A/N: Well, this has been a very silent month for me. And I am beyond pissed off at the moment. After a long wait from playing Pokemon Platnium, I was facing Palmer. WTF. He had a milotic, rhyperior, and dragonite. The first time, it took one hell of a long time to beat that little freakin beauty-snake thing. -.- And I used my Tyranitar aginst Rhyperior, and using Earthquake and all, IT BARELY MAKES ANY DAMAGE. My second try, I used Tyranitar and made it learn thunder, THUNDER!!! It still BARELY makes any damage towards milotic. I never even got to Dragonite. D': DAMMIT, THAT STUPID PALMER. But I love him anyway. -w-
Summary: Suddenly attacked by the enemy ship, Dawn watches as her greatest fear unfolds. With a chance safety, she is forcefully shoved into the escape pod. Now, it's up to her to find the scattered pieces of the adamant orb in Sinnoh, with a little help, that is. IKARISHIPPING/AU.
Extra note: Thoughts will be written in italics. Besides the point of Pokémon strange strength and my lack of description, hopefully I'll be later able to explain. If I can't, PM or something. I don't bite :D Still unclear? Dayum, then I really suck. :P
Disclaimer: This LABEL is popping and making its way to my brain, CURSE YOU, YOU INFURITATING THINGY-MA-JIG. GWARGH.
Playlist/Song of choice: Like I do before in other previous fics, I'll repeat myself like a broken record. I have two in store for each chapter, one 'instrumenta/classical', one that is 'normal'. Go ahead; you're free to choose which one~ Just in case you have different preferences! Artist/band first, song next.
~.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.~
P!nk - So what instrumental
Trading Yesterday - Shattered
~.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.~
Please refer back to the Prologue for any additional information.
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Chapter 3: Running & Going
The Celestian blunette kept in mind the little argument between Roark in Volkner, the idea of them fighting alienated her, and asking to herself just what was going on. Her partner, Paul, was just following along to where she was going. And as time flies, there would be no way she would go to the next city once the sun is going down. The next suggestion was just to take a rest at the Pokémon center, no less from the serious injuries surrounding Riolu's lithe body. And so, from the short course to the gym to the center, it was just a slow steady pace of silence. Yet, that stillness was disturbed from one camper and a group of other campers, snickering and laughing loudly.
"So, Tim, what are you going to do with it?" One of the camper girls asked.
"It's ugly and useless; I knew I should've never wasted my time to evolve it. Oh well, let someone else find it." Said the camper--apparently Tim—tossed a poké ball to the dusty rode as he finally entered the cavern with the rest of the small campers.
Dawn huffed, clicking her heels to pick the dust-smitten red and white ball as she clutched it securely in her hand, "How merciless! How could he just toss his friend like that?" She stormed back to where Paul resided, eyeing the poké ball in her hand with half-bored eyes.
The pair entered the center, letting Nurse Joy taking her Riolu to be healed in the room in the back. Dawn asked for two rooms, much to her dismay only one was available, but it will have to do. She sat on one of the benches, nervously gazing at the ball twirled around by her fingers.
"Come on out!"
For some reason, her eyes patiently waited for a majestic looking creature, or one with a fierce sense of intimidation as appearance like Empoleon, or something that will be perfect for combat like the evolution that may soon come for her Riolu. Thus, the blue haired Celestian closed her eyes for four seconds, opening for the surprise.
"Probo…"
A Probopass.
Correction, a shiny Probopass.
Dawn's right eye twitched, certainly the shiny was a plus, but overall...she felt to speechless to keep on thinking.
The large Probopass looked around, large aqua eyes watering when exiting from its ball – not from his trainer, but from someone else. It rested on the floor, sulking and tearing even harder. Dawn even had to admit being--shocked at first, but a pang in her heart made her just as guilty for quickly judging it. Carefully she approached the yellow creature and hugged it gently from its large nose, stroking soothing circles for it to calm down.
It took less than five minutes for the sniffling to cease and for the Probopass to feel a bit more comfortable with Dawn. And within another five minutes, it took her a while to comfort the Probopass and explained what the selfish little camper boy did to it. She pumped up her fist, smiling brightly at the shiny Probopass, "Don't worry! I'll make you strong, and prove to that kid you're better than he would ever think!"
The Probopass expressed happiness with the radiance in its eyes, excited to feel cared for.
All the more, Paul watched the whole scene before him, a little disgusted with friend-mushy aura between a trainer and a total stranger of a creature, the "happiness"-mush even appalled him utmost. The male just growled as he turned his heel towards the opposite direction, sneaking past the Chansey's running around. The teen crept towards an Empoleon and a half-sleeping Riolu conversing in one of the rooms.
Riolu's sensors perked up, red eyes darting towards the plum haired teen steeping inside the room with intimidation looming the two pokémons. Empoleon raised its flipper, the steel-bladed facing upwards for Paul to know ahead of time where to keep his distance and how far he can be towards the blue pair.
