Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry I didn't update sooner! I was going to, but summer homework and parents kept me from writing. I kind of rushed at the end, so it might seem a little choppy.
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"Umm... Where is everyone?" Kairi wondered, looking at the large, empty room. "They're up there." boomed a voice that didn't exactly seem friendly. Kairi and I jumped while Zexion quickly hid behind my legs. A portly man with sunglasses stepped out from the side. He looked ominous with the shadows covering his face. As he stepped toward us, we started stepping back, ready to run for it. He stopped a few feet in front of us and slowly brought up his hand. Kairi and I tensed up and Zexion was still cowering behind me.
"Hiya!" the man greeted us cheerfully and gestured to shake his hand. I shakily shook his hand, unnerved by his happy attitude. Kairi sweatdropped and Zexion glared at the man. He took notice and laughed. "What's wrong with you guys? Something jump out at you?" "Seems like it." I muttered, but we relaxed. Kairi asked, "Um.. do you know where everyone is? The gym seems a little… empty." I nodded. The man laughed. "Oh! They're all on top of the platforms! All you need to do to get to them is step on that little square right over there." He pointed to a wooden platform that looked really out of place on top the cement floor. Before we could head over there, the man stopped us and gave us some blue spray bottles. "Better have some potions ready just in case your Pokémon get hurt." he told us. We thanked him and stepped on the platform.
"Wah!" we screamed in surprise as the platform suddenly shot up into the air. It rose until it stopped abruptly at the next level platform near the top of the building. We shakily stepped off of the platform and onto another. "That was... exciting." Kairi gasped. I nodded and looked around. The platform we stood on connected to other platforms, while the whole thing formed a giant S. At the very end stood who I'm guessing is the Gym Leader. "Ready, Kairi?" I asked my red haired friend. She nodded. "Let's do this thing." and with that, we headed toward the Gym Leader. At the first curve of the S shape, a trainer suddenly jumped out at us and challenged us to a battle. Individually, that is. Kairi's Umbreon, Vanitas, made quick work of the young boy's Pokémon. After the trainer had his Pokémon healed, I battled him using Zexion. Surprisingly enough, Zexion rapidly beat the other Pokémon without gaining much damage. The young trainer handed our reward money and congratulated our victories before letting us proceed. As we got to the second curb, the same thing happened. Finally, we reached the Gym Leader whose light blue hairstyle closely resembled Zexion's. "Hello, ladies. My name is Falkner and I'm Violet Town's Gym leader." he greeted politely and asked our names. He seriously didn't look any older than we were. After we exchanged greetings, Kairi challenged him to a battle and they started. I had to wait for about twenty minutes before Kairi finally beat the guy. She displayed her newly obtained Zephyr Badge to me before she happily placed it into her badge case. Now it was my turn.
"Zexion! I choose you!" I shouted and he leaped in front of me, ready to battle. "Let's go Pidgey!" Falkner yelled and unleashed his Pokeball. A small, tan colored bird flew out of it. "Pidgey!" it cried and landed on the ground. The referee held up two flags, one red and one blue. "This match will be with two Pokémon! The first to knock out both Pokémon wins! Begin!" The flags went down and Falkner shouted his first attack: "Pidgey! Use Gust!" Pidgey cried out in response and flapped up as small tornado. "Zexion! Dodge it and use Psychic!" I could've sworn he gave me a look, but he followed my orders anyway. The Pidgey was immediately knocked out. "You're Ralts is really good! But my Pidgeotto is even better!" Go!" Falkner cried and sent out his next Pokémon. "Pidgeooooooooo!" the bigger version of Pidgey trilled. "Pidgeotto! Use Sand Attack!" The overgrown bird blew sand everywhere and we couldn't see a thing! Some of the sand kicked up into my face, making me break out into a coughing fit. Out of nowhere, I heard Falkner order a Quick Attack and a cry from Zexion. Gritting my teeth, I called out, "Zexion! Use Magical Leaf!" Now I know that Magical Leaf's a grass-type move and not very effective against birds, but it never misses it's target. I heard Pidgeotto cry out a little and then all the sand obscuring my vision cleared away. The battle area was empty, except for me and Falkner. Where the heck did my Pokémon go? Following the Gym Leader's gaze, I looked up and almost started laughing with what I saw. Zexion was holding onto the bird's feathers for his life as Pidgeotto was trying to aerially buck him off its back. "Zexion! Use Psychic!" I managed to yell after suppressing my giggles. A blue aura surrounded Zexion and soon, the Pidgeotto, along with Zexion, fell to the floor in a painful THUMP. When the dust cleared, Zexion was calmly brushing himself off and Pidgeotto was clearly knocked out. "Winner, Xion!"
