Chap. 3
The sun had rose high in the sky and the sounds of fish nearby flapping there bodies out of the water and birds in trees singing symbolized the start of a new day. Heart woke up after having what she thought was the most romantic dream ever. It involved her and Soul in the moonlight having a picnic and him telling her she was his heart while he was her soul.
"Well darn it was just a dream. Damn"
She spoke sighing like she was gonna cry. She noticed the tent she had camped out in with Soul that night was open like someone had entered or left. Turning over she didn't see Soul anywhere to be found.
"Hmm I wonder where he went to?"
After getting out of the tent she decided to look around and see if was still nearby. The search went on for a hour with no luck.
"I guess he already left."
She said to chikorita who was still half asleep.
"Well we'd better get a move on. Azalea Town isn't that far away now I don't think."
With chikorita right behind her they ventured onwards. After a few minutes Heart saw something moving in the bushes.
"Chikorita I wonder whats in there?"
Chikorita seemed like it didn't really care and just wanted to get to the town but Heart decided to look at the bush.
"Woop- Wooper!"
A light blue pokemon came out of the bush and jumped on Hearts face.
"Get it off! Get it off!"
She threw the pokemon onto the ground and it seemed like it wanted to battle.
"Well alright. Go chikorita!"
Chikorita and wooper fought for a little till she finally knocked it out cold.
"I think I will catch it."
The poke ball absorbed the wooper in a red light and sealed shut.
"Yay another friend for you chikorita!"
Chikorita seemed like it didn't like the wooper that much. Venturing further on they saw a trainer.
"I see you got the badge from Violet City. I wont allow you to disgrace bird type pokemon!"
"Huh?"
Heart was confused. She was disgracing bird types? What did that even mean? Was the trainer mad cause she had beaten Falkner? She had no idea. Before another thought could appear in her head the trainer pulled out a poke ball and a battle commensed. Heart quickly knocked out the trainers pokemon with her new water type. She walked further and saw a cave.
"Ooh yay! A cave!"
She said sarcastically. The cave was dark and creepy. The walls were decaying and all the pokemon inside seemed like they weren't the friendly type. There wasn't much light in the cave but there was enough that Heart could see enough to not need the flash hm. She fought her way threw the terrain crossing over boulders, mud pits and shallow swamp like areas. Finally the light got brighter. "That must be the exit!" Her and chikorita ran as quick as they could towards the light when suddenly everything went dark and she hit the ground.
"Ouch what happened?"
Apparently she had blacked out for a moment and saw she had been knocked on the ground. Reaching over to see if chikorita was ok she gasped.
"Chikorita where are you!"
She turned and saw a persons figure headed into the light with a small figure in its hand.
"That person must of stolen chikorita! I gotta get her back!"
Heart got up and ran out of the cave headed after whoever it was that had taken her pokemon. Exiting the cave she noticed it was now raining. She didn't care though that she would get wet and her clothes would probably be soaked. She just wanted her chikorita back. Running as fast as she could she ran into Azalea Town. There was a girl who saw Heart coming and stopped her for a moment saying,
"Uh, Hello ma'am can you help me?"
Heart noticed the girl was talking to her and replied.
"Uh, yeah I was kinda looking for a man that stole a pokemon of mine."
The girl didn't seemed alarmed to hear that.
"That's what I'm talking about! All the slowpoke in this town have been stolen. You gotta help get them back!"
Heart didn't know what to say. Should she let the little girls feelings down and proceed to getting her chikorita or try helping knowing the burglar might do who knows what with her pokemon while she's helping.
"Ok I will help."
The little girl was excited and lead Heart to a house with a brown and green roof. Inside was a older man who seemed nervous at first glance of us.
"Grandpa this trainers pokemon was also stolen along with all our slowpoke in the town. She's agreed to help."
Her grandpa looked Heart over very curiously. Whether he was observing her skills as a trainer or just checking her out I don't know but then he said,
"My names Kurt. The slowpoke in this town are our treasured items. Its said they helped founded what it is today. Now there stolen but I know where there being kept!"
Kurt ran off yelling,
"Don't worry slowpoke! Ol' kurts a coming!"
Heart and the little girl ran to follow him. They followed him to a well and saw Kurt grab a man who was guarding it from above around the waist and slam them both down onto the floor of the well.
"Lets go down and see what happened."
Heart told the girl. They hit the bottom of the well and saw that Kurt was on the ground in pain.
"I cant move but I took him out with me."
Upon closer look at the man guarding the well, who was now unconscious on the floor, he had a black outfit on with a red 'R' symbol on it. Heart looked around and saw that there were several people all wearing the same kind of outfit. Were they all working together? What did they need the slowpokes and her chikorita for? Heart didn't know the answer to the questions she was asking herself in her brain but she knew she had to do something.
