Kitten: Mwhahaha, I just can't stop writing this FanFiction! Oh, and quick note, by the way. I was going to have Sarah and Vixen fail the Trainer Test at first, but then she ended up making her own Shellos attack Sophie. She won on against the odds. Let's proceed, shall we?
*Pokémon*
"We're going to catch this Pokémon, and we are going to train it as our second team member!" I hiss, staring at the swarm Pokémon, Cubone. "His name shall be Bones and he shall be ours! I gave him a name! He's mine already!"
Vixen looks up, waiting for me to stop ranting and command her to do something. I look down, remembering that we actually have to battle before we cn catch the Pokémon. "Right. That. Ember it."
Vixen grins, sneaking up on the ground type before using Ember on the thing's backside.
"CUBOOOOONE!" Bones, our future teammate, yells in pain. I cry out in joy, telling Vixen to stay out of its range and keep attacking, remembering from the PokéDex that it only knows Growl and Tail Whip so far.
Then, the Earth starts moving.
Vixen halts her attack, looking around in confusion. One by one, more and more Cubone come into view, hearing their friends distress cry.
Huh. they really ARE swarm Pokémon.
"VIXEN! ROAR! MUTIPLE TIMES! AND RUN!" I shout in a panic, the Cubone starting to just hit at us with their bone weapons. Vixen uses the move repeatedly when she's not yelping and evading the Cubone. As son as one vanishes another one comes running. I swear loudly and vulgarly, kicking at the ground type Pokémon and trying to get my Vulpix back.
"Ow! Ow! Stop hitting me, you stupid boneheads!" I snap, smacking the little ground types that surround me and my partner. Vixen Roars once more, scattering a few out way. I scoop her up, hissing and spitting at the merciless Lonely Pokémon, and dash for Jubilife, the angry herd of Cubone giving up the chase after about thirty seconds. I lean against a tree, huffing and puffing for air as Vixen sits patiently on the ground, frowning in unhappiness.
"Vulpix Vulpix.," she says unhappily, kicking a stone with her paw.
"If catching a second teammate is this hard, you're going to face the Pokémon League alone, when the time comes," I threaten, staring over at Vixen. Said fox rolls her eyes, about to respond (which I wouldn't understand anyway) when she perks up her head, staring down the road at an oncoming trainer. The girl has fiery red hair and a simple white tee on, her vibrant pink cammy standing out beneath it and matching her vibrant pink pants.
"Anyone else really want to challenge a trainer today?" I ask Vixen with a grin. My vulpine friend grins back and runs off before I can move, stopping in front of the girl.
"Vul Vulpix Pix!" Vixen shouts happily, holding her rear in the air and head lowered like a Growlithe showing it wants to play.
"Oh my gosh! Aren't you the cutest thing!" Redhead yelps happily, bending down and petting my now confused Vulpix as I approach.
"Sorry, Vixen here can get a bit excited," I say mareepishly before sending a glare the way of my Vulpix. Vixen sticks her tongue out at me, the effect ruined with the hand going down her back repeatedly.
"Well she's just the cutest thing in the world!" Redhead squeals loudly. Meh, I'm growing used to loud noises *cough*VIXEN*cough*.
"Want to battle the cutest thing in the world?" I ask, crossing my legs while I stand and toying with the hem of my jeans.
"Ooooooh!" Redhead squeals happily, running back a few feet and nodding vigorously. "You bet I do! Go, Mew!"
Wait, what?!
A Meowth pops out of a lavishly decorated Poké Ball. "Meow."
Oh Dear Arceus I swear I just had a heart attack. "You named your Meowth, Mew?" I ask incredulously, pretending I didn't just have a heart attack. The girl nods, saying something about mishearing it the first time it spoke as I pull out my PokéDex to examine this 'Mew'.
Blah blah blah... Here! Info I need! Own To: Carmen Keller. Level: 9. Moves : Scratch, Growl, Bite, Fake Out. Female.
"Dang, she's got two levels on us, Vixen."
"Vul Pix. Vul Vul Vul." I stare at Vixen blankly, causing her to sigh in irritation, looking to the foe. "Vul Pix Vul Vulpix Vulpix."
"What ever. Vixen, Ember!" I command, hoping to take Mew by surprise.
"Mew, take the first attack!" Carmen calls out. Mew rears back leaping at with impossible speed even before the Vulpix can Ember. Carmen claps her paws on either side of Vixen's face, and the six-tailed fox shakes her head, dazed. Taking this time in which Vixen was flinching, Mew's teeth start to glow, and she rushes forward and latches onto my fox with Bite.
