I own nothing, other than my own original characters. Assuming I'm the real author of this story… It's a simple matter, really. All you need to do is kill the old BlackEcho, figure out his account password… (Five hours later) then after jumping through the gates of Hell battling the Devil himself, get the special 1up mushroom, write people's names in your notebook and wait forty seconds, gather the Seven Dragonballs and wish for ultimate power… (Twelve hours later) then you have to gather the Tri-Force using the Master Sword, jump on top of robots to free the inner animal, attain Bankai… eh, you get the idea…
Tales of the Braven Region: Generation V
Academy Saga
Chapter 3: A Charmander's Courage; Czar's Scorching Pride
"And you're telling me none of you had anything to do with whatever happened last night?" Levid demanded. Before classes began, Levid wanted to speak with the group of six that were supposedly staying after school to study. And on the one day Vinny decided to show up early.
"Nope!" They said in unison.
"Kelsey, Czar, and I found a man under a bookshelf. He looked scary, so Czar scratched him in the face out of fear!" Vinny said. Off the top of his head, he thought it was pretty good.
"When my dad drove me to school, we saw a man who looked like he was ravaged by a giant bird Pokemon!" Derek then said, not mentioning the burn Tori gave the man earlier. "I saw the knife nearby, and figured he was dangerous, so we drove away!"
"I heard screaming coming from a room with an open door, and saw that a man half-frozen," Ronald said. So far, the lies were stacking up, but they couldn't be broken down easily.
"I went out to take a breather, and saw a man get arrested by the police!" Thomas followed up. And then came Alli for the finisher. She took a quick glance at Ronald, and remembered what he said last night.
"You mention any of the things I said to anyone, and you're dead!"
"And I was sleeping the entire time!" She finished cheerfully. Everyone looked at Alli knowing the blatant lie.
"Umm… That's the best lie you could come up with?" Levid asked. As if digging a deeper grave, Alli nodded without hesitation.
"Yep! Best lie I could think of!"
And where did this cheerful girl come from…? Levid thought to himself. Shaking his head for several minutes, he seemed to stress over something.
"Well… if the police weren't suspicious of any of you, I guess there's no reason for the school to be. Looking at the entire group in general, I can't see where you would want to bring harm to the school. You may leave now." The bell rang, and the six looked at each other. "Better yet, take your seats!" Students started pouring in, and the group rushed to their respective seats.
"Wonder why he didn't ask about my arm…" Vinny said, pointing to the sling his left arm was caught up in.
"Because he probably doesn't even care," Derek answered. "What happened to it, anyway?"
"I bumped into a bookshelf, and accidentally knocked it over."
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Since last night's fiasco, Czar was on full alert. He spent most of his time patrolling the school hallways in case something ever happened to the school. He had scratches and bruises all over his body from last night, but he was able to put up with the pain. If the school that protected and provided for him for so many years was in danger, he would gladly return the favor by protecting the school.
Unfortunately, it seemed he was taking this a little too far…
"Charmander, Char Char Char!" He yelled out at a student in the hallway. Someone was wandering in the hallways? It had to be a threat! The student turned around at the sudden scream.
"Hey…" He looked like he was trying to remember Czar's name. "Uh… you Charmander, you… I was just stepping outside for a drink of water!"
"CHARMANDER!!!" The small lizard charged right at him, and the student quickly dashed into a classroom.
"Char..." Czar replied, shaking his head in disappointment.
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"Where did that damn bug go…" the trainer said out loud. Stuck in the forest in pursuit of a rare Pokemon, the trainer managed to get himself lost. His only Pokemon was hurt from battling the wild Pokemon, but before the trainer could capture it, the Pokemon ran away, too injured to resist the confines of a Poke Ball. "My Pokemon got hurt, and I'm not going to let that go in vain…" Busy talking to himself, he didn't notice the rather large Pokemon creep up behind him…
"GYAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!"
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"Sheesh… Kelsey was right…" Alli muttered to herself while walking up the steps of the school. "Hanging around Derek, Vinny, and Ronald has got me even lying to teachers! What am I gonna do if my mom or dad finds out!?" She was holding her head, and practically yelling at herself. It seemed that Kelsey wasn't the only one that talker to herself. She reached the top, and opened the door to the rooftop. Being the only one in the first lunch group, not hungry during lunchtime, and wanting to enjoy the beautiful blue sky, she often wandered up to the rooftop for the lunch period. This time, she wasn't the only one on the rooftop.
