I'm back in action! Today we join our heroes right after they've begun their Pokémon journey. Tamaki Suoh is the boy that Haruhi Fujioka wants to spend her time with the least. He's a crybaby, an idiot, and naïve. Haruhi never wanted to go on her journey, she just wanted to go home and pay rent. But when Tamaki unknowingly lured her into it by mentioning the Haninozuka Gym's town's delectable food, she couldn't help but agree to go with him!
Besides that, she figured he was so much of an idiot that he'd get lost. Or beaten. Or doomed miserably.
Anyways, today our heroes are on the road towards the Haninozuka Gym. Let's see what's up!
EDIT (11-13-16): Edited format, word choices, grammar
Route B: With the Attention Span of a Totodile
"Haruhi, Haruhi look!"
Tamaki stood on a grassy green hill, pointing ahead and shouting.
"What is it?" Haruhi disinterestedly asked as she approached him.
"Look!"
Haruhi looked out in the direction her blond companion pointed. Before them lay miles and miles (or so it appeared) of grassy, windswept fields and hills.
"And?" Haruhi asked, not seeing the big deal about it or how her companion could be so exuberant at the sight of grass.
"Isn't it beautiful? It's just like the movies I watched when I was a child! A runaway boy and girl travelling throughout the land, meeting dozens of Pokémon and dozens of different people... Or the one where a Pokémon assists a couple with their forbidden, long-distance love!"
Tamaki looked blissful in his idiotic admiration.
"Please focus so we can get to the Haninozuka Gym." Haruhi said, ignoring the rich boy's idiotic thoughts.
She was about to apologize (since whenever she said something straight-forwardly to him he went off and sulked) but noticed he wasn't crouched down to the floor picking at the grass.
"You're absolutely right, Haruhi!"He agreed energetically. "But first, shouldn't we catch you a Pokémon on the way?"
"What? I don't know what I need a Pokémon for; I'm perfectly fine."
"What? But how will you battle and learn more about Pokémon, like the school instructed us!" Tamaki asked startled.
Haruhi frowned. She had forgotten about that. She sighed.
"Fine. One Pokémon. I want one that's easy to deal with and is a hard worker... Hm..."
"Well, we could consult my PokeDex." Tamaki suggested, pulling a red rectangular, electric flip book device out of his pocket.
Haruhi's eyes widened. She had forgotten about those, despite having been issued one at her old trainer's school. Setting her backpack down, she rummaged through a pocket before pulling out a red rectangular device similar to Tamaki's.
"Ah! You have one too! Excellent! Let's see, how about a Slakoth?" Tamaki asked, skimming through entries.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Haruhi asked irritated. 'I suggested a hard-working Pokémon!'
"Well okay, how about a Machop?"
Haruhi imagined the fighting Pokémon working in her house, breaking everything.
"No thank you, I need something suited to housework." She said.
"Alright, alright, a Chansey?" Tamaki continued.
Haruhi shook her head.
"No thank you, I don't know where I'd find one of those." She said. 'Unless we're going to rob a Pokémon Center, but even if we were, those things have high security.'
"Alright, a Cyndaquil?"
"That would burn everything, Tamaki."
"Geodude?"
"I don't want a giant floating rock!"
"Then most certainly a Pidgey."
"No!"
Instead of suggesting anything more, Tamaki's head diverted to the right as he looked over the hill.
"What?" Haruhi asked, following his gaze down below.
Her eyes landed on a bit of lush green foliage.
"What's there?" She asked.
Tamaki pointed, his gaze locked onto a bush.
"I saw something move!"
"What?"
"I don't know! I just know I saw the bushes rustle!"
Haruhi and Tamaki continued intently gazing down below.
"You know," Tamaki began quietly, "we are getting closer to Haninozuka's Gym."
'Are we?' Haruhi thought.
"And did you know," Tamaki continued, still gazing below, "that the Haninozukas are warriors?"
"Warriors?" Haruhi asked, curious.
Warriors existed?
Tamaki nodded.
"Yes. The Haninozukas are trained in martial arts like judo and karate. They're master hand-to-hand fighters." He continued. "In fact, the Haninozuka Gym Leader holds the regional karate championship!" He added.
"Then why is he a gym leader?" Haruhi asked, turning to look at Tamaki.