"Vul! Vulpix Vul!" Vixen shouts viciously, turning in circles and singing whatever part of the cat she can; Mew latched onto one of her tails.
"Mew, get off and attack with Scratch!" Carmen commands. The second Mew lets go, I command Vixen to Roar, sending the Meowth flying off into the trees with a yelp."
"Hm, Carmen must only have a Meowth then," I comment uselessly to myself. "Vixen, Ember!" Vixen nods happily, charging off into the bushes where Mew landed and letting loose a barrage of Ember.
Dry bushes + Ember = Very bad idea.
"Ahhh! No! No, no, no!" I yelp uselessly. The battle ends unceremoniously as Carmen and I both rush to the flaming bushes, yelling for Vixen and Mew respectively.
Vixen comes crawling out of the bushes, obviously knowing she did a very bad thing as the fire starts to spread. Mew, on the other hand, is not a fire type and does not have Flash Fire as an ability, so she is left yelling for help in the flaming forest. Fortunately, the trees we're by are pretty far away from the rest of the forest, so we're probably going to only burn down like, five trees and a collection of bushes. But of course, there are Pokémon that live there, so still very bad.
"Gah! You idiot! Get my Mew out of there now!" Carmen turns on me, shouting in a panic. A few Starly and their evolutions fly out of the trees with distressed squawks, grey feathers falling to the ground in a flurry.
"What, so now I'm fire retardant!?" I snap back, knowing guiltily that it is my fault but not will to get burnt to a crisp to stop that guilt.
"More like plain retarded!" Carmen snaps. Vixen, on the other hand, has no problem with the fire, hearing out shouting match and stops her slinking, straightening up and walking into the burning shrubbery. Breaking off branch after branch of the burning bushes, she slowly starts creating a gap in the flames, stomping out anything she can on the ground.
Carmen and I stop shouting to watch Vixen, both not thinking to do anything for lack of ideas. Eventually, my smart, little fox creates a gap wide enough for the trapped Meowth, who dashes out with a panicked cry of its name and curls up on Carmen's foot, shivering. Once Carmen returns her distressed Meowth, she storms off, the match decidedly ended by the both of us.
Vixen trots out of the flames, sitting beside me with a proud look on her face.
"Oh please, it's not like you could have died in those flames," I remind her with a roll of the eyes, watching the rest of the fire burn helplessly.
"Vul Vuuuul Pix Vulpix! Vul Vulpix Pix!" Vixen says happily. I blink down at her, not knowing what she said but oddly feeling like I should argue.
"You did start the fire."
This disheartens my Vulpix, and she hangs her head in shame. I roll my eyes, petting her head before looking around. "We should probably work on putting said fire out before it actually does spread to nearby shrubbery."
Vixen nods, looking around and trotting off, leaving me to watch over the fire. I eventually approach it, getting hotter as I get nearer, and try kicking dirt at it and stomping on ground flames. When this doesn't work, I fish a neatly folded, pink blanket out of my backpack and start trying to put out small sections at a time by smothering it.
That's how I lost that blanket.
"Vul Vulpiiiiix!" I hear Vixen whine. Turning around, I see her dragging a reluctant Psyduck to the sight of our failure. "Vul Vulpix Pix Pix Vul!"
"Psy..." The Psyduck sighs, but seems to listen (I can't tell. Language barrier.) and uses Water Sport multiple times, the falling water dampening everything and starting to kill the fire. About ten Water Sports later, the fire finally dies, leaving a scarred section of nature left in its wake.
"Thank you!" I say happily, not wanting to attack the thing that just cleaned up our mess. The Duck Pokémon seems to roll its eyes, waddling away from us. "Did we seriously manage to get a Psyduck to roll its eyes at us?" I ask, looking down at Vixen, who nods in amused shame. "We're pathetic." Vixen nods again.
*Pokémon*
"Do you want to go back to the Center and call it a night?" I ask through a stifled yawn, the setting sun telling us to go to sleep soon. Vixen nods, yawning and stumbling over her own paws. Vixen, now level nine, is practically asleep on her paws, having trained so much today.
I smile with affection at my sleepy Pokémon, bending down and taking her up in my arms. The fox doesn't protest, but snuggles up to my chest and closes her eyes.
"Awww..." I say softly, starting the ten minute walk back to the city. We never really went far into the route. On the way back, I hear a muffled squeak of surprise. Whipping around, I watch as a Shinx climbs out of a small ditch it probably didn't see.
