Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon.
His name finally gets revealed at the end...^_^ sigh... He is 100% real, but the history between us is partly real. (now, if you're ever reading this, don't kill me) Everyone else is real too, just altered names.
Muchas gracias to Kat, Armelion, and Jossie for reviewing ^_^ and everyone else, of course, but I'm just glad that the people I'm writing about are reviewing. Makes things...interesting. XD
When Prof. Rowan left, all five of us were standing there, unsure of what to do.
"In the game, we have a giant Pokemon battle," Kaatrina said uncertainly. "But we can't have a three-way..."
Armelion, Kevin, and I snickered at this.
"What? Oh." Kaatrina's face turned slightly red when she realized what she said. "Perverts."
"Huh? I don't get it..." Jossie trailed off.
"Well, Armelion, why don't you explain it to her?" I laughed, then Kevin joined in soon after. Armelion gave both of us a glare, then told her in an under voice what it was. When he finished, Jossie was blushing like mad. This reminded me of the old days, when we were a group and cracked jokes like this. Now, it was nothing more than a distant memory...
I looked over to Kevin to see that he was thinking the same thing, but his face instantly changed when he saw me. I swear, I wanted to rip his heart out. Doesn't he know how much he's hurting me?
Obviously not, because he ignores me and starts talking about dirty stuff with Armelion. No, they're not gay.
Kaatrina noticed my discomfort with being ignored. He'll realize sooner or later, her eyes seemed to say. I hope so. I felt like I was reading one of those SasuNaru fanfictions, where Sasuke's being an ass to Naruto. Of course, that just makes me want to kill Sasuke. But Naruto always forgives him, and they move on and yada yada yada.
"Well, let's just have a mini battle, alright?" I smiled a little. "Jossie vs. Armelion." I went over and found a comfortable looking rock that wasn't completely covered in snow to sit on. Kaatrina followed me, and that left Kevin to sit at the base of the rock, not on top of it.
The rock was big, jutting out of the ground like a mini cliff. When I sat down, my legs hung over the edge. While the three of us sat there, Armelion and Jossie were completely absorbed in their battle, almost as if they were in a different world.
The battle lasted way too long, in my terms. It almost seemed that Jose and Arm were delaying the battle on purpose. But oh well.
"Hey uh, Kat and I need Pokemon too." I wandered over to them, where they finished their battle with a quick kiss.
The two of them broke apart, unshaken by my intrusion. "Yeah. So maybe we could catch you guys some?" Armelion offered.
I shrugged. "Why not? But I want a Shinx." I quickly told them that they're on the other side of Sandgem Town. When I'm done, they asked Kaatrina what she wanted.
"I'm fine with any," she said carelessly. "As long as it's not creepy." I laughed. Creepy for her meant normal for me. So how the hell are we supposed to know what she considers creepy?
After we discussed what we want (I'm having a Shinx and Kaatrina's having a Starly), we all head to our homes. It turned out that those other two houses that I never visited in the game were Armelion's and Kevin's houses. And it also turns out that Jossie's sharing one of the houses with Armelion.
"Steal her virginity and you'll die," I joked lightly as the two of them headed to their house. "Don't think of doing anything dirty to her, or you'll regret it." Armelion laughed, he knew that I was just joking about stealing her virginity, but not about me killing him. Yes, I would fiercely kill anyone with my paper ninja tools. They can do a lot of damage when I want them to.
I went home and told my mom all that had happened, like I was supposed to. Something I'm looking for...something all of us are looking for, actually. That question thought kept popping back up in my brain. What was it that we've lost? And where's Justin? He's another one of my best friends, but he hasn't shown up yet. And there's only four houses in Twinleaf Town... Maybe he's in another town. Maybe he's replacing Cheryl in Eterna Forest (insert LOL here), or Riley in Iron Island or whatever it's called.
All these questions are on my mind when I tell my mom everything. She gave me Running Shoes (to hell with it, I'm walking in my boots, all the way), and a Journal to record everything (does that mean I have to write everything in it? Aw...). She told me that I should go visit Prof. Rowan and thank him for the non-existent Pokemon I have (she tells me to thank him for the chance). I took my bag from the wall and put everything in there, like I'm supposed to in the game.
I agreed to her demands and then left the house, meeting up with my friends at the signpost in the middle of the town. Apparently, I'm the first one done. So I just sit there, soaking my butt with snow, staring at the pretty snow crystals on the ground, picking one up, then licking it, then freezing my tongue. Every time that happens, I purr out loud so that the warm air can warm my frozen tongue.
"You're weird." Kevin sneaked up behind me, soundlessly. "And you sound like a cat."
I gave him the best glare I can manage. "And you care because?"
He shrugged. "No reason."
...something's wrong with this guy. Seriously wrong.
I raised an eyebrow. "What's been up with you for the last few months of school?" I muttered softly on purpose, knowing that he can hear me. I went back to licking snowflakes, pretending that the question doesn't matter.
