Edit: Alright, second part of my triple update weekend. There's still another one to go however :+D
Things seem to be going well so far. Hope you guys enjoy and remember to review.
Pokemon: The Distorted Trinity
Season 1: Re-Education
Search for the Mystery Pokemon
"You know, on second thought, this isn't so bad."
Ken reclined in his seat back in the dorm room while surfing through the available channels. Wyatt was giving him the cold shoulder for the rest of the week until they finished their battle. It had something to do with staying focused and not letting Ken get the upper hand or something along those lines.
"At first I thought it would be annoying, but this is sort of enjoyable to be honest." So far Wyatt had even taken it so far as to not allowing their pokemon to eat at the same times. "I'll be gone most of the day tomorrow though, so don't worry about me."
Earlier That Day
After finishing his talk with Marty and Charlie, Ken found the sign up sheets for the week but found them all to be full. The only days with boat trips still available would be the weekend, but his battle was Friday. "Ugh, if I don't manage to catch another pokemon by this Friday I'm going to fail." He leaned against the wall and pulled at his hair in frustration.
Moments later a Janitor came by, his shaggy orange hair was oddly familiar to the teen as his mind went back to what happened yesterday when he was looking for the auditorium. "Hey, you're that janitor from before, right? The one that led me to orientation."
The man seemed to be jamming to whatever music was playing in his headphones but looked to Ken long enough to show he had heard him. "Sorry, Kiddo. I ain't signin' no autographs."
A drop of sweat fell from the brown haired boy's head. "Why would I want a janitor's autograph? Actually, more importantly, why does everyone keep calling me kid?" He opened his mouth to speak but the janitor cut him off.
"Anyway, I couldn't help overhearing your little predicament. You might not be able to go to one of the other islands, but there are plenty of nice catches around here. Keep your eyes open and you'll find the way." With those words said he continued sweeping down through the cafeteria, knocking over a chair without noticing due to his headphones.
"What an odd guy, though I guess he's right." Ken pulled out his map of the school grounds and looked over the designated areas for training and catching pokemon. There were a lot of trees and a few open grassy areas on the main island and a large on the far east side.
It didn't seem he'd manage to capture something incredibly impressive, but that was fine with Ken. Seeing as lunch would be coming to an end soon though, he decided to make a quick stop in the bathroom. As he stood in one of the stall he could hear the sounds of a couple of guys entering and chatting about something.
"Man, everybody is so busy swarming to the surrounding islands for the evaluation battles. Good thing though."
"Haha, yeah. We'll be able to find that rare pokemon we saw last school year. From what I've heard nobody else has managed to capture it since then."
"And with Zorua at my side I'll wipe the floors with that stuck up Marty Shade."
"Dude, you need to let it go. Just because he humiliated you in the battle last year, you…"
"How about you just go back to stalking your girlfriend~"
"I told you, it's not like that."
"Whatever you say. Just keep you head in the game long enough for your own battle. I heard you have Charlie as your opponent. You guys tied last year, right?" Ken soon heard their foot steps leaving the bathroom and stepped out of his stall.
"Zorua? I think I've heard of that before." He pulled out his pokedex and looked it up, but got no answer. "Man, I need to get this thing updated or something. It has no information on Isshu pokemon. If I remember correctly though it has something to do with illusions."
Finally stepping out of the stall, he took a good look at the two that had just left. The taller boy wore his Entei Red coat over a black shirt along with blue jean pants and brown boots to match his brown hair. The other boy was much shorter and had green hair. His class jacket was zipped up though he wore black pants and white shoes.
Present Time
He looked over to Wyatt, who just watched tv and occasionally glanced in Ken's direction. "I'm still wondering if I should tell those two about the guys from the bathroom. But I figure they're preparing for the battle in their own way, right?"
Tossing the remote to his room mate, Ken prepared to go to bed, but decided to have a bit of fun before hand. "Whoever doesn't speak in the next ten seconds is a crappy pokemon trainer…good night Wyatt." He pulled the pillow close and rolled over in bed.
The black haired boy stared at him and suddenly began to shake. "I can't hold it in anymore! Curse you, Kid! You'll pay in our battle Friday!" The blood had rushed to his head and made his face a bright red that only continued to annoy him, but made the young caretaker smile with satisfaction.
After classes on the next day, Ken was out of school and in the fields. He had intentions of talking to this mysterious pokemon he heard about in the bathroom. Oddly enough though, it wasn't so he could capture it.
Although he was out there to catch pokemon it seemed the teen was enjoying watching the pokemon around him too much for that. "Woah, an Aipom, and a Shroomish. They've even got some Oddish and Buneary around here. This place is great!" He ran to the Aipom and attempted to shake hands with its tail as a sign of friendliness but instead got an Iron Tail attack to the face and fell to the floor.
Holding his bleeding nose he looked up to the now laughing pokemon and mimicked the laugh in a sarcastic manner. "That hurt! I ought to come up there and teach you a lesson!" Ken pointed and jumped around in an angry fashion. This caused the purple monkey like pokemon to copy him and do the same as well as making a few sounds.