"Shoo!" I hiss softly, trying not to wake Vixen. "I don't have a Pokémon that's awake to battle you!" The Shinx shrinks back, watching me with shy eyes. My soft hissing obviously wasn't enough, and Vixen wakes up, looking around groggily.
"Vix...?" She slurs out, shaking sleep from her head. I groan, unhappy with my failed attempt to preserve my Pokémon's sleep. "Pix?" Vixen voices, her voice rising at the end of the noise to indicate a question. The Shinx springs up, squeaking with an almost purple tint to it. "Vul Vulpix Pix?!"
"Sh-Shi!"
"Vul Pix Vul!"
"Shi!"
"I am lost!" I interject, the Shinx taking the hint and realizing Vixen wants to talk to it. Judging by the hair on its head, it's male. I sit on the ground, setting myt Vulpix on the ground so she can go talk to the Shinx, who's growling unhappily and kneading the ground with his paws. Instead of starting up the debate I thought they were going to have, Vixen spits a burning Ember into his face with a saucy smirk.
"Vixen!" I snap, "Wait for my orders! Or something!" The Shinx reels back with a cry of pain, glaring at Vixen with teary eyes and flashing his sharp teeth at her as he growls. Standing tall, his eyes flash yellow and Vixen shrinks back with a tiny shudder, Leer raking effect and lowering her defense.
Vixen growls throatily, spitting another Ember at him. The Shinx dodges this time, rolling to the right and leering at her again. Vixen shudders, growling in annoyance and chases after him, spitting another Ember.
"Vixen, Roar!" I command. Bad timing too. Vixen follows my orders obediently, and sends the wild Pokémon flying my way. The Flash Pokémon hits my mid-section with an immense amount of force, knocking me down. The kitten-like Pokémon bites down on my arm, a soft growl emerging the entire time.
Tiny Pokémon. Tiny, pin-like teeth. Immense pain anyway.
"OW OW OW!" I shout/hiss, waving my arm around wildly. The Shinx eventually detaches, looking frightening with my blood staining the fur around his mouth.
"Vul Vul Pix!" Vixen shouts in what I assume to be anger, rushing at the Shinx while I clutch the bite-wound on my forearm and hiss pathetically. The Shinx jumps out of her way, then slams into her with a well-aimed Tackle, knocking her into my backpack. Vixen clambers off of it, glaring daggers at the electric type.
"Ember!" I command in a hiss. A glint catches my eye, and I see one of my remaining Poké Balls glinting in the moonlight.
Oh how I LOVE when good things happen at critical times.
"Vul!" Vixen shouts, distracting me as she flies to the left, taking another Tackle to her side.
"Hang in there and stay out of range!" I shout, turning my attention back to the red-and-white ball. I snatch it up, tapping the button once to maximize its size. "Ember one more time!" I shout out. Vixen, seeming to have fun burning the thing, sends out a flurry of fire that looks more like a Flamethrower. The Shinx cries out in pain, stumbling away and shaking his head to regain his positioning. In the small amount of time he's recuperating, I hurriedly throw the ball at him, resisting the urge to make a fool out of myself and yell 'GO, POKÉ BALL!' The sphere shakes once, then twice, then three times. And then it dings and blinks red at me.
"MWHAHAHAHAHAHA." I practically skip over to the Poké Ball, looking down at my new teammate happily. "Vixen, this is awesome! We have another teammate!"
"Vul Vulpix Vulpix..." She grumbles, but watches as I unleash my new Pokémon.
"Shi?" The Shinx asks in confusion, looking around. I take out my PokéDex, examining my new Pokémon.
"Shinx," I read aloud, "the Flash Pokémon. I don't care about general weight and height... Ah! Your specific info! Okay, you, my new friend, are 1'06" and weigh 19.7 pounds. You're still pretty young, but you know that. Your special ability is Intimidate? You don't seem very intimidating... Meh, whatever. Oh, and you're level five and know only Tackle and Leer. And the random blurps of info say 'the extension and concentration of its muscles generates electricity. Its fur glows when it's in trouble, and they usually use this time to flee from large enemies.' Anyway, says here you're mine now, which, admittedly makes me really happy. Now it's prompting me for a name. Any ideas?"
Vixen and my new Shinx stare up at me, my wall of speech turning off their brains.
"Names. What do you want to be called?" I ask, staring down at the Flash Pokémon. I plop in front of him, watching him.
"Shinx. Shi Shi Shinx." I watch him stare at me after he says this, and nod slowly.