"I'll defeat them all and get back the slowpokes and my chikorita."
She told the little girl who was now checking on her grandpa. Heart battled each of the men and defeated them all. Further along in the well she saw a slowpoke. Looking at it she noticed it was missing its tail. There were slowpoke nearby also that were missing there tails.
"This doesn't make any sense."
Heart mumbled to herself scanning the room for chikorita.
"Where are their tails and my chikorita?"
Just then another man in black appeared.
"How dare you try to foil our plans! We are Team Rocket. A group dedicated to stealing pokemon in the name of our leader!"
Heart had heard of them before. They disbanded 3 years ago she thought. Why were they back now?
"I stumbled across you in the cave. You dropped this."
He laughed holding a knife to chikoritas throat.
"Don't you dare hurt chikorita!"
Heart was shouting at the man like she ready to kill him if she had to.
"A cute little pokemon like this will sell good along with all these tails on the black market."
Just then someone shouted
"Croconaw use tackle."
Heart couldn't believe what she was seeing. It was Souls totodile-croconaw that tackled the man freeing chikorita from his clutches. Her crush had just saved her pokemon and possibly her life.
"Soul!"
Heart ran to give him a big hug. He should be used to it by now but he wasn't and shouted at her.
"Get off of me!"
Heart obeyed after blushing wildly and got off of him.
"Don't think I did this for you. I hate Team Rocket. They think there strong when there all together but get them alone and there weak. I hate them all."
"Th- Thank you Soul. Where did you go this morning? I woke up and you was long gone."
Soul seemed surprised she would ask this then he seemed annoyed thinking just how stupid is she.
"I left to train totodile. I'm not your keeper."
Heart just smiled. She couldn't believe a guy would steal a pokemon and someone who would get annoyed easily would do something nice for anyone, especially her. To save her chikorita she owed him. She blushed even more thinking what all kinds of things he would want her to do to repay him. While she was drooling over her thoughts Soul decided to leave the cave.
"Heart thanks for helping get back all the slowpokes."
The little girl was speaking. Heart focused back on reality.
"Your welcome. I'm glad to have chikorita back."
The girl just looked at Heart and smiled saying,
"Is he your boyfriend?"
Heart blushed wishing she could say yes but instead said,
"No. Not yet. But I wish."
After picking up Kurt and bringing them all back to there house they thanked Heart the only way they could.
"Here take these. It'll help you."
He handed her a few poke balls of different colors she could use. Heart healed chikorita at the pokemon center who was now terrified of knives or needles cause of its near death experience and left headed for the gym. Soul was standing outside of it.
"Oh its you again."
Heart knew he was glad to see her again so soon. At least she hoped anyhow.
"Hi Soul. You gonna challenge the gym?"
He just stared at her innocent eyes gazing upon his. They were light blue almost the same color as the daytime sky. They really brought out her outfit and from the glare of the sun they sparkled with envy. His face turned as red as hair and he felt himself moving closer to her. He wanted to pull her up to him and see what she would do but then he shrugged off the thought. What was he thinking he was not attracted to her. No matter how pretty her eyes may look in the sunlight. Or sunset. Instead he just turned away before there lips touched and said,
"I've already beaten him but I will come watch you just to see how weak you are."
Before he could say anymore Heart took her hand and grasped his pullling him in the gym with her. The gym had several insect type traits about it from the spider webs to the cocoons on the walls. Heart felt like fainting from the spider webs but she shook off the thought not wanting to let go of Souls tight muscular arm.
"God he is so strong. And hot."
She thought trying not to blush anymore but knowing she was and couldn't stop herself. Soul just seemed annoyed by her dragging him into the gym. She could've at least let him walk. After finally making it to the gym leader he said,
"Oh look a couple of lover birds! How charming."
Soul jerked his hand away.
"I am not attracted to her!"
Heart just giggled. The battle between her and the gym leader commenced then and after several minutes she had finally won with her chikorita knocking out his scyther to secure the victory.
"Yay I did it!"
Heart accepted her badge and Soul walked swiftly out of the gym but Heart was following right behind him. They left the gym and went to the outskirts of the town away from everyone. It was nighttime then and Heart saw the sky was darkening. Soul was pitching a tent for the night for him and saw she was still behind him.
"What do you want now?"
He said annoyed she wouldn't leave him alone.
"Could I maybe um… spend another night here with you?"
Soul wanted to scream and tell her to just jump off a cliff and die but a small part of him was glad she was there.
"Fine but no putting your arm around me this time."
Heart smiled and got in the tent with Soul. She closed her eyes with the last thing she saw for the day being the pupils of Souls dark and dreamy eyes.
"So sexy."
She thought as she fell asleep.