"That was pretty impressive, Xion." Falkner said with a smile as we shook hands. "You weren't that bad yourself." I cheerfully replied. "Here you go. You deserve it." He held out a tiny badge in the shape of wings. The Zephyr Badge. Thanking him, I placed the badge into my badge case and followed Kairi out the gym. Mental note: always look both ways before exiting a gym. The minute I walked outside the door, I was run over by what felt like a truck. Owwww... I winced when I felt my leg being crushed by their weight. When I tried to look up at whatever had knocked me down, I found I was underneath a dog pile of those three thugs that had chased after Zexion. Thank goodness I had him in his Pokeball.
"Look at what you did now, you clumsy idiot! We lost another rare Pokémon!" that Jessie lady, who was on the top of the pile, screamed. "It wasn't my fault! That girl just stepped into my way when I was chasing after it!" James, who had landed on top of me, shouted back. "Yes, and if you don't get off of that girl, she's gonna sic her Pokémon on you!" I yelled angrily. James took no time in jumping off of my back, dumping Jessie and Meowth on the ground in the process. Kairi worriedly helped me stand as the three thugs composed themselves. "You okay, Xion?" I nodded at my friend. "Yeah, though I think they're after another Pokémon... It could be one of our friends." I whispered to her. She nodded in understanding. Jessie, James, and Meowth were too caught up in reciting some weird thing about being in Team Rocket to notice us sending out our Pokémon. "Okay, on the count of three, I want you to blast those guys with everything you got!" Zexion and Kairi's Ventus and Vanitas nodded at our quiet order. "Ready? One, two, three!" Kairi shouted and the three Pokémon blasted the Team Rocket members into the sky. "Looks like we're blasting off again!" they squealed and were gone.
"Alright, now where did that Pokémon go?" Kairi asked, looking around. Right on cue, we heard a young boy scream something about a mean, weird looking Pokémon pushing him down. Kairi and I ran across a bridge to get to the boy in hopes that the Pokémon he yelled about was one of our friends. The boy was still on his butt and completely drenched. Kairi walked up to him and asked in the gentlest voice I had ever heard where the Pokémon went. The boy sniffled and pointed to a small plot of land on the other side of the big pond. I squinted my eyes and found he was right-there was a Pokémon there all right. It looked kind of like an otter, but I couldn't tell from this far away. Giving Kairi a nod, I plopped my bag onto the tough ground and dived into the water. I started swimming to the Pokémon while Kairi dried off the boy and helped him up. I finally reached the other side and started to climb onto dry land when I was smacked in the head with some sort of really hard, tiny object. The impact startled me and before I knew it, I fell back into the water. Annoyed, I splashed my attacker as I kicked back to the surface. I heard the startled whine of the Pokémon and shot out of the water onto land before it could retaliate.
"O-oshawott!" the blue otter-like Pokémon glared and held it's little scalchop shell threateningly. It actually looked really cute. I couldn't help but giggle a little from how cute it looked like that. "Awww! You're adorable!" I smiled at it. That put the Pokémon off-guard. "Osha! Oshawott!" it glared a little, it's white cheeks turning a slight shade of pink. That made me laugh even more as I bent down to see the Pokémon, which I'm guessing is named Oshawott, eye to eye. I gasped when I saw its glaring sea green eyes. I'm pretty sure most Pokémon have eyes that color. I looked at the Oshawott even closer and noticed that its scalchop shell had a carving of a very familiar looking sitar. Demyx's sitar.
"D-Demyx? Is that you?" I exclaimed, trying not to laugh. The Oshawott looked surprised but nodded anyways. "Yeah, I'm Demyx. Now who are you?" he asked, suspicion in his voice. I laughed. Seriously, Demyx's Pokémon form was too cute for his own good. "I'm Xion! You know, Number 14?" Demyx tilted his little Oshawott head in confusion. "Um... Number 14? I though we only had that Number 13 Rocky dude." Obviously someone hadn't paid attention when the Superior announced me. "His name is Roxas, Demyx." I answered back, getting a little annoyed. The Nobody-turned-Oshawott just crossed his tiny arms. "How do I know you're not that imposter?" he gave me a slight glare and I wanted to slap him, cute or not. He remembers there was an imposter in the Org but not a new member? Gimme a break!
