Chapter 5: The Blue Berry?
Sorry for the absence! I've had so much to do and so little free time to write anything T_T I'm sorry! I hope you keep reading though!
In this chapter we'll meet a new character! Hope you like him!
Disclaimer: Pokémon. It's a great series. Watch it. Read it. Love it. And realize….
I don't own it. But I love this series too.
"All right! Now….I wonders where they keep the supplies around this place…a shed around back perhaps." Orchid tiptoed around the back of the Onion-shaped rescue base, making sure that she didn't make to much noise for fear of any other Pokémon lurking in the brush. However, to her dismay, there was no shed to be found, just more grass that needed to be cut, more trees, more darkness and more…
"What is that?" She noticed an odd blue shape sticking out of one of the bushes. She grabbed a nearby branch to poke it a bit, and to her surprise and dismay, it moved. She didn't feel like dealing with anything else out of the ordinary at the moment.
"Ok ok….breathe take deeeeep breaths…maybe this is all still a dream and I'll wake up again any second now…this isn't a blue tail sticking out of a bush at all! No no no no no…its just….its just a very odd shaped berry with a red spike for a root. That's all this is. Nothing more nothing less…"
Orchid paused to stare at the odd blue shape once again. She looked around to see if there was anything else that seemed out of place but aside from the fact that the scene was a messy heap of grass and plants, everything was normal.
"Maybe…maybe I should just walk away as if nothing happened. This will all go away if I pretend its not there, and I'll just tell Flametail about this in the mor-"
A rustling sound came from the trees.
"Or you could tell Flametail about it now." Flametail stepped out from the brush, a somewhat odd and sad look on his face. His hair was sticking up in a few places and his flame was condierably smaller than usual.
"Flametail! What are you doing here? I thought you went home and-"
"No. I realized I forgot to tell you how to turn the heater on and close the windows to keep the air from blowing in the base, so I came back to show you. But…I see now that you haven't even went inside correct?"
Orchid blushed, shuffling nervously in the grass.
"So, what are you still doing out here anyway?" Flametail sounded a bit annoyed.
"Oh…well…I wanted it to be a surprise but…I was going to fix the base for you but…this thing…" Orchid shyly steps away from what she has deemed "the Blue Berry" and points as though she's spotted a murder victim.
"This thing? What thing?" Flametail steps over to investigate, his somber expression replaced with one of concern. He moves towards the bushes and slashes them away with his claws. The so called "Blue Berry" is attached to a larger being, a larger, blue, sleeping creature with sharp teeth, red-spikes down its back, short-spikey hair, and wrinkled blue and yellow clothing.
"What…what is that?!" Orchid dashes behind a patch of tall grasses, shivering from fear. Flametail looks towards her and can't help but sigh.
"Come back over here. There's nothing to be afraid of."
Orchid shakes her head.
"B-but…it's so….it's so terrifying!"
Flametail shrugs his shoulders and laughs as he clears the remaining brush. He kneels down and roughly shakes the sleeping creature, causing it to move around and sit up abruptly, with a dazed expression on its face.
"What the hell Flametail! No one told you to come over here and wake me up! Damn it."
"No one told you to sleep at the rescue base headquarters either."
Flametail blew a puff of smoke in the creatures face. In response, it lashed out with its claws, missing Flametail by an inch.
"Sorry, you missed."
"Why you!" the creature lashed out again, this time standing up to get its balance. He opened his mouth and attempted to chomp down onto Flametail's arm, but he missed again by a narrow margin, losing his balance and falling to the ground. Flametail scoffed in triumph.
"How was that fancy footwork Orchid?" He turned towards Orchid's direction, only to realize she was nowhere to be seen.
"Orchid? Orchid where did you-"
A rustle is heard in the leaves. Flametail turns towards the noise, a sense of foreboding washing over him.
"GET OUT OF THE WAY!" suddenly, a giant-branch wielding Orchid appears from the brush, charging towards the blue creature on the ground. Flametail jumps out of the way just before she aims her branch towards where he stands. The blue creature looks up to see the branch coming towards his head, and he latches onto it, stopping Orchid in her tracks.
"Oh no!" On the other end, Orchid holds onto the branch tightly, trying to shake it from the blue creature's mouth. In response, the creature shakes the branch as well, and much more successfully than Orchid; he manages to fling her off the device, causing her to fly into the air. Flametail dashes to her aid, allowing her to land in his arms.
"What the hell was that for?!" the blue creature has broken the branch in two, and stormed towards Flametail and Orchid in a fit of rage. Orchid jumps down to hide behind Flametail, cowering in fear.
"I-im sorry….But you attacked us first!"
The blue creature narrows his eyes as he tries to deduce who Orchid is. Flametail realizes this and steps to the side, pushing Orchid away from him as she still tries to cling to his back.
"You're….you're just a Bulbasaur. I've never seen you before though." The blue creature's once harsh tone became soft, his blue eyes shining from the moonlight. Orchid blushed as she examined his handsome features; like Flametail, he looked a bit disheveled and rugged, but that added to his look. Part of his spikey hair fell over one of his red eyes, and his shirt covered only his chest. He was a bit muscular but generally thin and toned, and what she had called a "berry" had actually been his tail.
"Y-yes…my name is Orchid…who are you?"
The blue creature held his head high in a regal fashion and swished his hair from his eyes.
"My name, Madame Orchid, is Royal Blue. And might I say you are utterly stunning." He moves closer to her with swiftness, and takes her hand in his. She blushes, turning a deeper shade of red. Flametail puffs smoke towards Royal Blue's face as he sees this.
"It's pretty rude to be so close to someone after you've just met them, Blue."
Royal Blue releases her hand and turns towards Flametail.
"And its rude of you to not call someone by their proper name, let alone interrupt the conversation they are having. I swear you are nothing more than a brute Flametail."
Flametail rolls his eyes in annoyance.
"Oh cut the crap Blue. Orchid, you'll find out soon enough that this guy is fuller of himself than anything else."
Orchid looks at Flametail and nods. Royal Blue stomps the ground in anger.
"How dare you fill the ladies head with such lies! Orchid my dear don't listen to that fiery moron. Let us leave him to his own devices and bask under the starry sky." Royal Blue commences to lift Orchid up, bridal style, and walk away from Flametail. Flametail however extends his arm to block their path.
"Put her down, she doesn't want to go with you."
"Oh how would you know? Did you bother to ask?"
"No, but you can see it from the look on her face, you idiot."
Royal Blue looks down to see that Orchid has fainted.
"Look on her face? The only look on her face is that of a girl who has been so utterly frightened by your face that she has fainted."
Flametail narrows his eyes and bares his teeth.
"You wanna fight?
"Of course not. On the contrary I'd rather get this young lady to a proper place to sleep, unlike you monsieur."
"Why you-"
Royal Blue steps away from Flametail once more, heading towards the entrance of the rescue base.
"Temper temper Flametail. You wouldn't want our little guest to be afraid of you to, now would you? You know what happened last time."
Flametail's eyes widened, and his flame dwindled. He looked away in defeat.
"Mm-hmm. That's what I thought. Now go on, I'll be sure to take care of Orchid from here."
Royal Blue left to go into the base, leaving Flametail to sit outside in the cold, alone.
That was so sad! Okay not really but still. What happened with Flametail before Orchid? You'll find out later on! But who do you like more Blue or Flametail? Blue is a bit annoying to me actually but I like writing his character for some reason. He and Flametail's arguments amuse me ^_^ Well anyway please continue to read and review! I hope you liked this chappie!