He shrugged.
"He must love Pokémon."
Haruhi returned her gaze down below.
"What do you think is down there?" She asked her equally curious companion.
"Well, like I was saying... Since we're approaching the Haninozuka Gym, I was thinking that..."
Tamaki got quieter and donned a serious tone.
"It's a ninja."
Haruhi stared at the blonde's serious face.
'He's kidding, right?' She thought.
"No, no, Tamaki. It's probably just some wild Pokémon." She corrected.
"Are you sure it's not a ninja?" He asked.
"Yes, Tamaki, ninjas don't exist."
With that being said, Tamaki crouched down on the ground with his back to Haruhi and began picking at the grass. Haruhi sighed and looked down below to see if anything had emerged. Her eyes widened.
"Tamaki-senpai! Tamaki-senpai!" Haruhi urgently whispered.
Tamaki glanced over his shoulder.
"Look!" She called.
Tamaki moved over to where Haruhi was and saw a wild Pokémon emerge from the foliage down below.
"What is that?" Haruhi asked.
"It's a Zigzagoon!" Tamaki realized. "Haruhi, catch it! You two have so much in common!"
"What? And how?" Haruhi asked, insulted.
"Just look how that small creature searches around for food, but alas! Finds none! It's just like the life of a commoner!" Tamaki dramatically cried.
Haruhi fought the urge to smack him upside the head or briskly turn around and walk back home.
"Zigzagoons are very smart! They're good trackers and store their food!" Tamaki informed her.
Haruhi sighed. She had to admit, the little creature was kind of cute, and it seemed harmless.
"Okay, okay, Tamaki. I'll capture that Zigzagoon. That's it. No more, no less. Happy?" She asked him, receiving what appeared to be some sort of jubilant cheer as a response.
Ignoring her companion, Haruhi began to descend the hill and approach the Zigzagoon, who was currently sniffing about for food. She looked around, realizing she'd need some bait.
"Haruhi, over there."
Haruhi turned around to see Tamaki, whispering advice to her. She followed Tamaki's pointed finger and saw a bush of purple berries. She nodded at the blond and slowly approached the bush. Once she had gathered enough berries, she cautiously approached the Pokémon and began dropping the berries in a trail toward herself.
The Zigzagoon looked up and noticed the berries. Taking the bait, the small creature continued gobbling up berries on its way toward Haruhi.
"Haruhi, it's coming!" Tamaki said excitedly.
"Shh!" Haruhi strictly informed him. "You'll scare it away."
The Pokémon continued towards Haruhi and finally stopped in front of her. Tamaki froze, but the creature seemed indifferent to the two trainers. It sniffed at Haruhi, who crouched down and offered it another berry.
"Want to come with me?" She asked it as it happily chewed on more berries.
"I think that's a yes!" Tamaki whispered.
Haruhi rolled her eyes.
"You can move, Tamaki." She notified him, noting that his frozen stance was an abnormal and dramatic one.
Tamaki relaxed and leaned in to inspect Haruhi's new friend.
"It's so cute!" He said, reaching out to pet it.
The Zigzagoon quickly scratched him away.
"OW!" He yelped, quickly retracting his hand. "Haruhi~!" He whined, eyes tearing up. "It hit me!"
Haruhi rolled her eyes again.
"Be nice, Tamaki. He's eating." Haruhi lectured.
Tamaki continued to pout.
"Haruhi, shouldn't you capture it in a Pokeball?" He asked after a bit, once the Pokémon was done eating.
"Ah!" Haruhi said, remembering what he said. "That's right!"
Quickly, she dug out a pokeball from her backpack.
"Alright, little guy, come in here."
With a click and a consenting nod, Haruhi had captured her first Pokémon. Tamaki cheered as the pokeball's light gave its final ding.
"Haruhi! Isn't it wonderful! Now you have your very own Pokémon-which will love and adore you forever! Just think, soon we'll all be in dangerous battles, challenging venues, and enduring the harsh life of a commoner as we travel! With your Zigzagoon by your side, nothing can stop you!"
Haruhi fought the urge not to release her newly captured Pokémon and order it to scratch attack Tamaki again. Harsh life of a commoner? What did rich people do? Sit around flirting with girls all day?
Well...actually, Haruhi...