"Huh? Someone's there?" She asked herself, spotting a figure clothed in black, and the back of his head full of short, limp black hair. It seemed he too enjoyed looking up at the sky. She walked closer towards him, suddenly unable to speak. She hated how she was nervous around other people! Alli shivered as she felt something moving around her ankles. She looked down to see a rather cute Eevee with a golden-brown coat of fur looking up at her with large, bright eyes and a cute smile.
"Weevee?" He simply said, as if asking something of her.
"Aww… this is a cute Eevee!" She said, crouching down to pet him.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," The young man in black said without turning his head. "Eevee has a bad habit of urina-" The Eevee interrupted by jumping into Alli's arms, snuggling up comfortably. Alli giggled at this, and held the Eevee gently, stroking its silky fur. The young man looked back, and through his sunglasses noticed his Eevee rub his face in her chest.
Smooth operator, or complete pervert? He merely thought to himself. Hmm. I bet it wasn't even her face Eevee was looking up at, anyway… The young man in black snapped his fingers, and the Eevee jumped out of Alli's arms, and did a quick back flip in midair and managed a perfect landing. He then held out a Poke Ball, and the Eevee disappeared and went into the Poke Ball in a flash of red light.
"Umm… You're a Pokemon Trainer?" She asked. The young man's face went into a deep scowl; the reflecting sunglasses making him seem all the more intimidating. He then nodded. As if the Poke Ball, the perfect back flip weren't enough.
"Yes," He finally replied. He turned away to look at the sun. "I hate the sun. It's too bright and warm when it's out, and all the vibrant colors you can see with it are annoying… The darkness of the night suits me better…" He continued to scowl at the sun. Alli took a step back, a little nervous around the guy.
My emo detector's beeping! She thought, thinking of a way to subtly go away without offending him. "Well, look at the time!" She practically yelled. "I've got to go! It was nice talking to you, goodbye!" She took a few quick steps back and went back down into the school. She still had a good fifteen minutes to spend.
"I need to find a motel or something…" The young man in black muttered when she left.
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"And you hurt your arm by knocking over a bookshelf?" Ronald asked, leaning up against the wall. Ronald, Vinny, and Czar were relaxing on the side of the Academy. Lunch was horrible, but at least the view and fresh air was nice. Ronald was sitting down leaning against the wall, Vinny remained standing, and Czar was sitting on his rear, scouting the general vicinity with a pair of binoculars that neither would ask where he got them from.
"Well, my shoulder does hurt a little bit… but I still think this was a little too much…" He sighed as he laid his head on the wall and closed his eyes.
"What happened?"
"Well, after this big gruff guy decided to randomly attack Kelsey and me, Czar came in and saved the day. Afterwards, the three of us went back over to her house. Czar and Kelsey only received minor scratches and bruises but her parents threw me in their minivan and rushed me to the hospital… a thousand bucks and three hours later all they told me was to not move it around..." Before going into a ranting session, he decided to end it early. "Anyways, what happened to you?" Ronald shrugged.
"I stumbled into the room where kept the starter Pokemon, and used one to meet an old friend of mine called hypothermia," He said plainly. "After that, I snuck out, walked home, and slept a full eleven hours of sleep."
"I'm telling you that sleeping that much isn't normal…" Vinny replied coldly. Ronald was going to reply with a simply shrug, but his eyes widened and he immediately stood up straight. Vinny wondered what the commotion was, and noticed a body lying off in the distance beyond the school grounds. Ronald snatched Czar's binoculars and took a closer look. A body of a young man, most likely a trainer from the Poke Ball resting in his hand, lay simply unconscious. He saw no sight of blood or injuries, but his vision saw a dark figure moving closer towards him in the background.
"Vinny," He stated coldly. "Go get security and medical help as soon as possible." He took another look through the binoculars. "You'd best get someone from the local Pokemon Center as well, by the looks of it."
"Charmander!" Czar stood up straight, yelling out to Vinny and Ronald. He looked like he was prepared for battle. Vinny nodded, and gave a slight grin.