But Riolu was frightened, forcing all the wires connected to its lithe body to the floor, dangling from the machines whilst some plummeted towards the floor, the small blue creature scrambled to Empoleon's protection, hoisting upwards from body to Empoleon's horns.
"'Poleon, 'poleon."
The emperor penguin stood from its seat, taking two steps further whilst the blade on its flipper was just one inch away from Paul's neck.
The teen snickered, angering the blue penguin further, "Is that anyway to act towards to someone? With that much hostility?"
The Empoleon mentally twitched: Right back at 'cha, the penguin thought.
Riolu sweat dropped and thought something as well: Hostile? Coming from the one that glares at us 24/7.
"I assume you're the loyal ones towards the stupid girl."
Empoleon was about to thrust the blade in Paul's throat, that was until Riolu struck the teen's cheek with force palm with its eyes closed shut, not noticing the mistake made when Empoleon let out its cry, forcing its eyes to open in shock of hitting the wrong person. Its large red eyes widened to hitting a girl: Dawn, the impact landing on her cheek.
Paul was taken aback, not expecting the trainer to come out of nowhere and stand in front--to protect?
Dawn's knees wobbled, then collapsing on the floor with a thud, her left hand stroked the injured spot and the unbearable pain throbbing and warming up. Riolu legs met the floor, examining its own paws with horror when the blue creature clenched them. Riolu jumped from the floor to Empoleon's horn and finally towards the window.
The Celestian jumped up, hissing back the pain as her fingers clenched the window sill, "Riolu, come back! I'm fine! Riolu! Riolu!"
Empoleon clutched its head the best it could with its hands from the flippers, getting a distinct message from Riolu, and with a nod from the penguin, it understood everything.
Probopass forced itself in the door as it finally found Dawn, confused to her tears and why Empoleon was staring at the shiny pokémon.
As for Paul, he crumbled the item in his hand and left the room.
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It was midnight, but Dawn could not sleep with the running waterfall from her red puffy eyes, the full night and Riolu didn't return, even Empoleon seem to be hiding something. Probopass was just as lost, trying to comfort the Celestian in the best way it can. The teen roamed her white bag, clutching a large fragment of the Adamant Orb; however it wasn't what she was looking for. Her hand picked out the communicator, finally satisfied getting the right item. Dawn stepped out from the bunk bed, carefully tip-toeing out in order not to disturb Paul's sleep--the worst possible case scenario is the plum-haired teen lashing out on her.
She stepped into the dark lobby of the center with her bag, opening up the communicator while the light beeped frequently as the blurry static screen revealed Volkner's half-asleep face, "…Do you know what time is it?"
She sniffled, "V-V-Volk-ner…"
The half-asleep face turned wide awake, "H-hey now, what's…err…wrong?"
The blond gave her some time to relax, never speaking a word when the violent hiccupping turned to silent sobs. She explained her story, and midway she cut herself halfway--in an attempt to cheer herself--and picked out the Orb from her bag, "So, with this one, now will you give me your piece and make my life easier?"
Volkner chuckled lightly, "In all honesty, I'm avoiding and beating trainers that come to get the Orb as a prize. For all that trouble, you expect me to just hand it over?" Volkner wagged a finger on the screen, "I don't think so. I need some pep, so make my battle with you something for me to enjoy--win and the prize is yours."
Letting down the finger, he exposed the piece of the Orb, placing it back in position after showing it to the Celestian.
The girl went on with her story; Volkner never interrupted and listened closely.
"What do I do now? For all it seems, Riolu isn't coming back!"
"Don't think so negative, Riolu does concern itself you: its trainer, partner, and friend. Oddly, this situation is strangely reminding me of what happened the last time you contacted me." He bowed his head dejectedly, sighing deeply with his gloomy aura.
Dawn tilted her head, "Speaking of which, what was that whole brouhaha?"
Volkner hesitated, but finally he turned off the communicator on his side, leaving the Celestian hanging, "How rude!"
Dawn headed back to her room, Empoleon sleept on Probopass' nose, not even the creaking noise of the floorboards woke them up, and in other words, they must've been exhausted. There was a gap between the two, the perfect space for Riolu, that is, if Riolu was actually here with them. She bit her lip, preventing anymore tears falling from her red eyes, but it felt so lonely sleeping by her lonesome, even Riolu would occasionally convince Empoleon to sleeping with Dawn on the same bed. Sure there was always a cramp in the morning, yet it was fun waking up to two sleepy faces.
Her blue orbs eyed Paul's bed, taking note he slept in the far side of the twin-sized bed without falling, as of then the idea came to mind. Dangerous and most likely stupid, she crept towards Paul's bed, lifting up the covers and taking one side of the portion. For one thing, her eyes grew heavy quicker from taking a snooze on the bottom bunk than the top.
This was great. She is sleeping on the same bed of someone who glares at her and barely acknowledges, now if Riolu ever hear about this, boy will she never hear the end of it.
Giggling silently, she felt into a comfortable sleep, even if it was with someone who could barely come close to be labeled 'acquaintance.'
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Was it luck?