"Alright, Haruhi! Let's be on our way shall we? We're getting closer to the Haninozuka Gym! I can feel it!" Tamaki announced enthusiastically.
'Actually, Tamaki, we're only about a yard away from where we started this scenario.' Haruhi bitterly thought.
Despite her observation, she joined Tamaki in continuing their journey toward the Haninozuka Gym.
From a bit behind them, obscured in the trees, a suspicious trio sat watching the duo.
"Did you see that, Lady Benibara?" A short brunette asked.
The taller, darker haired brunette nodded and had a grave expression on her face.
"Yes." She replied gravely.
"That Zigzagoon is something isn't it?" A slender, light brunette with wavy hair noted.
The girl with boy-cut hair nodded again.
"That's not what has my eye though." Lady Benibara replied.
"That girl right?" The first girl asked, earning another nod.
"Hmph. I agree with you, Lady Benibara." The slender brunette said. "That man looks like a complete idiot. He's despicable!"
"Did you see how he constantly insulted her?" The short girl asked.
"And how he approached that poor little Zigzagoon- startling it!" The second girl cried.
"Girls, girls, " Lady Benibara began, grasping their attention, "I propose that we save both that girl and her Zigzagoon!"
The two other girls nodded curtly.
"Now, let's go..."
"Right!"
"Tamaki-senpai, what are you looking at?"Haruhi asked as her travelling companion stopped for about the twelfth time to look at plants alongside the road.
"Ah, but, Haruhi, sometimes you must stop and smell the flowers." Tamaki said, leaning into smell a plant containing bright red, spiked berries.
"Um, Tamaki-senpai? That berry will make your face burn if you get that close..." She warned, a bit too late as the blond began to run around screaming.
"AH-ER AH-ER!" He screamed, what Haruhi assumed to be 'water'.
The blond ran off the road and up a small embankment, disappearing. Haruhi waited a bit and then went after him. As she climbed the steep hill, she discovered a glistening lake at the top.
At its shore, Tamaki sat washing his face with water. Haruhi approached him and looked over the water.
"It's so nice here." She noted out loud.
Tamaki nodded.
"Ah, my face feels much better!" He said, the sparkle back in his eyes. "I'll make sure not to come closer to that plant again!"He vowed.
Haruhi nodded, despite not buying his oath. Her eyes then were jerked back to the lake.
"Huh? Tamaki-senpai, what was that?" She asked, thinking she saw something on the water.
Tamaki looked out.
"What was what, Haruhi?" He asked, scanning the water.
Haruhi looked over the water again slowly.
"I guess nothing." She mumbled, looking away back towards the road. "We should get going again-"
"Haruhi- there!" Tamaki exclaimed, pointing at the water.
Haruhi's head snapped back to the lake, where this time she was not disappointed. Something appeared to be swimming toward them- fast.
"What is that?" She asked, cautious.
As the figure swam closer, it became clearer. Tamaki's face lit up with joy.
"It's a Totodile!" Tamaki exclaimed.
Quickly, he jumped up to his feet and grabbed a pokeball from his waist.
'He's going to catch it?' Haruhi thought.
The Totodile was now at the edge of the water, looking up at Tamaki.
"Totodile, you will be mine!" Tamaki announced, activating the pokeball in his hand and tossing it out. "Psyduck! I choose you!" Tamaki yelled.
The pokeball popped open and a sleepy-looking Psyduck appeared. Before the Totodile could beach itself, Tamaki jumped on the offensive.
"Psyduck, use confuse ray!" He yelled.
Haruhi watched as the Pokémon's eyes grew determined and it put one paw to its head and another pointed at Totodile. A colorful ray shot out, barely visible, toward Totodile.
"Beautiful!" Tamaki said blissfully.
Unfortunately, the Totodile happily chirped and jumped out of the ray's way, landing on land.
"Alright, Psyduck, now's our chance! Use tackle!" He ordered, the Pokémon following through.
The attack worked, but the Totodile wasn't out of energy yet.
Suddenly, the water Pokémon fought back with a water gun, launching Tamaki's Psyduck into the air.
"Quick, Psyduck, recover!" He yelled.
Psyduck landed, wobbling.
"Great! Now, Psyduck, finish him off with confusion!"