"Right. Because I understood that." The Shinx sighs in what appears to be defeat, and he curls up, resting his head on his paws to stare up at me.
"Vul Pix Vulpix," Vixen suggests unhelpfully. The Shinx pouts at her, mumbling something under his breath and hiding his face in his fur. I can't help but coo at how cute that is, and surprise him by pulling him into my lap, the kitten-like Pokémon almost not caring except for a small smile flashing tugging at his lips.
"You remind me of my little cousin, Alex. He has hair that's almost as soft as yours, but you're much cuter than him. Are you okay with being named after a three-year old?" I ask, looking down at the Pokémon I'm now stroking. He nods his head, barely moving, seeming to enjoy the affection I'm showing him. I grin happily, using my free hand to type in his name. The PokéDex shows a check-mark of accepting the name, and goes back into sleep-mode when I flip it closed.
I look over at Vixen when she yawns, shuffling back over to me and resting her head on my leg. I smile down at her, and put Alex down, making him mewl in unhappiness at the lack of petting now happening. I fix up my back-back and slide it on, looking at my two sleepy Pokémon as the moon hangs high in the sky.
"Come on, let's go get a room at the Pokémon Center." I gingerly pick up Vixen and cradle her in my arms, then look down at Alex, who's looking up at me expectantly with half-lidded eyes. It's a wonder I didn't melt of how cute he can be. I manage to scoop him up as well, though find it much harder to carry twice the normal weight and position them so their comfortable, not wanting to put Alex back in his Poké Ball so soon.
By the time I reach the Pokémon Center, it's a wonder my arms hadn't fallen off or I hadn't fallen asleep on the walk there. Alex had eventually fallen asleep, draped over Vixen's lower half with a tiny grin on his face, Vixen having been asleep most of the time anyway.
"Oh, Sarah, help?" Maria offers sweetly. I nod in a pained way, and let her carefully pluck Alex off of Vixen. Despite our efforts, both of them wake up.
"Vuuuuuul..." Vixen whines as she yawns, not willing to get out of my arms.
"Shi, Shi Inx Inx?" Alex asks, completely awake the second his eyes open. Ignoring the languages I can't understand, I pull out Alex's Poké Ball and ask Nurse Maria Joy if she can heal him. She nods kindly and offers to bring out a few berries for my claustrophobic Vulpix as well.
Once everyone is good and as healed as they can get, Nurse J- Damn, MARIA, says there's a room available tonight, and I sigh in relief/happiness. I shuffle down the hall to room 104 and quickly let Vixen down and Alex out of his Poké Ball and toss my back-pack in the corner.
"G'night..." I mumble dreamily, stumbling into the bed after shutting the door. I pull the covers over myself as Alex settles at my feet and Vixen curls up in my arms and a sweet state of sleep washes over us all.
*Pokémon*
I yawn, stretching awake and looking around the Center room I managed to snag. Vixen managed to burn the leg of the bed in her sleep, but she obviously put it out the second she did if the bed is still standing. Alex, on the other hand, stayed exactly where I left him all night, curled up at my feet.
"G'mornin'..." I slur groggily. My messy voice wakes the two Pokémon in the room, Vixen looking up just as tired and Alex springing awake like someone pinched him. I look over at the clock while Alex jumps off the cream coloured sheets of the bed, leaving blue fur behind. I'm distressed to see the clock at 10:37. "Damn it... We missed breakfast..."
"Vul..." Vixen says tiredly, yawning through her words.
"Inx," Alex says with a shrug, catching Vixen's yawn and showing off his sharp teeth as he does so.
"Whatever you say..." I say with a sigh, looking around the small room and finding the door to the bathroom. "I'm going to shower, behave yourselves. I can bathe you guys later." I shuffle across the pink floors, taking a towel out of the closet and hanging it on the outside shower door's handle, looking in the mirror. My long, brown hair is messier than messy and face has traces of dirt and ash on it.
"Probably should have showered sooner..." I comment awkwardly to myself, turning on the water and stripping as I do so. Now fully un-clothed, I gingerly step into the water, pleased to find that it's warm. I turn the knob further to the left, turning the water up even hotter and happily showering until squeaky clean.
Done, I take the towel off its spot on the handle and dry off best I can, wrapping myself in it to go find my backpack and get clothes to change into. I walk out into the room, finding an oddly Shinx-shaped bulge under my covers (which are now on the floor) flailing wildly as Vixen laughs like a maniac.
