"We have arrived at Vermillion City, please gather all your belongings and wait for the ship to dock, thank you very much."
Zero woke up and returned his Magnezone to its Pokeball. "Looks like were here, I wonder if what's her name woke up already." He got ready and fixed his messy hair so that his bangs covered up one of his eyes like usual.
Marble woke up still sleepy. "Oh my gosh, I hope I'm not late already, I don't want Zero to wait till the end of time."
Zero stood and waited for Marble at the exit. Lots of people went by and a pretty girl with shoulder length purple hair saw Zero. She started fixing her hair and threw it over her shoulders to make herself appear more attractive.
Then she walked over to him "Hey, what's a guy like you standing around here for?"
She walked closer to him.
Zero took a step back before replying. "I'm just waiting for someone." He said bored with the conversation.
The girl smiled and looked him deep in his mysterious eyes. "Oh, let me guess you're waiting on you're girlfriend but like always she keeps you waiting?"
Zero squinted his eyes. "…I don't have a girlfriend, I don't really know her, and we kind of just met yesterday."
Just then marble walked down the hall and saw the girl with Zero, and by her body language Marble knew she was making a move on him. She felt a small flare of jealousy and started heating up.
"Hey, Zero, are you ready to go?" Marble
Walked up to him relieved that she broke up their little conversation.
"Yes, I'm ready, let's go eat some breakfast."
The purple haired girl glared at Marble and walked away infuriated.
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Zero and Marble left the ship and stepped into busy Vermillion city.
"Where should we go? Hey that looks like a good place." Marble pointed to a small café.
"Sure." Zero said quietly. They walked in trough the front door and sat down at a table.
There was a little uncomfortable silence between the two for about two minutes.
"Sooooo…." Zero said finally breaking the silence. "What kind of Pokemon do you have in mind to catch?"
Marble was surprised he actually tried to start a conversation. "A really cute one!" She said with excitement. "Or maybe a pretty one! I just don't want a scary one."
Zero chuckled in amusement. "I'm sure you'll find the perfect one, but I have a Magnezone. I hope you won't be too scared of it."
Marble's eye's lit up. "Oh no, Officer Jenny had a Magnezone, I've been around many before. I think they're kind of cool." She blushed and looked at the floor. "Wow his eyes look so mystical…. and different."
"Hello may I take your order?" Asked the waitress. She looked at Zero and smiled. Marble felt her fists clench in anger as she saw how the waitress looked at him.
"How come every girl that looks at Zero falls for him?" Marble whispered to herself. Zero looked at her. "What do you want to order, Marble?"
She jumped when she heard him say her name, wait…. It was the first time he actually said it. Marble looked up at the waitress. "Can I have the breakfast fruit salad platter, please?"
"Sure, will that be all miss?" The waitress's eye's flashed back to Zero and then to Marble.
"Yes, thank you."
After the both finished their food, they went out into the tall grass to look for a Pokemon for Marble.
Marble and Zero stood out in the open field of grass east of Vermillion City.
Marble constantly tried to keep her hair under control; it was blowing all over the place.
Zero just let his perfect hair sway in the wind. Marble couldn't help but stare at him. There was something so dazzling about him, and he had a mysterious but very romantic vibe about him.
Suddenly they both heard a cry out in the grass. Marble gasped. "That sound's like a Pokemon!" She clapped with excitement.
A small white cat Pokemon with a gold amulet-looking thing on its head stepped out of the grass. "Meowth?" The Pokemon looked at Marble confused. "It's a Meowth!" Marble squealed. It wasn't like the criminal Team Rocket's Meowth either; it walked on all four paws and couldn't talk. It was a female too.
Zero pulled out his Pokeball that contained his Magnezone. "Marble, I'll weaken it and you catch it.
"Magnezone, use thunder wave!" Magnezone paralyzed the Meowth and it couldn't move anymore.
Marble threw one of the Pokeballs she had in her bag.
Meowth disappeared with a red flash into the Pokeball. It wobbled once, twice, and then stood still.
Zero smiled with pride. "That was easy."
"It's so cute!" Marble said letting her new Pokemon out of the Pokeball to see it.
"Meow… "
Marble's eye's widened. "Oh no, she's still paralyzed, we need to get to a Pokemon Center quick." She returned it and Zero ran to the Pokemon Center with her.
Two hours later Meowth was completely healed. Nurse Joy's sister handed the Pokeball to Marble. "Take good care of Meowth." She said with a gentle smile.
