one?" said Kojiro.
"Look, girl. Team Rocket is a band of crooks that goes about pocketing your pokemon for the better of the world!" said Musashi.
"We'll show you by example!" exclaimed Nyarth, pulling out a big red button. He smashed it with his paw. A giant air balloon in the shape of Nyarth's head came rising out behind them. They jumped into it, laughing. "And again!" Nyarth pressed the button again, and a red hand reached out and grabbed Turtwig and Chimchar. The two pokemon cried out.
"Turtwig!"
"Give me back my Chimchar!" screamed Kitsune.
"Oh yeah? And what are you going to do about it?" said Musashi, sticking her tongue out.
"Uh, Musashi? We got'sd anoder human Buneary!" said Nyarth as Kitsune ran out and jumped onto the claw.
"Don't worry, we've got it covered!" said Musashi with a laugh. "Go, Seviper! Poison Sting!"
"You too, Carnivine! Bite!" said Kojiro as they both threw poke balls into the air. Then the grass pokemon turned around and bit the boy in the head. "Not on me, on them!" The snake pokemon then shot purple barbs out of its mouth. Kitsune let go of the claw as the barbs reached her. They went past her as she landed. Then the Carnivine let go of the blue-haired boy's head. "Bullet Seed!" commanded Kojiro. The seeds hit the ground in front of Ryuu and Kitsune. Then, Musashi pressed the button yet again and a net shot out, trapping the two trainers. Then it shocked them. The two screamed out.
"You won't get away with this!" said Ryuu.
"Says who? Says you! No way its true!" said the three as they disappeared in the distance.
"Electa-BUZZZZ!!" yelled a pokemon. A yellow bolt of electricity struck the balloon and Team Rocket was sent falling through the sky. Kitsune turned around to see what had delivered the strike to see a boy of about fifteen. He had purple hair, about the length of Ryuu's. He was wearing a black and purple jacket with jeans and sneakers. Kitsune squealed. Looking at Kitsune, Ryuu glared at the newcomer.
"Oh no you don't! Seviper, Poison Tail!"
"Carnivine, Bite!" commanded Team Rocket.
"Electabuzz, Thunder." Said the boy. The yellow pokemon had two horns on its head. The two horns began glowing and electricity began flowing between through them. As the pokemon was recharging, the enemies approached it. "Now." The pokemon shot a powerful bolt of electricity that struck the Seviper and Carnivine, then Team Rocket. The team seemed to blow up as smoke covered them up. Kitsune looked up to see the Carnivine biting Kojiro's head, Seviper wrapped around Musashi and Meowth floating in between. They were all blackened to a crisp, as they went flying through the air.
"Well, there goes our plan to pocket the new twerps' pokemon." Said Kojiro.
"I wasn't expecting much after that loser twerp came to help the other twerps!" yelled Musashi.
"How many twerps do you plan to steal from?" asked Nyarth, shaking his head.
"Team Rocket's blasting off again!" yelled all three as they disappeared in the distance.
"Wobbuffet!" yelled a pokemon with them. Kitsune turned to look at the boy. He was returning his pokemon. Kitsune pulled her hand up. The net made yet another pulse of electricity go through it, shocking Ryuu and Kitsune with stronger force this time.
"Hm." The boy grunted as he kicked the claw holding the two pokemon and it released them. The two pokemon bounded over to their trainers.
"Chimchar, destroy the net for us, please!" Kitsune instructed. The monkey pokemon used Scratch on the net and it broke apart. After returning her pokemon, Kitsune immediately rushed over to the boy. The boy heard loud footsteps behind him and turned around to see the girl staring right at him in a trance.
"Aah!" He said in a surprised, but not loud tone. "What are you doing?" Kitsune seemed to be drooling. Ryuu growled and returned his pokemon.
"Hi! Thank you so much for saving us! My name is Kitsune! And yours is-?" Kitsune asked. The boy grunted and turned around, flipping his lavender hair.
"What's it to you, annoying girl?" he said. Ryuu seemed to be nearly roaring under his breath as he came up to the boy. "Who are you, her bodyguard?"
"No! I happen to be traveling with her. But I know who she should and shouldn't be hanging out with!"
"Then you're her father." Said the boy, turning to stand face to face with Ryuu, yet staying much calmer.
"No!" said Ryuu angrily.
"Then you're her boyfriend?" said the boy, smirking.
"NO!" The two yelled. Kitsune then suddenly changed from being angry to staring again. Ryuu threw his hands up in the air, turning away. The boy began walking away. "Hey you! Stay away from Kitsune!" Ryuu yelled to his back.
"I won't be taking your girlfriend, loser. She's just another annoying, troublesome girl." The boy called over his shoulder. For some reason, Kitsune seemed to see him flinch as he said 'troublesome girl'.