"Not even going to ask," I say with a sigh, rifling through my backpack. I pull out a pair of red pants and a purple tee with undergarments that won't show through, then disappear back into the bathroom. I run a Center brush through my hair and change into my clothes, gathering my dirty clothes off the bathroom floor and tossing them onto my bed. Vixen and Alex look up at me, this time sitting on the floor and seemingly chatting.
"Who's ready for a bath?"
*Pokémon*
My first mistake was taking them both in at once. They splashed each other so much they got it everywhere, and Alex started teaching Vixen to swim in the warm water. With very exaggerated paw movement.
My second mistake was turning my back on them to find the Pokémon shampoo. Not only did they start to play, they started dunking each other. And Vixen is already at a disadvantage in the water.
My third, and most fatal mistake, was putting on clean clothes before I washed them. An hour later, Alex and Vixen are fluffed up and clean while I'm hiding away in the bathroom to change.
I come out in a mint green shirt and blue jeans, throwing on my bright yellow jacket I always wear. Vixen and Alex are trotting around the room, their fluffy coats bouncing as they play with the new-found fluff.
I grin down at my two Pokémon, watching them play together and feeling my heart warm up.
"You're both so cute. But guess who needs to train?" I ask, watching them both perk up at the idea of exercising a bit more. I see Vixen especially happy, and I can't help but note she's always much happier outside. Meh, I blame the claustrophobia.
*Pokémon*
The next three days were kind of boring, I must say. Of course there were some interesting events like when Vixen managed to attract the attention of a few Golduck. That didn't end too well. And of course Alex managed to gain a few levels, reaching level nine and learning Charge. Vixen, on the other hand, only reached level ten, and though she denies it, I think she was just letting Alex catch up to her.
Anyway, now is a new day, and both my Pokémon are looking at the Oreburgh gate with a hopeful expression.
"You think we're ready to go through that gate?" I ask with an arched eyebrow. Both nod excitedly, Alex even sparking a bit. I grin, and gesture to the gate. "Lead the way."
*Pokémon*
Kitten: Meh, I was going to include a blurp with them in Oreburgh Gate or have them go in, but I felt this was a sufficient place to stop. Anyway, I have thanks to do! I'll have Sarah read them again. Until I get more important characters whom you can understand, of course.
Sarah: Dang... This is longer than before...
To 'sugar ninjas': Thanks for reading and putting me on your alerts! I always love when stories I liked are liked by others. X3 Oh, and I have to say that I like your name.
To 'Shadow Serenity 57':
First review: Trust me, you don't want to read the original. XD And this is where I have to say 'Great minds think alike!' Oh, stupid typos... Thanks, I'll go through and locate said annoyances. This is why I need a beta, I just think I would annoy the hell outta them. Well I'm glad you like it!
Second review: Filler is fun, and needed. Oh... yeah... the Houndoom attack does seem random... Lack of questioning... Dang, I'll need to put that in somehow. Thanks for pointing that out! Thought the attack will be explained later, it doesn't make sense hat no one pointed it out. Poo. And yeah, I liked the teamwork seen in the Vulpix. X3 They're cute. And thank you once more! I was hoping to develop more character for her!
Third review: Hm, yeah, calling it PP was a bad, lazy thing to do. Reading your review, I went back and changed it to just Power. Because, if you think about it, they would run out of power eventually. They can't just keep a flame running forever. Though calling it PP was kind of dumb, thanks for pointing it out... Oh yes, poor Vixen is going to have so much fun throughout the story with her little problem. I must say I think she'll never learn Dig. XD Yes, four-moves will be in the story, though that will be explained, unlike many things in this odd, little story. Huh, again, this is why I need a beta. Once more, thanks for pointing that out, I went back and fixed that; now she just circles it until she nails Sophie. I need to keep these things in mind... And the whole 'diving into the water' thing will be explained later too, I thought about that too... Truth is, I want to know what Sarah wrote too. XD And I think about it more than I should. It's stupid, aggravating question.
Follow: Thanks for following my story! I liked it better when it was alerts... Now it reminds me of Twitter... But thanks all the same! It makes me feel... Accomplished? Oh, and I like your pen name too, it's pretty and mysterious.
To 'danparker': Ahahaha, much thanks, dan. I'm slowing gathering followers, all of whom I adore.
To 'Lilitraum': I know you didn't follow this story specifically, but it still pleases me that you're following me; even if you never read this!
Thanks to all of you! Hope you enjoyed!
Kitten: And with that, I wish you all a good night!