A/N: Hey, all readers! Guess who's back from the dead! No, it's not your great-great-grandparents, it's me! I'm sorry for taking so long, I just got caught up in the huge web that is my life. That, and I temporarily lost my muse, then I got Pokemon Platinum. Which, might I add, rocks!
Anywho, thanks to Nanashi Chimera, AzureFlames, Wings that bring the fate, Ketchum Kid (), and ReLeeS for your reviews! I hope you're all still out there! And another thanks to TJay for beta reading!
And a reply to Ketchum Kid ():
As long as you read and review, I don't care when. Thanks for the praise on Joey. I've already told TJay, Joey's original creator, about that. And I'm truly sorry for taking so long. I was without inspiration until recently.
Now, onto the story!
Chapter Eleven – Into Enemy Territory
Of course, since life hates me, that peace can't last for long.
I didn't dream at all that night, and it felt too soon when I woke up. The blaring sounds and loud voices that came from all around didn't help either.
'Wait, since when were there people here?' I thought.
Then one voice seemed to come out of nowhere and drown out all of the rest. It was extremely loud, and very harsh on my ears. I wondered what it felt like for Joey or Koyuki. But then I saw that they were both still asleep.
What the voice said was even worse than how it sounded.
"Come out with your hands up!" the voice boomed. "We have you surrounded!"
Now where have we heard that before?
'Shit, the police have found us!' I thought. I scrambled to my feet, waking Lizzy in the process.
"What the hell was that?" she asked.
OK, so she was already awake. Good, less explaining for me.
"I think that the police have found us," I said, trying not to panic. "Help me wake the others."
She nodded and stood up. As I walked up to the bed, where Joey and Koyuki were still peacefully asleep, which was really ironic, seeing as they have the largest ears of all of us. Stephanie, on the other hand, was wide-awake. She was looking around sleepily with a perplexed look on her face.
"Was that really the police?" she asked.
I peeked out the window as far as I could without being seen. I saw a few cops standing around the tree house, each one having a pistol or a tazer. There were a few bloodhounds on leashes, and they were all yanking at their ropes, desperately trying to get to us.
"Well, I'm no expert, but I think that a bunch of men in blue uniforms carrying guns and tazers count as police. Now help me wake Joey and Koyuki so that we can get the hell out of here."
Stephanie proceeded to shaking Joey multiple times until he was awake, so I took care of Koyuki. I reached over and picked him up, which somehow snapped him out of his dreamland.
"VEE!" he barked in surprise. I put a hand over his mouth.
"Shhh!" I whispered. "The police are outside. We've got to leave."
He nodded as best he could with a hand on his mouth, and I set him down. I turned around to see that Joey was already up, and so were Sasori and Takeshi. Stephanie was sitting beside Joey, filling him in on what was going on. Lizzy was in the process of waking up Tsurugi. I was surprised that she managed to wake Takeshi without getting slashed.
Luckily, Lizzy didn't have much trouble with Tsurugi, either. Soon, he was up and alert to his surroundings.
"Alright, so do we all know what's going on?" I asked everyone quietly. They silently nodded.
"Good," I said. "Now, how are we going to get out of this one?"
"Well, I could try to fly us all out of here," Joey suggested.
"But they've got guns," Lizzy pointed out. "They could easily shoot us down."
"Ugh," I groaned, slapping myself in the forehead. "Next time, remind me to not get on the bad side of the men with the guns."
"Gallade," Tsurugi said.
"Really?" Joey exclaimed.
"What?" I asked.
"He said he can teleport us!" Joey answered.
"Is that right? How far?" I asked.
"Gallade, Gall," Tsurugi replied.
"Anywhere within a mile of here," Joey translated.
"Did I tell you how much you rock?" I said to Tsurugi. He just smiled and said "Gallade."
"I'm guessing that that was something along the lines of 'I know'."
He nodded. Then he followed it up by saying, "Gallade," and motioning for us to gather around him.
"I don't need a translation for that," I said as I walked over to him.
"Me neither," Stephanie said, who was currently gathering our small amount of items and stuffing them in a bag. Once she had gathered everything, she joined us around Tsurugi.