"Wait! I don't even know your name!" Kitsune called to him. She seemed so sad he was leaving.
"Just ignore that jerk, Kitsune! We're leaving!" Ryuu said, grabbing Kitsune's arm. Kitsune was about to punch Ryuu when she heard a boy call.
"Hey! Shinji!" The lavender-haired boy flinched, but ignored the call. "Hey, Shinji! I'm talking to you!" A boy of about fifteen came out of the forest and onto the path. He had raven colored hair and a black jacket with a yellow stripe. He had normal jeans and sneakers. The lavender-haired boy frowned.
"What are you doing here? Here to accompany these losers?" The boy motioned to Kitsune and Ryuu. Ryuu growled but Kitsune was still looking at the lavender-haired boy. "What do you keep looking at?"
"Hi there! I didn't see you. My name is Satoshi. Nice to meet you!" The black-haired boy said. A yellow mouse pokemon hopped on his shoulder. "This here is my Pikachu."
"Pika-pika!" said the Pikachu.
"So that's a Pikachu?" asked Kitsune, taking out her pokedex.
"Pikachu the electric mouse pokemon. Pikachu live in forests with other Pikachus and they store electricity in their cheeks. When Pikachu and its evolved form, Raichu, meet, great damage can be done." Said the pokedex.
"This here is Shinji." Continued Satoshi. "The only thing we have in common is that we both want to be pokemon masters and compete in the Sinnoh league." Satoshi growled when he said Shinji's name.
"Nice to meet you, Satoshi and… Shinji." Kitsune said. She shook herself. "My name is Kitsune and this here is Ryuu. We have been forced to travel together. Ryuu actually tried to go on his pokemon journey but failed once, so I just had to help him out." Ryuu growled and murmured something.
"Nice to meet you." Ryuu said, scowling. Satoshi didn't seem to notice.
"Here, why don't you all come back to my campsite? You can meet my other friends who are traveling with me." Satoshi suggested, beckoning them to follow him. Shinji just grunted and turned around, walking the other direction. "You come, too Shinji. I want to battle you. This time, I'm going to beat you." Shinji stopped.
"Why would I waste my time battling a trainer like you?" Shinji said over his shoulder. He was walking forward with his eyes closed without looking back. He opened his eyes to see Kitsune blocking his path. "Cut that out!"
"You are coming with us! It is nice experience for us to watch you all battle, and I want to battle you too!" Kitsune stared him right in the eye. Her dark red eyes seemed to be burning a hole in Shinji's almost black eyes. He felt like he was getting hit with Intimidate.
"No, by all means, stay behind." Said Ryuu, grinning. Kitsune turned around and kicked him in the leg. "Augh! Why the leg…?"
"So anyway, are you coming or not?" Shinji turned around and groaned.
"I guess I am, because you losers keep pestering me." He said. Kitsune smiled happily. Ryuu came back to meet her.
"What is wrong with you? Why do you keep asking him to come with us?" Ryuu asked, though he knew the answer.
"Look at him! He is just awesome! Look how cool he is! I just can't contain my happiness!" Ryuu growled.
"Travel with him then! I'm out of here." Ryuu said. Kitsune rolled her eyes. She grabbed Ryuu by the ear.
"You are coming with me. You made a promise!" Kitsune said. She dragged Ryuu as they walked behind the others.
"Oh, great Arceus… What have I done to deserve this?" Ryuu mumbled.
Satoshi led the group out of the forest and into a campsite. There sat three girls and two boys. One girl was shorter than the rest. She had blue hair and blue eyes, and had a huge hat on, similar to Kitsune's. All of her clothes were identical to Kitsune's, except they were black, pink and white instead of black, red and white. There was another girl with brown hair that stuck out in two parts and curved around on either side of her head. She had on a green bandana with white parts on it. It had two ribbons on either side of her head sticking up. She was wearing an orange mini-dress that had a black collar. She had an orange backpack and a smaller green backpack around her waist. She had white poke ball symbols on either side of her waist.
The last girl was wearing blue jean shorts that were rolled up. She had a short yellow shirt and overall straps connecting to her pants. She had red hair that had a piece of hair sticking out the left. She also had tennis shoes, much like the others. One of the boys looked very young. He looked about seven or eight. He had blue hair, also on the long side, brown eyes, and big glasses. He had a green shirt and a white collared shirt under it. He had brown shorts and green and black tennis shoes. The last boy looked about ten years older. He had darker skin than the others. He kept his eyes almost closed; therefore Kitsune couldn't tell his eye color. Kitsune couldn't figure out why he kept his eyes so shut. He had dark brown short hair that spiked in the top and on the very top of his forehead. He was wearing a short-sleeved green collared shirt with an orange and black vest. He had long pants that looked like a mix of brown and gray. He had huge white and blue tennis shoes. Kitsune was relieved she wasn't wearing all of her snow clothes, or she would stick out.