Immediately, the yellow Pokémon got the determined look back in it's now glowing eyes. The Totodile appeared confused, and then was thrown back into the ground. It tried getting back up, but kept falling back down wearily.
Tamaki happily grinned.
"Totodile! You will be mine!"
He brandished another pokeball and tossed it at the tired reptile. The Totodile was quickly sucked in and after three successful dings, belonged to Tamaki Suoh. Tamaki cheered as he picked up the pokeball and attached it back to his waist.
"Another friend to help fight against Haninozuka! Welcome to the family, little guy."He said. "Shall we be off?" He asked.
Haruhi stood her ground, still reeling from Tamaki's expert battle. Who knew the idiot could do that? She shook her head, coming back to the present.
"So, you like water Pokémon?" She asked as they began walking back to the road.
Tamaki shook his head.
"No, just energetic Pokémon!" He said.
His eyes looked away from Haruhi and then up at the sky as the road came back into sight.
"What?" Haruhi asked, looking into the sky as well.
There in the sky lazily floated a hot air balloon in the shape of a lily.
"That's strange." Tamaki remarked.
'You're one to talk.' Haruhi fought from saying.
She was jerked from her thoughts by gaudy, menacing, high pitched laughter from above.
"Hello there!" A long, wavy haired light brunette called, waving from the basket of the hot air balloon.
"Um, hello!" Tamaki replied, waving as well.
He turned to Haruhi.
"Who are they?" He asked, earning a shrug.
"You don't know who we are?" A startled, high pitched voice sounded.
A short, bright haired brunette peered over the basket.
"Why, we're Team Zuka!"
Tamaki froze.
"Team... Zuka...?" He asked looking completely drained in the face.
"Team Zuka? Who are they? What's wrong, Tamaki-senpai?" Haruhi asked.
"Haruhi, Team Zuka is a horrible gang of girls who go around kidnapping other girls and Pokémon! They do horrible things to men!" Tamaki informed her, horrified.
Haruhi looked up at the girls.
"They don't look too frightening." She noted.
"Don't judge by appearance!" Tamaki warned.
"Back to us, please." A new voice asked.
A tall, short haired brunette appeared in the middle of the two others.
"Who are you?" Tamaki ordered, his eyes narrowed from suspicion.
The new person smiled.
"What? You don't know who Lady Benibara is?" The short girl demanded, mortified.
"Lady Benibara?" Tamaki repeated.
The short girl nodded.
"You're lucky! Lady Benibara specifically zeroed in on you to join Team Zuka!" The girl yelled, pointing at Haruhi.
"Me? Why?" 'It looks so stupid.' Haruhi asked and thought.
"Ah, a maiden as pure as the freshly fallen snow! And with her, a cute, pure animal! But she's forced to travel with such a brute!" Lady Benibara finished harshly, pointing at Tamaki.
"No, no. Tamaki-senpai isn't a brute." Haruhi defended, thinking back to his frequent flower smelling sessions along the road. 'An idiot, yes.'
"No matter. We're here for your Pokémon and you, fair maiden!" Lady Benibara announced. "You asked who we are, and now we'll tell you!"
Lady Benibara and the other two arranged themselves in a sort of formation with Benibara in the middle facing the duo and two girls facing sideways on each side of her.
"To protect the world from exploitation!" Lady Benibara began with a serious expression.
"To unite all maidens within our nation." The light haired brunette calmly said, suddenly holding a lily.
"To pronounce the purity of truth and love!" Lady Benibara passionately declared.
"To extend our talent to the stars above!" The short haired girl called.
"Benio." Lady Benibara said.
"Chizuru." The slender brunette introduced smiling.
"Hinako!" The short girl announced.
"Team Zuka blossoms with the color of light! Surrender now or prepare to fight!" The three girls declared.
"Ah, Lady Benibara, that was perfect!" The slender girl commented.
"Yes, better than last time's!"
"Lady Benibara, I'm sorry, my position was off by a third of an inch!" The short girl wailed.
"It was still lovely!" Benio announced.
"Really? Thank you, Lady Benibara!" The girl squealed.
"Huh? Hey! Where do you think you two are going?" Benio screamed from the hot air balloon at Tamaki and Haruhi, who had blatantly ignored the insanity going on around them and started walking down the road.
"Did you need something?" Tamaki asked, feeling much less threatened after the trio's display of theatrics.