"I have a better idea," He said. He pulled the sling off of his arm, and painfully moved his shoulder about.
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Since the class was split apart during the various lunch sessions, the time when the students weren't in lunch was used as a private study time, such as asking the teacher questions about the lesson, and other preparations for tests. Since the exam was announced, this time was actually being used effectively. Often Mr. Levid would be out and about leaving the students by themselves for a couple lunch periods.
For some students, like Thomas Cain, this time was used to stare blankly into space. Looking out past the window he observed the many wonders of the school grounds. A large figure emerging from the trees caught his eye. A large brown insect came out, slowly walking towards a limp body. The insect, a Pinsir, seemed to be limping and walking wearily. The most notable appearance was that he wasn't symmetrical. On top of his head, there was one white horn with small spikes, but the left horn only had a jagged white stump that looked like it was forcibly ripped off. Otherwise, it looked like your ordinary cut and bruised Pinsir. Though Thomas did feel concerned for the poor fellow the Pinsir was nearing, he was more concerned for the two other creatures dashing towards it. He turned towards Kelsey, Derek, and Alli, and waved them over.
"This is something you might want to take a look at," He said blankly, and when the three went over to look, the entire class had to follow.
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"I have no idea what that Pinsir thinks it's doing," Vinny started, suddenly groaning in pain. "And whatever that guy did to that Pinsir, we gotta stop it!" Czar boldly nodded, and lost balance for a second. Vinny helped him regain it, and the two went dashing full speed. "And how much have you been eating!?" The Charmander laughed nervously, and answered with a shrug. Czar was standing on top of Vinny's shoulders, while the young man charged straight towards the bug Pokemon.
"Pin…sir…?" The large bug was looking at the unconscious trainer lying on the ground, but caught sight of a flaming lizard on top of a boy running straight towards them. Perhaps they were from that large building that was near the woods? Regardless, they were coming towards him. It seemed that these fools didn't quite understand the situation.
If what Kelsey said yesterday was true, then Czar should be able to at least hold the Pinsir off! All I have to do is buy a bit of time for Ronald to get here!
"Czar, you ready?" He asked. The Charmander hesitated, looking at the size of the creature, but eventually nodded. "Okay, give a full scale tail slam!" Vinny tossed the Charmander up into the air the same time Czar jumped off of him. High above the Pinsir, he swung his tail down on the Pinsir.
"CHAAAAAAAR!!!" Vinny ran towards the unconscious chap, but stopped to see how the attack ended.
"PIIIINSIIIIIR!" Though with only one horn, the bug type managed to bat away the small fire type's attack with relative ease. Czar went crashing towards the ground, holding his scratched tail.
"No effect…?" Vinny gasped, wide-eyed. This wasn't in the meager thoughts that could hardly be considered calculations.
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"What…the…hell?" Ronald looked around in the empty room, where last night, hundreds of Poke Balls were stocked. Could all of those Poke Balls been transported so quickly?
"I made a couple calls," A voice behind him said. Ronald turned around to see a young man in black standing in front of the door. It was the same person that Alli spoke to on the rooftop, and the same person who took out one of the thugs last night. "After last night's incident, both a student and a criminal found out where the entire stock of Pokemon were," He explained. "I suggested that the Dean move them to an outside location overnight, and it looked like he took my advice." He looked around the empty room. "So neither of us know the whereabouts of the current stock of starter Pokemon are now." Ronald's eyes showed a flicker of anger as he clenched his fist.
"And who are you supposed to be?" Ronald asked, toning down the anger, and retaining a cool posture. "You don't quite look like a student, and you're a little young to be a faculty member." His voice became slightly deeper, more mature and serious. The young man in black shrugged his shoulders with a smirk. After putting his shoulders down, he placed his hands on his sunglasses.
"I believe this will answer all your questions," He said, as he removed them. Staring in surprise, Ronald shook it off.
"I think we need to talk," Ronald began, his voice nearly cracking. "But right now, there's a more urgent matter at hand."
"You don't say?"
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"Chaaaaa!" Czar unleashed his Smokescreen attack, covering the Pinsir with a cloud of smoke. Then he proceeded to run away.