"K-Kasumi?!" Satoshi gasped at the red-haired girl. "Haruka?!" He looked shocked to see the brown-haired girl as well.
"I told you he'd be surprised." Said the taller, older boy. "Hi there! Hey Satoshi, who are they?" The boy beckoned to Kitsune and Ryuu.
"Oh, uh… Right. This is Kitsune, and this is Ryuu." Said Satoshi, still in a surprised state. "Now tell me, why are you all here?"
"That's not a nice way to greet a girl!" said the redhead. Then she smiled to Ryuu. Ryuu blushed as she smiled sweetly to him. She didn't seem to notice. "Sorry about that. Since Satoshi here is too inconsiderate to even think of introducing us, I'll do the honors. My name is Kasumi, this is Haruka, her little brother Masato, Takeshi, and finally Hikari." Said the girl, waving, and then pointing to the brunette, the little blue-haired boy, the brown-haired older boy, and the blue-haired girl.
"Kasumi is the gym leader of Hanada City in Kanto, her hometown. She specializes in water pokemon. I'm from Mishiro Town in Hoenn, and I'm a contest coordinator. I've competed in several competitions and even the Grand Festival!" Haruka said, grinning proudly. "This here is my little brother, Masato. He's only eight, so he's not old enough to get his first pokemon, but he still knows more than any of us when it comes to pokemon. Takeshi was also a gym leader in Nibi City. He trained rock and ground type pokemon. He's about eighteen, so obviously he's the most mature, right? Well, watch out. When he sees any Nurse Joy, or Officer Junsar… Anyway, he does cook a good meal! Finally, this is Hikari. She's from Futaba Town here in Sinnoh. She has not yet competed in any Grand Festival of sorts, but she has competed in a lot of contests." Kitsune tried to remember all the information about everyone.
"Wow. Do you all travel together?" asked Kitsune.
"Not usually, but these three decided to visit. They're going to travel with us for a while." Said Hikari.
"WHAT?!" yelled Satoshi. "We can't have so many people in our group, can we? I mean its nice and all, but…" Before he could finish, a green-haired boy walked out of the woods. He was walking with his eyes closed, but for some reason it seemed he could tell where he was going. He slowly opened his bright green eyes, looking straight at Haruka. Haruka visibly blushed and looked away.
"I can see everyone's here. How have your contests been going, Haruka?" the boy asked.
"U-uh, G-good I g-guess…" Haruka said, not looking up. Kasumi was trying to keep from bursting out laughing. Then the green-haired boy's gaze met Kitsune's.
"And who are you? A new addition to the group?" asked the boy. "I'm Shuu. Nice to meet you." He threw a rose in Kitsune's direction. He walked away, smirking. He had thought he reeled her in like a pro. Then suddenly he felt something get slammed into the back of his head and he fell on his face on onto the ground. He turned his head to see a pink rose petal fall. He got up, pulling the rose from the back of his head. Kitsune was the one smirking.
"That's okay. I'm good. You can keep your rose." Instead of pulsing with anger at Kitsune, Shuu simply chuckled to himself. He put the beat up rose in his pocket. He pulled out a different one this time. The rose was bright red. He threw it to Haruka. She caught it and blushed.
"W-what's this for?" She said, getting calmer. Shuu smirked, walking off.
"Who is it usually for?" Haruka blushed even more. "Beautifly." Haruka could feel anger welling up inside her.
"SHUU! GET BACK HERE!" She bellowed. "We are going to have a battle! I will beat you once and for all!" Shuu turned around, still smirking. Shuu nodded and opened his mouth to accept when-
"I accept your challenge!" Kitsune looked around to see where the voice had come from, only to see a trail of dirt being kicked up in the path, then suddenly a purple haired boy was standing in front of Haruka, shaking her hand.
"H-Harley? What are you doing here?" Haruka asked, slightly shocked. The boy laughed. The boy was dressed from head to toe in a cactus costume. He had green eyes and looked to be in his late twenties. His wavy purple hair went down to below his shoulders.
"Why, I'm here to battle you, honey!" He said. "I heard all of you introduce yourselves, so no need to!" He winked at Kitsune. Instead of feeling embarrassed she felt disturbed. Just when Shuu was about to open his mouth again, something blasted from the bushes, sending dust everywhere.
"Listen- is that a voice I hear?"
"It speaks to me, loud and clear!"
"On the wind!"
"Past the stars!"
"In your ear!"
"We already heard you guys go through this once again!" yelled Ryuu. Finally the smoke cleared to reveal Rocket Gang.
"Team Rocket!" said everyone except Shuu, Harley, Kitsune, Shinji and Ryuu. "Give me back my Pikachu!" yelled Satoshi.
"Pikapi!" said Pikachu, popping up next to Satoshi's head. "Pikachu!"