"Alright, let's get the hell out of here!" I shouted.
Apparently, I had said that just a bit too loudly, because the police started shouting orders, and I could hear people climbing the ladder. But just then, Tsurugi began to teleport us, and the treehouse's room sort of melted away, like water sliding down the side of a car window. The forest's trees and bushes replaced it, and the loud noises made by scrambling policemen were replaced with the sweet chirps of the birds sitting in the trees.
I looked around, observing the new scenery that was so suddenly forced on my eyes. The rest of the group was following suit, all except Tsurugi, who was probably fairly used to it by now.
"OK, we made it out of there safely, but we're only a mile away from the police," I said. "Our rest has been cut short."
"And rather rudely," Joey added.
"Still, we've got to get further away."
"Are we going to have to fly on Joey again?" Stephanie asked.
"Yep, and that means that you three," I looked at Takeshi, Tsurugi, and Sasori, "are going to have to go back in the balls."
They groaned, and I said, "I know that you don't want to, but it's absolutely necessary that you do. Just like we agreed earlier."
They shared looks, then sadly nodded and sighed.
"Don't worry, it won't be too long," I reassured them. Then I fished out their Pokeballs from my pocket and returned them.
Just as they shrunk back to marble size and I had jammed them in my pocket, I heard a loud shriek from behind me. I slowly turned around and looked up to see a huge, tan bird-like creature with huge wings and an abnormally long beak. It was staring menacingly at me.
Then, before I could do anything, it lunged its beak at me. It was so quick that I couldn't even see it as it grazed my shoulder. Immediately, pain coursed through it, and I gripped it tightly as a reaction. I managed a glance at it, and it wasn't too badly damaged, but the cut left was deep enough to draw blood.
The strange bird made another thrust, this time, barely scraping my left leg. It did about as much damage as it did to my shoulder, and I collapsed out of a mixture of shock and pain. Lizzy tried to run over to help me, but the bird kept her back by jabbing at her.
Just as it reared back for a third shot, something slammed into it. I was able to see what it was as it came down. It was Koyuki, and he was moving fast.
Koyuki skidded to a stop at my side, and the bird regained balance. The two stared each other down for a while, and then I realized what this must be. Whatever the bird was, it was a Pokemon, and this was a Pokemon battle.
And since I'm Koyuki's trainer, it was my job to command.
I tried to stand and was able to make it to my feet, even though I was a bit wobbly. I looked at Koyuki, then at the wild Pokemon, then back. I truthfully had no idea what to do. I didn't know what Koyuki could do, nor did I know how to battle. So I just shouted out, "Do whatever it is that you just did!" and hoped for the best.
Suddenly, Koyuki took off like a rocket, heading right at the bird. It easily sidestepped Koyuki and whirled around to face him.
"Try it again!" I commanded, and Koyuki obediently did so.
And was sidestepped once again.
Then I thought of something. It was surprisingly simple, yet brilliant.
"Use that attack to confuse the thing!"
Koyuki began running around the bird at high speeds, zigzagging back and forth randomly. The bird had an impossible time keeping up, and if this were a cartoon, its neck would be tied in a knot.
Finally, the bird had no clue as to where Koyuki was going, and I decided that now was the time to make the move.
"Alright, now, hit it with everything you've got!" I yelled. Koyuki changed directions on a dime and crashed right into the bird's chest.
It obviously felt the hit, for it screeched out in pain. Koyuki landed behind the bird and did a quick U-turn. He then charged at the bird again, hitting it in the back.
Koyuki managed to do this about three more times, and then the bird looked about ready to collapse. Koyuki slammed into it one more time, and that finally did it in.
The bird fell down on its back, and it looked like it wasn't going to get back up anytime soon. I figured that it was finally beaten. Koyuki came trotting back towards me, extremely proud of his accomplishment.
Then the bird got back onto its feet.
"You have got to be kidding me," I said. Koyuki turned around and despaired at the thought of battling it for much longer. I could tell that he was already tiring from his rapid panting.
"Koyuki, try hitting it one more time," I said, and he nodded, then rushed at the bird thing head on. But right as he jumped, the bird knocked him down with a wing, and then made a lightning-fast peck at Koyuki's exposed chest.
