I really think that this should stay at an M because of what I plan...you'll see later, but it's nothing like nudity. Just, you know, themes is something you can call them.

Chapter 1: Pokémon

January 21, 1996

It was a bright and sunny day out in the back, yet strangely it was one of the very cold days. The sun beat down and could make you sweat hard, but still, there was snow everywhere you could look.

Behind the house that a young girl lived in, the young girl played with her neighbor on one fine morning. They were wearing jackets, but they really wished they could take them off.

They sat on an outside table and were facing each other, holding what appeared to be "Pokémon" cards and yelling across at each other.

"Na-uh, my Charizard can beat your Squirtle," a little girl said to a little boy. She was about six years old. Her five year old neighbor persisted though, saying that because of his type advantage, he would destroy her Charizard, except it was in smaller terms.

"December," a voice called from the back door. The girl turned around and saw her Mom.

"Hi Mom! I love you!" she would always say that whenever she had the chance.

"Sweety, guess who's here to visit." She moved out of the way and a nine year old stepped into the backyard. It was her cousin Kike, pronounced "Kee-keh." That's what everyone called him though; his real name behind his nickname is Jesus, pronounced "Heh-soos."

"Hi December," Kike greeted, running towards her but hardly showing any emotion of happiness. December stood up and they hugged.

"Kike, we're playing Pokémon, wanna play?" she offered, pointing to her neighbor Nicky.

Kike opened his jacket and out came a case. He opened it, and hanging from inside it were many Pokémon cards already. "Yes! I'm the king at Pokémon!"

So they got started.

December sat on one side as Kike sat on the other side. Nicky moved away and watched from the side. Kike acted bravely and began to crack his knuckles, ready to begin.

December quickly, without giving Kike a chance, put down her Charizard. "You can't beat my Charizard!"

Kike was confused. He pulled out a coin from one of his many pockets. "You did know that you were suppose'd to flip a coin to see who starts, right?"

"You are?"

"Yeah. Okay, what are you?"

December picked up her Charizard card. "I'm Charizard!"

"No, I mean't pick tails or heads."

December looked at the coin. She was thinking in her mind, then began to stutter, "Um...uh—um—a hea—heads!"

Kike nodded. He flipped the coin into the air. It twisted for a moment as everything seemed to move in slow motion. Finally, it landed right in the middle of the table.

Kike grunted. "'kay, you go first."

Immediately, she placed her Charizard card down. "Charizard uses ember!"

Again, Kike looked at her with a confused face. "Where's your energy'd card?"

Now it was December who looked confused. "What's that?"

Nicky too was confused.

Kike sighed, and explained. He pulled from the case a blue card with a symbol on it that resembled water. "This is an energy'd card."

"Me and Nicky don't use them, they don't do anything."

"Actually, they do everything," Kike countered. "Without 'em, you can't attack me. Didn't you know'd that already?"

Puzzlement attached December's face.

"Besides, you can't use a Charizard when you don't have a Charmander or Charmeleon with you."

"Yes you can," December countered.

"No you can't. Look," he placed down a Bulbasaur card, then a grass energy card. "With this, I can attack'd you." He searched his case and placed an Ivysaur card down. "Pretend that you already went—,"

"But I didn't—,"

"I know, but pretend that you'd did." He brought the Ivysaur card down on top of the Bulbasaur. "Now I turned Bulbasaur into Ivysaur. See? But," he pointed at the energy card symbols next to the attack. "Now I need more energy'd cards to attack you. Look at the star next to the energy'd card signs. That means that you need any other energy'd card to let the attack be used." He pointed to sleep powder. "See that? If you choose that and you have the right signs, then you need to use this coin," he showed her his quarter, "to make me sleep or have the card not work'd."

December looked at everything he was teaching her. He went on and on, teaching her about each card's uses and how and when to use them. He showed her that you could only use one energy card every turn and cannot attack without them, and if you don't have them, then you don't attack. If you lose all your cards, you lose the game. You need to have four prize cards on the side, which are selected at random, and when your Pokémon is defeated, then the opponent must get one of the cards to keep. If you run out of the four cards, you lose.

He taught her everything. And after that long teaching, they were ready to play the game as it was meant to be played.

The game was intense, and every once in awhile, December would do something that Kike would say is "against the rules." He corrected her, and they continued. The game continued. Sometimes, Nicky would go behind Kike and yell out what cards he had, which really angered him. There would be a mini-fight, then they would continue yet again.

Then came the end of the game. December defeated another one of Kike's Pokémon and took one of the two cards left of his four. It was a Charmander.

Behind her deck, she had her Charmeleon and Charizard ready. She placed the Charmander down-faced, not wanting Kike to know what it was, then placed a fire energy card down. She then attacked with her Meowth's Scratch. Kike's turn.

Kike attacked straight forward with a water gun from his Squirtle. Meowth, according to Kike, was on the brink of being defeated.

She put another fire card down, looking at her Charizard card. She just needed four fire energy cards. She needed to place two more. She put a potion on Meowth and healed it, then attacked with Scratch again. Kike wasn't watching his own health that he had forgotten how much he had lost, until December reminded him. He looked really mad.

He put his Squirtle with the rest of his pile and put on the spot a Pikachu. With the electric energy card he had already placed before, he set a water energy card beside it and used Thunderbolt. Meowth was fainted.

Kike pulled one of the two cards December had in the four prize area. It was gonna be an intense battle now. That was the thought on Kike's mind.

Another fire energy card was placed. She pulled her Rattata onto the battle, but forgot to put in an energy card for it. She had to skip it.

Kike put down a Raichu card down and another electric energy card. He attacked. Rattata was on the brink of losing, and December could lose if he succeeded.

December put down another fire card down on the Charmander and used a potion to cure Rattata. She had three energy cards remaining, so she called back Rattata and placed Charmander with the four energy cards.

Kike attacked. Charmander was hurt.

December put down the Charmeleon card. Kike got worried. He attacked, but the now Charmeleon's health had gone up.

Then, December placed down a Charizard card. She smiled. She used Fire Spin, and the Raichu was knocked out. She took the last card.

"I win," she said, then screamed to the world, "I am the Pokémon Champion!"

Nicky joined in the cheer and they had a good laugh together. Everything seemed to be going well, until Kike just snapped. He jumped on December, knocking her to the ground.

He put his hands around her neck, and squeezed tightly. She couldn't breathe. She tried hard, but his grip was strong. Nicky began to kick Kike, but Kike pushed him back, to where Nicky hit his head on the stone wall. He started to cry. And December was choking.

"I am the Pokémon Champion. You are a loser. I own all your cards." He gripped her even tighter. December felt like crying, but she was too busy trying to breathe.

December's Mom stepped outside, hearing the crying, and saw Kike on top of December. She was shocked, but came over it, running to them and picking Kike up, yelling at him to let go.

As she picked him up, his grip got tighter. December was picked up with Kike's tight grip. Finally, he let go.

December's Mom started screaming at Kike, asking why he had done that. December tried to make out what she was saying, but couldn't. She coughed at the ground. She turned around and saw Nicky still crying. December's brother, Rene, pronounced "Reh-nay" stepped out of the house and saw what was going on. he was a year younger than December.

Then December cried.

Friend hunts friend.

I'm just a little bit confused on the age part, so if the age is five at that time based on when December was born, please correct me. XD

-phew- edited 6 times tonight, changing author notes and age confusion. XD