"Oh, if you're here, then why is Team Rocket here?" asked Satoshi.
"We actually want to join your tournament! If we win, we want that gorgeous treasure!" Musashi exclaimed. Kitsune sighed and groaned.
"Treasure?" asked everyone except Ryuu, Kitsune and Team Rocket. Kitsune slapped her face and collapsed on the dirt ground. Ryuu gave her a scolding look.
"Have you really been taking care of that flute?" asked Ryuu.
"So that's what Team Rocket was talking about." Said Satoshi.
"An Azure Flute? I've heard of it." Said Masato.
"Really Masato? What have you heard?" asked Haruka.
"Only that it's a really rare treasure. It has something to do with Mount Tengan, though…" said Masato, trailing off as he continued to study the flute.
"About this dumb tournament… How many people are going to be battling?" asked Shinji. Everyone looked at each other.
"Well… Satoshi, Takeshi, Ryuu, Kitsune, Harley, Haruka, Shuu, Musashi, Kojiro, Shinji, Hikari, and I make twelve. That's an even number." Said Kasumi.
"Since there are so many people, why don't we make it a tag team battle?" suggested Hikari.
"Good idea! I'll pair up with Kojiro." Said Musashi.
"Why me?" asked Kojiro, pointing to himself.
"You are the only other human Team Rocket member here!" said Musashi. "Plus, you're my partner anyway!"
"Right, I forgot…" Kojiro said, hanging his head.
"Okay! Then we will have Hikari pair with Shinji, Haruka pair with Shuu, Kasumi with Satoshi, Harley with Takeshi, Kitsune with Ryuu and Musashi with Kojiro." Said Masato.
"What?!" yelled everyone.
"What kind of plan is that?!" protested Kitsune.
"Listen up, everyone. I just paired everyone with his or her rival and/or people they travel with, except for Harley and Takeshi. They were left over." Explained Masato.
"Thanks." Said Takeshi sarcastically. Kitsune looked over to Ryuu, who looked back to her. She sighed.
"How is this tournament going to work?" said Kitsune finally.
"Well, we are going to pair up teams randomly for the first round. There will be six teams. Who ever wins will be going to the next round. The last person who isn't fighting anyone will automatically go to the next round, I guess. They will fight the winner of the other battle. Then whichever tag team wins that will be battling each other. Whoever wins the battle with their rival wins. I'm going to place the good people at the last team so the weaklings don't get a free pass." Explained Masato.
"What's the point of this again?" asked Ryuu.
"Well… I guess it's mostly because all of us want to battle." Masato tried to explain.
"We're doing it for that treasure!" said Team Rocket.
"Okay, then. The winner will get the Azure Flute!" said Harley.
"Oh, no! That's my treasure! It's a family heirloom!" protested Kitsune.
"Well, you didn't take very good care of it! It should be going into better hands! Like mine!" said Nyarth.
"You don't even have hands!" said Hikari. Kitsune sighed and hung her head, looking back at Ryuu.
'This is going to be a drag. Even if we win, I'm going to be going up against Ryuu…' thoought Kitsune. 'I don't think he'll be going easy on me.'
"Kitsune? Kitsune!" yelled Ryuu, waving his hand in front of her face. Kitsune shook her head.
"What?" she asked. Ryuu scowled and folded his arms.
"If you want to win, I suggest we train. The tournament's tomorrow." He said, not looking at Kitsune. She huffed.
"You can train yourself! It's not like you won't win!" Kitsune said.
"Why are you so mad?" asked Ryuu.
"I don't know! I mean, isn't it just a dream come true when you can waltz into a campsite with your new friends and decide to have a friendly battle with them, only to have them steal your treasure? Just jolly, isn't it?" Kitsune yelled in his face. She turned around and ran past the path and straight into the dense forest. She couldn't see or tell where she was going, but she wanted to get away with her Azure Flute.
'I'm sorry mom,' Kitsune thought. 'I guess it was inevitable.' She kept running and tripped over something and scraped her arm. She looked back to see what she tripped on. It was a big, round object. It looked like a giant egg. Kitsune reached over to it to study it. It was mostly blue. It had a long rectangle of gray that went from the top of the front to halfway down the back. There was a rectangle of yellow in the front going down. There was a triangle of yellow on the bottom. As she reached over to touch it, the egg began to glow, lighting up the whole area where Kitsune was sitting. She couldn't believe what she was seeing.
Okay, really long chapter. I just couldn't find a good place to stop. So, I decided to make a tournament just because I want to put these things together to see how strong some people are and stuff. :D The egg isn't actually giant, Kitsune's just used to chicken eggs, I guess. XD Oh, and in order the japanese town names are... Cerulan City, Littleroot Town, Pewter City and finally Twinleaf Town. Thank you for reading! Review if you don't mind!