"Well..." Before he can say anything, Jossie and Armelion come up.
"So we're just waiting for Kat then." Jossie grinned as she arrived. I knew what she was thinking.
"Wanna ninja her?" I grinned as well, excited at the prospect of it.
Armelion sighed, as I knew he would. "Again? Last time you guys ninja'd her, she screamed her head off."
Kevin gave us a strange look. "Ninja?"
I smirk. "Watch and learn, asstard. Watch and learn." He doesn't seem surprised by my language.
Jossie and I nodded at each other, and I sneaked up, onto Kaatrina's house's roof. There, I had a perfect shot of when Kaatrina comes out of her house. Jossie was behind the wall of the house, so that when Kat came out, she wouldn't see my ninja pal.
When Kaatrina stepped out of her house, she saw Kevin and Armelion chatting, but didn't see either of us. Good.
When she started walking towards them, Jossie shot out in front of her, halting her in her tracks. Kat jumped back by the sudden appearance, and was shocked for a few seconds. During that time, I had prepared myself and jumped down onto her, like a cat.
"Take that!" I growled as I landed on top of her, smashing her to the ground.
"Ow - shit! Seriously?" Kaatrina's irritated voice reached my ears. She normally doesn't curse, but sometimes, yes, she does curse. No, not as much as I do. Not even HALF as much as I do.
I laughed and got off of her, making sure that I didn't break any of her bones. It's fun, but always dangerous. I helped her up, since that pound drove all the strength out of her, and it's not likely that she'll recover easily.
Jossie started laughing too.
"Schadenfreude," she growled.
"Oooh, big words." I smirked as all three of us headed back to the signpost to meet up with the guys.
"Well, let's go to Sandgem Town then." I pumped my fist in the air and jumped up, like those anime people.
"Calm down," Kaatrina said, already forgiving me. "Save your energy."
I gave her a pout. "Yes, mommy." But calm down I did, and all of us set off for Sandgem Town.
"Oh hey, a Starly." I pointed out the black and white bird, poking at the ground. "You want that one?"
Kaatrina shook her head. "The beak's too long."
"Long beak means it's a male, short beak means it's a female," I shot off instantly. Everyone gave me weird looks.
"What?" I raised my hands in self-defense. "This stuff is easier to remember than theorems and postulates!"
Kevin rolled his eyes. He's in my Algebra II Honors class, and he knows that I'm, more or less, failing that class with a B- average. Well, it's an Asian fail, but we're all Asians here.
"Okay, fine whatever," I grumbled. "Let's keep going."
Eventually, after training Armelion's Piplup some more, we encountered the free Potion-giving lady. All of us obtained a Potion, even though Kaatrina and I don't have Pokemon yet.
"Thank you!" we called out as we left.
Before reaching Sandgem Town, we saw another Starly. This time, Kevin's Chimchar battled it and weakened it enough to be captured. That was when we all realized that we don't have Pokeballs.
"Ouch," Armelion said. "Guess we should've thought of that earlier, huh?"
Kevin nodded, then proceeded to finish off the Starly with a Scratch.
When we finally arrived in Sandgem Town, we saw Lucas. He brought us to the Lab (with no rival to bump into us) and we all got our Pokedexes. Amazingly, all of us got one, even Kat and me. We were a bit surprised, but Prof. Rowan told us that he was sure that our friends would catch us some Pokemon (with a slight wink added in their direction).
We left the Lab, saw Lucas again, and all of us got a TM27. Yes, even Kat and me (again). Lucas showed us the Pokemart and Pokemon Center (which we all knew, since we all played one version or the other of the game), and then told us to visit our families before leaving on a journey. We all nodded at that, then, as soon as he left, we started fooling around again, going to places that we wouldn't have been able to go to in the game.
"You know, I've never read the signs next to the buildings." Kaatrina moved closer to inspect one.
"It just says it's Lucas's house," I said flatly, then moved over to the beach next to it. Now, I never really did like beaches, but I was curious to see what it looked like for real. In the game, you just see sand and water, and a couple people you could chat to.
Right now, it was more or less similar to that. Probably due to the fact that it's winter (remember the snow?). But it was still disappointing to see the same thing in the game.
"Hey hey! Guys!" Jossie's voice beckoned all of us her. She was standing at the edge of the treeline.
"See this?" her excited voice asked.
"Yes..." I answered tentatively. I could see her light bulb shining.
"Well, you can't go through the forests in the game, right?"
We all nodded, understanding what she was getting at.
"You're asking us to go through?" I grinned evilly. Awesome.
"Yup!" Jossie beamed at us. "Going through the forest like a ninja!"
I realized that I'm starting to have periods of mild depression. Well, not really depression, but more like boredom. Like, nothing I do is fun, everyone else is being too noisy, etc. But reading the reviews always makes me feel better ^_^
So...review please!