Frustrated, I did the only thing I could to prove I was actually in the Org.: show the little bugger Zexion. I let him out of his Pokeball while Demyx flinched, thinking I was challenging him to a battle. I rolled my eyes at his cowered position and let Zexion take charge. "Demyx, stop cowering like that, I'm not going to hurt you!" the Zexion-Ralts ordered Demyx. The Oshawott looked up into Zexion's showing eye and gasped. "Zexy? Is that you?" and immediately proceeded to glomp the surprised Ralts. I giggled at the cute scene before me: a little Oshawott happily nuzzling a small, annoyed Ralts that was trying to get out of the Oshawott's hug. "Now does this prove that I'm part of the Org?" I asked Demyx and he happily nodded. "Oh! Are you going to catch me? Like you did to Zexy?" he asked, sounding like a little kid. That made me giggle. "Only if you want to be caught, but I'll tell you right now, if you want any chance of getting out of this world, you're going to have to join us." That made Demyx nod vigorously. "Okay! You don't have to fight me, just give me a Pokeball." I hesitated for a second. What kind of Pokémon just agrees to be caught? I handed him a ball anyways. He immediately got himself sucked in there and stayed until the ball made the dull 'ding' that signaled he was caught. Zexion looked relieved that the Demyx-Oshawott was finally off his back, but quickly recovered his horrified face when I let Demyx out of the ball.
"Yay! Now we're together again! Yay!" Demyx yelled as he happily squeezed the poor Ralts. I giggled again, but put them back into their Pokeballs and swam to Kairi. By then, the little boy had gone, so we were alone. "So did you get it?" Kairi asked and squealed when I nodded. "Awesome! Was it, by any chance, Sora or Riku?" She asked hopefully. I shook my head and her shoulders slumped a little. To make her feel better, I showed her my catch. Demyx was getting a taste of his own medicine as the poor Oshawott was quickly squeezed by Kairi, the girl exclaiming how cute he was and how adorable his little shell was and stuff. I could hear Zexion laughing from his Pokeball. "O-Osha!" Demyx finally got to say after Kairi's bear hug. "Oshawott?" he looked at me, confused. Kairi also had a confused expression on her face. "Huh? I thought it was one of your friends. If it is, then it should be able to talk..." I laughed. "Oh, he's just being cautious. Demyx, she's a friend. She knows about yours and Zexion's condition." Demyx relaxed a bit. "Oh, okay!" he said brightly. Kairi giggled. "He's so cute!" She quickly hugged him again as the little Oshawott blushed. "L-let go of me!" he demanded and wriggled out of Kairi's grasp. He jumped back into his Pokeball out of embarrassment as we giggled more at him.
"Well that was fun!" Kairi finished her last giggles. I smiled. "Yup. But we should probably get back on the road so we can find the others." Kairi nodded and suddenly shot her fist up into the sky. "So to the next town we go!" she shouted excitedly. I looked at the map for directions. "Looks like the next town's on the other side of the mountain. We're going to have to go through the Cave of Union. That way!" I pointed towards the southwest of the city. We could see a small path leading that way. Kairi took the map to make sure and squealed. "Omg! This town's got a gym, too! I can't wait to fight there!" I looked at her, confused. "I thought you were trying to look for Sora and Riku. Why waste your time fighting these gym leaders?" Kairi stuck her tongue out at me. "You can only go so far with no gym badges, duh! There are areas where only people with badges can go! And our friends might be there!" I couldn't argue with that, so I flung my arms in the air in exaggerated frustration "Alright! Let's go then!" I shouted and ran down the path. "Hey!" I heard Kairi shout as she sprinted to catch up to me. I giggled, but kept running. I'll find you guys soon, Roxas and Axel, I promise!
xD By my sister's command, I made Demyx into an Oshawott! I was originally going to have him be a Totodile, but my sis made me xDDDD
I hope you liked this chap! The next chap'll probably come in about two weeks, sorry! Please review!