"Good idea…" Vinny said, going to the trainer, and trying to pick him up. Unfortunately, a human is much heavier than a Charmander, and Vinny involuntarily dropped the person out of the pain in his shoulder. "Bad idea…" He then said, watching the smoke cloud dissipate when the wind blew.
"Pin…Sir…" Instead of struggling within the smoke cloud, it seemed that the Pinsir calmly rested while it lasted. It saw the Charmander run off, but the humans remained. One nuisance aside, the other human was holding his shoulder, looking up at the Pinsir with both fearful and defiant eyes. The Pinsir used its usual intimidating tactic by clenching its two horns together, but with one gone, it just looked like one was wiggling around. What's more, it hurt to move the broken one. The Pinsir practically crashed to the ground shuttering in pain.
"Chaaaar!" Czar suddenly came dashing back into the fray unleashing a flurry of scratches, kicks, and headbutts at the distracted Pinsir. After about thirty seconds of his nonstop assault, Czar had to pull back to breathe. Last night's injuries were beginning to take its toll. The Pinsir, formerly shuddering in pain, seemed unharmed by Czar's attacks.
"Hey, wake up, dammit!" Vinny said, slapping the unconscious trainer across the face a few times. Though he groaned, he did nothing else. "Czar can't hold up against this thing, and Ronald is nowhere to be found. I thought he knew where the Pokemon were being stored. Then Pinsir mumbled something in a language Vinny didn't understand.
"Why are you stopping me from destroying this fiend?" The Pinsir asked the weary Charmander. Charmander responded in his own language, and Vinny figured they were speaking to each other.
"What do you mean?"
"This fiend had the audacity to invade my territory, and after forgiving him, I asked for his help. This fiend then used his Pokemon to injure me further, despite my injuries! This fiend has no right to exist with a Pokemon, let alone command one!" Czar wagged his tail and stared blankly at Pinsir as he explained. Czar looked completely confused.
"Maybe it's because I'm not wild, but all I see is an enraged Pinsir attacking a helpless human. Vinny wants to help him, and I can't let Vinny get hurt 'cause he has a test Monday!" Now Pinsir was the one confused. Czar took advantage of the situation, charging in for another assault. But Pinsir wouldn't allow it. He batted the Charmander with his arm, swinging him up into the air. When Czar came falling down, Pinsir jabbed his horn straight into Czar's gut, then flinging him down to the ground. Rolling down to Vinny's side, Vinny had one more unconscious creature to protect. He also saw the flame on Czar's tail flicker and eventually become the size of a lighter's flame.
"CZAR!" Vinny screamed, struggling to the Charmander's side. He held him in his arms. He felt a heartbeat, but he felt much colder than usual. He glared at Pinsir, anger definitely apparent. Not known for their reasoning, Pinsir considered this a challenge, and in a rage, charged straight towards the human and the unconscious Charmander.
"Weevee!" He brought his horn down upon the two, and a flash of brown and glowing white appeared in both Vinny and Pinsir's field of vision. Blocking Pinsir's Horn Attack, was an Eevee with a glowing white tail as hard as steel. Pinsir was pushed back, and the Eevee landed between Vinny and Pinsir.
"Iron Tail," Vinny heard Ronald explain from behind. "A Steel type attack that can gives the user incredible destructive power." Vinny turned around to see Ronald and the young man in black. The young man in black held a Poke Ball, presumably the Eevee's. Vinny turned back to see the tiny Eevee stare down the Pinsir. He then noticed that Pinsir's good horn was cracked from the previous clash.
"Incredible destructive power? I guess so…"
"The enemy is a Pinsir, bug type, male gender with severe injuries, one broken horn, the other damaged. Injuries include a deep scratch in his left leg, leading to speed impediment, and various smaller scratches all over his body," The young man in black explained, apparently very observant even with sunglasses on. "Feel free to go wild," The Eevee looked back excitedly, and his tail wagged happily. He turned towards the Pinsir once again. While the bug type was preparing for another charge, the Eevee disappeared out of sight.
"Pinsir can only rely on frontal assaults," Ronald said to Vinny. "They don't exactly have a neck, so they have to turn their entire bodies if they want to see their target. That's why they develop such strong skin and have such massive power to compensate for this weakness."
"But…" sunglasses began. Eevee appeared behind the Pinsir, and slammed right into his back at high speeds. Though he stammered from Eevee's Quick Attack, he didn't fall. It seemed he was much tougher than he looked.