The impact of the jab sent Koyuki flying back into a tree. I would have rushed over to him, but I was still unable to get my left leg to function well enough to let me walk.
Koyuki managed to pull himself up, but I could see the blood dripping from his chest onto the ground. That peck had done some real damage. Koyuki knew that too, but he looked determined to take that bird down.
Then a screech slammed into my ears. I turned around and saw that the bird was nearly on top of me, about to deliver another devastating peck. I closed my eyes and braced for the painful stab that I knew was coming.
But it never came. After a second or so, I opened my eyes to see that the bird was no longer standing in front of me. Instead, it was lying down on its side. Half encased in ice.
"How the…" I started, turning towards where Koyuki was. But he wasn't there. In his place stood a light blue fox-like creature that stood about two feet tall. It had dark blue diamonds down its back and on the tip of its tail. That, along with its ears, was shaped like a larger diamond, and it looked as if it was wearing a fur cap on its head, with tassels that were also diamond shaped. The tips of these had the same smaller diamond on them as the tail did. It was a Glaceon. Koyuki had evolved into a freaking Glaceon!
Then I spotted something out of the ordinary. There was a small blue patch on his shoulder that was shaped like a pair of overlapping triangles. I knew that I had seen it before, but I couldn't remember where.
Then it hit me. It was the same shape that was on the Glaceon that had attacked Fielder around a hundred years ago! That meant that Koyuki was related to that Glaceon!
"Holy shit," was all that I managed to say.
"Glaceon," Koyuki said in a much sweeter voice. He then rushed straight at the downed bird, knocking it back a few feet. This time, it was out cold. Literally, since ice was still clinging to its body.
Then Koyuki came running over to me at full speed. He tackled me to the ground, licking my face wildly. I put out my hands and pushed him off. He stood there, looking at me with gleaming eyes. I reached out to stroke his fur, and then the pain hit me.
During the whole fuss that the battle caused, I completely forgot about the cut in my shoulder. Stephanie, Lizzy, and Joey were finally able to approach me with the bird unconscious. Lizzy pulled a small first-aid kit out of our bag and opened it up.
Inside were a bunch of bandages, gauze sheets, ointments, and other medical equipment. Lizzy was able to locate two large gauze patches and medical tape, as well as a tube of antibiotic cream. She quickly applied them to both the cut on my shoulder and the one on my leg. And while they didn't stop hurting, it did feel better to have them covered up.
I shakily stood back up with help from Stephanie and Joey. Koyuki was gazing at me, a little worry in his joyful eyes.
When it was clear that I was able to stand on my own, Joey and Stephanie backed up. I reached down with my undamaged arm and stroked Koyuki.
"Wow, I can't believe that he evolved!" Stephanie said. "That was so cool!"
"Yeah…" I said, staring at Koyuki, trying to wrap my mind around what had just happened.
"Why did that thing attack me like that?" I asked. "And what the hell was it?"
"I think that it was a Fearow," Joey said. "As to why it attacked you, maybe it just felt that we were a threat to it, seeing as how we just suddenly appeared out of nowhere. So, feeling threatened, it did what it knows to do in that kind of situation: attack."
"Hey, what happened to that cut in Koyuki's chest?" Lizzy suddenly asked.
"Huh?" I asked, confused at the sudden subject change.
"What happened to the cut in Koyuki's chest?" she reiterated.
Joey knelt down and looked at Koyuki's chest. "It's gone!" he said in disbelief.
"What?" we all said at the same time.
"How could it just disappear?" I asked.
"I don't know, but we shouldn't be questioning this," Joey said.
"You're right, we should be thankful that Koyuki is fine," Stephanie added.
"Besides, we've got to get going soon, or else the police will catch up to us," Joey said as he began to transform.
It only took a few seconds, but it was still strange to watch. When he had finished, Lizzy and Stephanie helped to get me onto his neck, and Koyuki just jumped right up, barely fitting in my lap. Stephanie and Lizzy sat in their original places, and Joey flapped his wings a few times to stretch them out. Then he shot off the ground and rapidly ascended into the sky.
A/N: Once again, sorry for the long time it took me to update, please don't hurt me!