"Thanks, I will." Marble put away the Pokeball. "Thank you for helping me, Zero"
Zero flashed his hypnotizing smile again. "You're welcome, you should train it though before you have your first gym battle."
They walked out of the Pokemon Center to find a place to train. Marble let her new Pokemon out to get to know it better.
Meowth chased its tail in circles around Marble and made her fall from dizziness. Then it jumped on her and licked her. "I can't believe you already got used to me, Meowth!" Marble patted it on the head.
Zero's Pov
Zero watched them frolic like trainers and Pokemon often do. He felt happy for some reason, he felt like he wouldn't want to be anywhere else at that moment.
"Maybe I was wrong for capturing Giratina …."
He shook his head. "What am I saying? All I have to do is get rid of this girl and I'll be on my way back to the reverse world! "
His gaze shot to Marble, she was staring at him with her cute, carefree eyes.
"Hey Zero, are you okay? You looked like your mind just blanked out or something."
"I'm fine." He said emotionlessly. "Why don't we go get our first Gym badges?"
Marbles eyes sparkled. "Okay, the first Gym is in Pewter City, we have to catch a train there."
Normal Pov
Zero and Marble rode the train to Pewter City. Marble held her Pokeball in her hands and looked down at it. "If you think about it I still don't know Meowth very well, let alone battle with it. Maybe you should get your badge first and I'll train, Zero."
Zero smiled impishly. "Yeah …. And then when I have my shiny new badge, I can rub it in your face." Marble nudged him on the arm playfully. "Oh, shut up you're just jealous that I'm going to be stronger than you and put up more of a fight."
The train arrived at Pewter city and the two trainers walked to the Rock type Pokemon Gym. The Gym was a huge rock field with large boulders and pretty sparkling gemstones. A Tan Guy with brown hair stepped out from behind one of the boulders.
Marble and Zero recognized him immediately, it was Brock! Marble squealed excitedly. "Hi Brock, remember me, we met in Sinnoh!"
Brock rushed over to marble and grabbed her hands doing his usual Brock attack that he does on pretty girls. "How could I forget one of the most beautiful faces in Sinnoh! Your eyes still have that dazzling sparkle to them!"
Marble blushed fiercely.
Zero shot a glare so sharp at Brock that if looks could kill… well Brock would have been pulverized.
Brock looked over at Zero. "Wait… I thought officer Jenny put you in Jail."
Zero crossed his arms. "She gave me another chance because I agreed to travel with Marble."
"Oh" Brock said coldly. Zero relaxed a little. "Anyways we're here to challenge the Gym Leader." Brock frowned. "Well…. I my little brother runs the Gym now and he's out of town. But I'm still licensed to give you a badge since I'm the former Gym Leader."
"Okay, then I'll challenge you." Zero exclaimed proudly.
The two men stood on each side of the battlefield. Brock sent out Geodude.
Zero, of course sent out Magnezone.
"Geodude use Rock Climb!" Brock shouted.
"Magnezone dodge it and use Hyper Beam!" Zero commanded his Pokemon. Magnezone dodged Geodude and shot him with a powerful Hyper Beam attack.
Geodude crashed to the ground and laid still.
"Geodude is unable to battle Magnezone is the winner!" Exclaimed the person coaching the battle. Marbles eyes widened. "Wow, Zero's Magnezone knocked Geodude out in one hit! Is Zero really that strong?"
Brock sent out Onyx. "Onyx use Rock Tomb!" Onyx caused a giant pile rocks to fall on Magnezone. Everything was quiet for just a second. Then Magnezone shot strait out of the rocks. Zero smirked. "I knew you'd be okay, use Metal claw!"
Magnezone clawed Onyx fiercely and Onyx flew back and hit the wall, but it wasn't enough to knock him out.
"Onyx, Body Slam!" Yelled Brock. Onyx Body Slammed Magnezone.
Magnezone felt like it was about to pass out but it knew it must keep fighting for Zero. "Magnezone, use Magnet Rise, then while you're in the air use Hyper Beam again!" Magnezone exactly what it's trainer told it to and Onyx was finally unable to battle.
Brock handed Zero a shiny, new gym badge and walked away embarrassed.
Marble rushed to Zero's side. "Wow, you're so good! You have to teach me to battle like you!" Zero smiled. "Sure, but we better call it a night, it's already dark."
Zero walked Marble to the Pokemon Center and they both got rooms for the night. Marble thought about how she was going to defeat Brock the next day, but Zero had something else on his mind.