"If you can get past all of that thick skin and muscle…"
Pinsir whipped his body around to attack the tiny Normal type, but Eevee easily backed away with nearly the same speed he charged forward with. Once he was a safe distance away, Eevee stopped, and began to glow with an eerie purple aura.
"And if you can think beyond just a frontal assault…"
Eevee began to form a black orb of energy in front of him, and the Pinsir charged forward anyways. But it was too late. Eevee shot out the dark ball of energy, the sphere striking the Pinsir and sending him flying backwards. He crashed to the ground, knocked out cold.
"You can bring down even the biggest colossus." Eevee skipped back to his trainer happily, not at all weary from bringing down the giant Pinsir. Ronald patted Vinny on the shoulder as he sat in silence.
"I guess now you know the difference between a domesticated Pokemon and a wild one. And the difference between a wild Pokemon and one raised by a Trainer." Vinny nodded solemnly, looking down at Czar. He then stood up, facing the Trainer in black.
"If you're a trainer, you have Potions or other healing items, right?" He asked, almost pleadingly. The Trainer shrugged, then shook his head.
"Eevee never gets injured, so I don't waste my money on them," He replied. He seemed to ignore the injured Charmander, either he didn't give a damn, or he just didn't notice him. He snapped his fingers, and jerked his head towards the unconscious Trainer. Eevee trotted towards the Trainer's face, lifted up his leg, and promptly peed on him. The Trainer stirred, and young man in black walked over, and kicked him in the leg. He woke up screaming in pain.
"Wake up, you bastard," He said, ready to kick him again. Eevee seemed to giggle a little at this.
Great… First you're a pervert, now you're a sadist… He shook his thoughts off for a second, and looked down towards.
"I'm awake…" He grumbled, looking around at his surroundings. A short white-haired kid, a kid holding an injured Charmander, a kid in black standing over him, an Eevee with his leg lifted up, and… urine all over his face. "Guh! Disgusting!!!"
"Save it," He replied. Sunglasses grabbed him by his hair, and brought him up to his feet. "I just got done taking out an enraged Pinsir that was getting ready to maul your unconscious body, and I have a small question. Could you please tell me what the hell's going on?" He stepped back from Sunglasses, and shivered.
"Well… I uh… found the wild Pinsir looking pretty injured, so I figured it would be an easy capture. But he got away when he brought down my Pokemon… I chased after him, but he got me by surprise. I ran away, and uh… fainted from fear…" He seemed pretty embarrassed. He started to laugh nervously, but Sunglasses promptly punched him down to the ground. He grabbed him by his hair again, and began dragging him towards the forest.
"Hey, what the hell are you doing!?" He asked. Sunglasses stopped.
"Pinsir's a territorial Pokemon, so if his territory is nearby, that means his other horn is around there as well. I'm going to go search for it. And since this entire thing is your fault, I'm bringing you to use as a shield in case that Pinsir has any family." He faced Ronald and Vinny. "Call for some medical help for your lizard, and then find the best glue or paste you can. That Pinsir won't wake up for another couple hours." He then resumed dragging the other trainer along by his hair. Eevee jumped on top of Pinsir, and simply sat on his unconscious body.
"Hey, wait, you're going to just glue his horn back on? Are you crazy?"
"I'm not bringing you along because I like you, so shut up," He explained. "And wipe your face off."
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"For what it's worth…" Ronald began with a solemn tone in his voice. "I'm sorry I let you do this," He looked over towards Vinny. He was standing over a bed in the school nurse's office. Czar was lying unconscious, his tail flame no bigger than before.
You're an idiot for taking the Pinsir head on… Ronald thought, realizing his words would have been of no solace. But I guess that makes me the bigger idiot for agreeing to his plan in the first place…
"I'm an idiot for getting him into this…" Vinny replied sadly. "I should have realized that he wouldn't stand a chance from the battle last night, but I had to get all elated and pretend to be a hero…"
"In the last couple of days, you've learned the strengths and weaknesses of a few Pokemon, right?" Ronald then asked. He felt very uncomfortable in this situation. Despite seeing Vinny's serious side, he had yet to discover his insecure side. "Well, being a Trainer's like that, except you have to learn your own strengths and weaknesses as well as your Pokemons'. In a sense, I guess you're one step closer to becoming a trainer,"
"It feels like a step too far…" Vinny replied harshly.