"We're taking your Pokémon!" Hinako yelled.
"And you, fair maiden!" Benio added. "Go! Net!"
Suddenly, a large net shot out from Team Zuka's balloon basket.
"Haruhi, look out!" Tamaki yelled. "Go! Antoinette!"
'Antoinette? Really? How is she going to help us in this situation?' Haruhi wondered, thinking back to Antoinette's playful appearance.
Tamaki's pokeball popped open and out leapt Antoinette.
"Antoinette! Use ember!" Tamaki directed. "Get that net out of the sky!"
Somehow, Tamaki's little Growlithe managed to use its ember to not only burn the net to ashes, but also burn down Team Zuka's balloon.
"What? Oh no! It's about to blow!" Hinako screamed.
"Oh, I knew we shouldn't have used perfume as a fuel..." Chizuru lamented.
"You may have won this round, but we'll be back!" Benio declared as the Team Zuka balloon somehow exploded and launched the girls into the sky.
The faint calls of, "Looks like Team Zuka's flying away again!" were heard. Tamaki and Haruhi looked at each other.
"Good job, Antoinette!" Tamaki congratulated his Growlithe, who then happily returned to her pokeball.
He turned back to Haruhi.
"Well, shall we continue?" He asked once more.
Tiredly, Haruhi nodded. She had the feeling it was going to be a long Pokémon journey.
So, our heroes continue on their journey! Will they make it to the Haninozuka Gym safely or-
"TAMAKI! STOP SNIFFING THE FLOWERS!"
Sniffle, sniffle.
"...sorry..."
Um... Anyways! Will our heroes make it or will Team Zuka stop them in their tracks? Find out next time!
Phew. That felt exhausting to write. Sorry, these translate perfectly in my head, but getting them down... Tamaki and Haruhi feel a bit... off. Team Zuka on the other hand feels fine by me, but sorry for the blandness or anything!
Tamaki: By the way Haruhi, you're a girl...?
Haruhi:... (doesn't have the energy to deal with his stupidity)
So Tamaki and Haruhi each now have Pokémon!
::::Rich Boy Tamaki::::
+ Antoinette (Growlithe)-Fire
+Psyduck-Psychic/ Water
+Totodile-Water
School Kid Haruhi
+Zigzagoon-Normal
Well, if there are any corrections or ideas you have to notify me of- don't hesitate to tell me! By the way, reasons they have the Pokémon they have consist of:
-Misty's Psyduck was a pretty pathetic Pokémon, as Tamaki can be pathetic. Also, Antoinette is Tamaki's dog, and I didn't think a Poochyena or a Snubbull would portray Antoinette well... Lastly, Ash's Totodile was a hyper, dancing machine, so his energy reminded me of Tamaki's.
-Haruhi has been associated and compared to a raccoon in the series. (Mori's raccoon; the laptop Hikaru gave her)
~Well, thanks for reading!~
:::Featured Pokémon Entries:::
Zigzagoon: The Tiny Raccoon Pokémon. Rubbing its nose against the ground, it always wanders about back and forth in search of something. It is distinguished by the zigzag footprints it leaves. (Emerald)
Totodile: The Big Jaw Pokémon. Its powerful, well-developed jaws are capable of crushing anything. Even its Trainer must be careful. (All of the DS games)
Psyduck: The Duck Pokémon. When its headache intensifies, it starts using strange powers. However, it has no recollection of its powers, so it always looks befuddled and bewildered. (Emerald)
***Note: I'm using the Emerald version mainly b/c it's kind of in the middle; it has most of the Pokémon in the Pokémon World in its PokeDex. I'm not sure yet if I'll really use any of the new Pokémon. (Btw, Pokémon from the Unova region will for a fact, remain absent in this fic, as I haven't played the game or seen any of the episodes. Also, I'm a fan of the old Pokémon...)
EDIT (11-13-16)
Haruhi: Senpai, I thought you said Antoinette was your pet. That she wouldn't be able to battle?
Tamaki: She is my pet! Ah, Antoinette is so amazing that she can battle and look fabulous. It's incredible, non?
Haruhi (thinking): That doesn't answer my question though...
Ha, this story was written before X and Y, I think, but it's now safe to say that Tamaki's from the Kalos region? I think I'll try to fit that in somewhere, maybe.