The only thing she thought to that comment: Who cares? I manage to come out alive!
Dawn woke up bright and early--something that she was never use to--to scramble out of Paul's bed without disturbing him from the infernal springs hidden inside the mattress - no trouble at all!
Okay, I'm lying.
She shook her head with a smile, fully dressed and showered and ready to train outside with her new Probopass, of course, including Empoleon. Sighing, she remembered Riolu just ran off, it was a question if the small blue creature would come back or rather be gone forever. Being pessimistic all the more, Dawn chose the latter of the situation and her mood deepened with a glum frown. Thinking back to that, training at the moment doesn't sound as appealing when it first came to her head in the morning.
Still crestfallen, the blunette dragged her pink boots towards the north of Oreburgh city, noticing the ramp towards Eterna city that can only be crossed with a bicycle.
...
Where in bloody hells name is she getting one in such short notice?
Her finger dug inside the white bag for a poké ball, clicking the small white button to enlarge said ball. Probopass was released, gazing its surrounds with soft azure orbs.
"Probopass," she said sternly, pointing one finger swiftly towards the base of the the rocky slope, "You somehow float! Can you get me up this ramp?"
The shiny pokémon nodded, both escalated towards a ledge for a more reachable distance whilst Dawn climbing up and apologizing when she accidentally clawed the sturdy body--in all honesty, Probopass did even feel anything and staring absent mindedly at the grass--as she climbed to Probopass' hat-like feature. Keeping blance, she stood from her kneeling position, and smiled brightly. It was perfectly reachable towards the other end, trainers everywhere called her "cheating," others thought it was "genius," but Dawn felt it was like common sense, despite usually lacking it.
She got Probopass into the ball once she climbed over, thanking it before stuffing it back in her white--slightly dirty now--bag.
Dawn pumped a fist in the air, "Score! Forget going past Eterna forest!"
The sound of bike chains locked with rocks, bending some small fragments of the metal as it was placed there and left alone, "Impatient, aren't we?"
Blue eyes were now fixed upon purple hues.
"Oh…sorry…"
Dawn actually forgot about his existence the whole time trying to scale the other side.
Empoleon made its way out of its poké ball all on its own, holding up the bladed flipper high and mighty.
Paul advert his eyes the other way, cupping a hand on his mouth to hide the snigger, "Control those 'friends' of yours. All they've been doing is trying to threaten me."
I see why not, Empoleon thoughtfully sniggered.
Dawn patted down the safe side of Empoleon's flippers, displaying to keep its guard down, "Now, now." She gave a gentle hug around the emperor penguin's neck, whispering only to the blue penguin, "…Thank you."
With that said, she latched onto the poké ball from her bag, letting the still angered but confused Empoleon return from the red beam to its ball. Once they were out of sight, the blunette securely placed the ball in her bag and giggled.
"Well, we should be going."
Her blue eyes were caught when a spunky ace trainer chatted with Paul; one hand was on her hip while the other swished her dark green locks in a haughty manner. Even if there was only a small distance between Dawn and the plum haired teen, she could notice a very glum scowl itched on his lips, the whole aura around his body can be described as only one word: 'doooooom.'
The ace trainer called in a male ace trainer, he pointed one finger towards Paul as he announced, "Both of us want a battle! Let's see if you can take on two aces, unless you're a coward…" The male smirked, folding his arm as he waited for an answer.
Dawn dared to come closer and gulped; This is not going to be pretty. It's like I can sense something in him just snapped. That guy just crossed the line…
The female ace let out her Glameow, her partner called out Bibarel.
"This is a waste of time." Paul said, annoyed when keeping stress on the poké ball he fetched from his pocket, one purple eye glared at Dawn to at least get a hint on what she should do.
Dawn nervously fished out Empoleon, she mumbled a few words such as 'heartless' and 'what a meanie' from Paul's cold attitude towards her already.
The plum haired let out his Torterra, the large turtle giving quite a shake in the ground from one stomp.
The Celestian teen smacked her hand on her forehead, just after a few seconds where the whole battling clicked in Empoleon's mind of having to work with Torterra, that is.
The same Torterra that didn't get beaten by Empoleon's power.
The same Torterra that sent Empoleon to the center.
The same Torterra that mucked up its perfect winning streak and let Riolu see said penguin in such a horrible state.
Oh, this is not good...Empoleon never accepts defeat! Why didn't I just send out Probopass...Oh great!
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A/N: Erm, this was a very long wait. To be honest, I was actually on my way to update other things first; this was more like in the middle. But now for sanitary reasons, my school is being cleaned out! No school till next Tuesday! FAWK YEAH. Erm, now explanation time. I have a REAL reason for Riolu leaving, and I'm gonna keep quiet about it for now. Why did I choose Probopass? I honestly don't know. I went to the Pokemon marriland website, and randomly selected one, and also considered how it can match up towards other gym leaders. This seems rushed with a lack of description, I actually had a large major part of this done, but I held it off for a long time, I just lost the mood. So, hope ya enjoyed! Poll is on my profile~!