"Oi, Czar fought the Pinsir so you wouldn't get injured!" Ronald said, becoming impatient. Before he could explode, he heard several footsteps coming towards. Nearly crashing through the door, Derek, Kelsey, Thomas, and Alli poured into the room.
"Is Czar all right?" Derek asked, standing next to Vinny and nearly gasping when he saw Czar. Scratched, cut, and bruised all over, he had a wicked wound in his gut."
"Thanks to me, he's hurt pretty badly…" Vinny muttered.
"You moron!" Kelsey nearly yelled.
"Yeah, I am…" She wanted to hit Vinny over the head, but she had a feeling it wouldn't mean anything because he was beating himself up plenty.
"You take over…" Ronald said, stepping outside the room. "I've got better things to do than talk him out of depression," He walked right past Thomas and Alli, and shut the door behind him.
"Hey…" Thomas then said. "I, uh… saw the entire thing from the window… and…" He scratched the back of his head, not entirely skilled at counseling himself. "And when I saw that Charmander run away, he ran back when he realized you weren't running. It looked like he was trying to protect you from getting hurt. So…"
"So you can either be depressed about Czar's sacrifice, or you can make it worthwhile," Kelsey finished. Derek then patted him on the back.
"So what're you gonna do when he wakes?" He asked. "Bury your face in the dirt apologizing, or show off your Pokemon Trainer's License grinning?"
"And… they may look like pretty bad injuries now, but it looks like he'll recover by the end of the week…" Alli added in quietly.
"I don't know about you…" Vinny started. "But I don't like having dirt on my face!" He turned around with a slight smirk, and nodded to the four. "So thank you, bunch of prying bastards!" He chuckled a little, and the others responded likewise.
"And with you and Ronald, I guess that makes six of us!" Derek replied. He patted Czar on the head, and decided to step out. "Well, I guess crowding around Czar isn't going to help him recover, so I guess we should go out and see that Pinsir ourselves." Vinny nodded.
"Yeah. I was supposed to help him with something… But I forgot with what…" He gave a grin and followed Derek out.
"I reiterate; you moron!" Kelsey then followed the two, leaving just Thomas and Alli.
"You really think he's gonna get better in a week?" He asked her while walking out.
"I'm not really sure, but I wanted to say something helpful…"
"You're getting a pretty slick tongue, you know!"
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By the time Sunglasses and the "bastard" came back with a broken horn, the six were busy petting and playing with Eevee and oddly enough, the unconscious Pinsir. Ronald had brought along a few bottles of super glue, much to the forgetful Vinny's delight.
"All I'm saying is I'm sorry, all right?" The "bastard" repeated for the eighteenth time.
"SHUT UP!" The seven finally cried out. After dumping the bottles on the horn's stump. They carefully placed the horn on the stump, holding it there for a few minutes.
"So is gluing the horn back on going to fix him?" Vinny finally asked. Kelsey and Ronald merely pointed to the other cracked horn. In between the cracks of the horns, was a strange white liquid.
"Because the horns are Pinsir's main weapon, they often become damaged or broken. Thus, the horns naturally secrete a substance that will repair and bring the pieces back together," Kelsey explained. With a broken off horn, it will take a couple of months, but you'd never guess that his horn ever broke!"
"That's… pretty neat!" Thomas exclaimed. Sunglasses gave a sarcastic chuckle.
"All it means is that Pinsir often get their asses handed to them," He replied smugly. "So they developed to recover quickly. Pretty pathetic, if you ask me…" Kelsey gave a slight growl.
"Well we didn't ask you, so shut it!"
"Wee!" Eevee suddenly became tense, and looked over towards Kelsey, then his Trainer. He merely shook his head, and Eevee began to relax again. He then grabbed Eevee's Poke Ball, and recalled him. After placing Eevee's Poke Ball onto his belt, he pulled out another Poke Ball. This Poke Ball had a pink top and two red hearts on it.
"That's a bit of a flamboyant Poke Ball, don't you think?" Vinny mocked.
"No… That's a Heal Ball!"