"I got what I deserve you say?" The Aipom nodded and hung from a tree branch by the finger like extensions on its tail. The teen began to roll up the sleeves on his coat, but stopped at the sound of someone approaching from behind.
"That's an interesting skill." Ken immediately spun around and spotted who it was. Standing there was a girl around his age in appearance. She wore a Raikou Yellow coat above a white top and had blue pants. The girl's hair was short and black and at her side was a Mawile. "I wish I could talk to pokemon. Then I could hold conversations with Nova!"
Ken looked at her with a slightly confused look before realizing what she meant. "Oh, no. I don't really talk pokemon." He turned back to the mischievous Aipom, but it was long gone. It was too bad too, Ken was hoping to find out some more about the monkey.
"So if you don't talk to pokemon how did you know what that Aipom was saying to you?"
Ken thought about it for a moment and shrugged. "You wouldn't be the first person to ask. Though honestly, I don't know what it is. I've been able to do this since I was little. It's not understanding the pokemon, more like feeling what they feel. Oh, yeah, I'm Ken by the way."
The breeder nodded and scratched the back of her head. "Where are my manners? My name is Natalla, and this is Nova." She directed his attention to the Mawile that smiled in response. Ken began to move a bit closer but backed away as the pokemon's other 'mouth' snapped at him. "Sorry, Nova doesn't take kindly to strangers getting close to her. She'll get used to you eventually though."
Ken sweat dropped and gathered himself back up. "Sorry about that. I get a little excited when I see new pokemon. I haven't really met many outside of Sinnoh. To be honest, I wanted to be a Raikou Yellow rather than a trainer in the Red dorms."
"If you want, I can show you some things we've learned in the Yellow classes these past couple of days. It's nothing much, but…"
"I don't mind! Anything would be great!" Ken jumped up excitedly which seemed to startle Natalla for a moment. She smiled and the two walked for a bit.
As the two of them continued to talk they came to an abrupt stop once approached by a man with spiky blond hair and wearing one of the white teacher uniforms as well as ID. The male appeared to be in his early twenties. He looked at Natalla for only a split second before staring intently at Ken. The glare he was getting from this man was sending shivers down the teen's spine.
"Are you a teacher? I've never seen you at school." The young breeder asked the man with a bit of skepticism in her voice. The blonde was confused for a moment and looked up to the sky for a short moment before looking back at them.
"Yeah, I am. Anyway, something has come up back at the school and I need you to come with me on the way back." Ken and Natalla looked at each other for a moment then back at him and hesitantly began to comply. Without warning however, Ken stopped in his tracks, a voice seemed to ring out in the forest saying:
"Don't trust him…he's lying to you."
Looking around in a frantic manner he saw no one in the area and strangest of all was the fact that the blonde and Natalla kept on going as if nothing had happened. The teacher was the first to turn around and notice him though. "Hey, what's wrong with you. Get moving back to the school."
"If you're a teacher then what's your name?" Ken asked while motioning for Natalla to move away from him. The blonde chuckled for a moment and began to answer, but stopped. He tried again, but this was only met by the same result.
Finally, he looked down to the ID around his neck and answered in pride. "That's right, I'm Mr Howard! Now hurry up and come along before I get angry." The brown haired teen shook his head and grabbed Natalla by the wrist.
"Let's go, he's not who he say he is." Before the breeder had a chance to answer she was being dragged away by her new friend. Nova had no choice other than to run after the two.
As they disappeared in the forest the blonde was ready to give chase but was stopped in his tracks as a large round pokemon appeared in his path. The pokemon's body was covered in what appeared to be ice and it had large horns extending from both sides of the top of its head.
"I can't let you do that." A voice said from the shadows and stepped out into the open. Upon seeing this individual the blonde's eyes widened for a moment as he pulled out a pokeball and prepared to throw it.
"Glalie, Blizzard." Before he could even release his own pokemon, the blonde was hit by a storm of snow, ice, and cold winds that froze him in place, mid throw. The mysterious individual returned his own pokemon and looked at the frozen 'teacher'.
Back with Ken and Natalla, the two had finally stopped running and were catching their breath. The black haired girl looked to Ken and asked, "What the heck was that? I know the guy was a little off his rocker, but why did you force me to start running?"
Once he had finally calmed down a bit Ken prepared to say something but stopped. His serious face suddenly shifted into a warmhearted smile. "Nothing really, I just wanted to stay here with the pokemon. Though I guess I don't really trust that weird guy anyway."
She looked at him with a puzzled face and shrugged it off. Looking to the distance the breeder could spot the top of the school building and began to walk away. Behind her was the Mawile. "Maybe we should head back to school anyway; dinner service should be starting soon."
Leaning against a tree, Ken looked to the ground for a moment yet continued smiling. "You go ahead without me, I'll be back in a bit." Once the girl was out of sight he slumped down against the trunk and sat on the ground. It wasn't until now did the teen notice that his hands were shaking.
"I don't know what it is, but I have a bad feeling about this…"
-A good day suddenly gone wrong. Who are all these mysterious people and just what is going on at this school?-
I'd like to thank AeroTundra for his/her submission of Natalla.
Alright, another chapter done over my holiday break. Hope you guys enjoyed. I'll be seeing you next update~