Heal Ball: A specialized Poke Ball used for healing injured Wild Pokemon. Though normal Poke Balls have a healing device installed in them, the Heal Ball's function is to actually recover the Pokemon rather than prevent a Pokemon's condition from worsening like a normal Poke Ball would. Thus, when it would take a month for a Pokemon to recover in a Poke Ball, it would only take about a day for the same results from a Heal Ball.
"Yeah…" Ronald said. "It's a specialized Poke Ball used for healing… Ah, never mind. It's not important…" Sunglasses threw the Heal Ball at the still unconscious Pinsir. Engulfed in a bright pink light, the entire being that once was Pinsir quickly miniaturized into the small pink and white sphere that was the Heal Ball. After shaking several times, the Heal Ball gave a slight "ding" and the Heal Ball was finally at rest. Sunglasses went over to pick it up, and simply placed it on his belt.
"Excuse me… but…" Alli started to say, but a glare from Sunglasses made her pause. The lack of eye contact is really beginning to creep me out! "Umm… I don't believe we got your name." Sunglasses grunted for a second.
"And I don't have any of yours." He replied.
"Um… My name's…" The "bastard" began, but he was hit in the head by Sunglasses.
"Shut up, bastard," He replied. "No one wants to hear you talk. Get your ass to a hospital and get your injuries treated. Then get your ass to a mental ward and get your head examined." Almost breaking into a cry, the "bastard" ran off.
I don't know if I should call him cool, or just a plain ass! Alli thought to herself while looking at Sunglasses. "Anyways, my name's Allison. Allison Black…"
"And I'm Thomas Cain!" Thomas said with a little more confidence than his predecessor.
"Kelsey Richton, nice to meet you…" She said it almost begrudgingly.
"Derek Pierce, pleasure to meet you!"
"Vinny Elias's the name, well… being a future trainer's the game!" Nobody laughed at his attempt at humor.
"Ronald Friese." Sunglasses looked at the six, first looking like he was trying to remember them, but then looked like he really couldn't care anymore.
"'Friese', huh?" He then replied with a slight laugh. No one saw the humor, but Ronald seemed slightly put out by it. "Ian. Chad Ian." He turned around and walked away without another word, leaving the six to ponder about his earlier crack.
"Wait…" Vinny then said. "Was his first name Ian? Or was it Chad? I'm a little confused…"
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Though all he did was sleep when he was at the home, Vinny couldn't help but feel a little bit of loneliness coming from the small hut. Even so, he was determined to pass this exam. He flipped open the legible books he had, but could only stare at them for a bit. In reality, Vinny didn't know how to study. He scratched his head for a minute or so, and tried to read the words on the book, but some mystic force prevented him from doing so. Even when he felt like he was able to do it, a knock on the shabby door rung throughout the hut. He dashed over to the door, opening it up to see Ronald standing before him in rather strange clothes. He never figured him for a sweatpants and sleeveless kind of guy, and in pure white clothing, it was a bit of a shock. What's more, his eyes were dark underneath and baggy at six PM. Maybe him needing all those naps were actually true!
"Grab your bags," He said, giving a loud yawn. "The two of us are skipping school tomorrow and you're spending tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday at my place."
"Eh? Pardon me?"
"As it stands, you're going to fail the exam. I figured you for someone who would pull through when things mattered for some odd reason, but today I was proven wrong. So we're going to make the most out of these three days we have left, and you're going to become a damn Trainer. So pack your bags, and come with me for three days of hell."
"H-hell?"
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Preview:
Vinny: Um… Ronald?
Ronald: What?
Vinny: This may be a dumb question, but why do you have an electric chair in your home…?
Ronald: It's not an electric chair. It's a quiz machine. Anyways, welcome to my home! Please, sit down…
Vinny: Ehehehehehe….
Ronald: Next time on Generation V: The First Exam! Miss it or you'll fry!
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Author's Note: Well, this is the third chapter in Neo-GenV. Though it took me awhile to write, things are beginning to pick up, and I've already written a couple pages of the fourth chapter… in my head. Anyways, if all comes as planned, expect the fourth chapter to be up sometime this week. Author out… Here are the levels of all the Pokemon that were in this chapter.
Czar: Lvl 5
Pinsir: Lvl 15
Chad's Eevee: Lvl ____________