Bonnie's Trainer Adventures 4

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In Which Pichu Grows Up

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Dust clouds covered the area in a wide spread. It only dissipated when it reached the end of the nearby cliff becoming just speckles of sand in the large sky. As it started to clear four figures could be seen and the smaller two could be heard panting. The bigger figures known as humans had their arms across their faces to block the debris. In front of the female trainer was a small white squirrel like Pokémon. It looked to be in rough shape with scratches adorning the body and it's fur rustled up. It was easy to tell he was tired because of the little buck teeth making sharp movements with it's shaky breath.

Across the field stood a male in what could be deemed with a cocky attitude just based off his posture. Leaning his weight on his left foot with one hand in his pocket the other still resting on his face. Piercings could be seen on his ears that matched his long mahogany hair. In front of him stood a tall black dog that had armor like stripes on its body with a long pointed tail. The human and Pokémon seemed to match each other well. The odd combination wasn't in the humans and their Pokémon, but the battle itself.

Waiting for the dust to clear became just a standoff for both teams.

"Pachirisu, how are you doing?" the blonde girl asked her Pokémon.

Letting out a shaky cry the Pokémon pushed its tail against the ground for leverage as it stood up on two toes. It showed it was ready by letting off small blue sparks. It also severed as a small wake up call to the rodent.

"We can do this Pachirisu! We already gave him a lot of damage. Let's finish them off!" She cried.

A maniacal laugh was heard from across the field. It came from her opponent.

"Now that's funny. You still think you can actually beat me? I told you before we even started not to bother. Your team is just so puny. You can never beat the great Duncan." He laughed as he thirsted his thumb to point to himself. "Houndoom! Faint attack now!" And the dig disappeared.

"In your dreams! Pachirisu! Get this sand going again with quick attack!" She commanded.

"Hmf" He laughed. "Stop the measly rodent in its tracks with roar Houndoom." Obeying his trainer the dog appeared once more and steadied his feet on the ground and cried out.

Automatically covering her ears, Bonnie flinched. It was unbearably loud. Her opponent's plan worked because Pachirisu had the same reaction as his trainer. Tail tucked in and ears covered.

Bonnie felt her heart drop. "No! Pachirisu watch out!" She yelled

However it was too late. With a cocky grin Duncan called out to his Pokémon to hit with Iron Tail.

And he did.

Repetitively.

"You should know you can't escape his ruthless Iron Tail. Afterall he's the one who taught one of you're measly rats that move." said Duncan.

"And I appreciate that rare kind deed of yours but you should never doubt us." Bonnie replied.

The squirrel had been slowly loosing its speed. It was so tired. Bonnie couldn't watch anymore. She kept racking her brain for a strategy but nothing came.

Finally, a light bulb dinged.

"Pachirisu! Dig!"

Snapping out of its most recent hit the Pokémon submerged. The dog kept disturbing the above ground breaking it apart.

All of sudden the Pachirisu appeared behind the Houndoom and knowing from his trainer's hand signal let out a very large electric shock.

Causing the Houndoom to flinch momentarily.

However it didn't last long because before victory could be celebrated a burning flame was coming right at the small rodent.

Not having time to dodge the attack hit Pachirisu full force and had it sliding towards the edge closer to his trainer. Panting the squirrel still rose to its feet and shook off the brunt shock.

"Your Discharge is no match for my Houndoom's Inferno. He has amazing accuracy." The trainer cockily boasted.

Before Bonnie could reply sassily back a large cracking noise could be heard.

Looking down Bonnie gasped.

The ground was breaking.

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"Oh no! Pachirisu move! Get out of the way!" Bonnie yelled.

Obeying his trainer he got down on all fours and ran forward leaping over the debris. Bonnie followed suit until all of a sudden a rock came right towards her. Gasping she jumped out of the way landing on her left side. Causing her satchel to fall off her shoulder. Feeling the ground crack beneath her she knew there was no way she could move quick enough. She could just hear the seconds she had left before she plummeted. Then she could barely hear her Pokémon crying out to her over the ringing in her ears and the pure terror in her eyes. Pachirisu tried running towards her but her opponent stayed rooted in his spot.

She reached forward for her bag as she felt her legs descending. Just before she fell she managed to get a single pokeball from the front pocket. Looking upwards she saw the face of her Pokémon staring down at her with tears in his eyes.

Despite her fear Bonnie gave Pachirisu a warm smile as if saying 'everything's going to be all right. I'll be back."

And she kept falling.

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On the surface the squirrel Pokémon watched as her trainer fell off the cliff in fear. The beady little eyes did not move an inch until she fell into the rapids below. Not seeing her trainer anymore the Pokémon whipped its little head around. With sparks protruding its every surface. It was easy to tell the Pokémon was angry.

"Hey now relax bud. It's just a fall. The chick needed it to get her brain on straight. It's her fault she challenged such a master like me. Thought I would get to beat her senseless but a forfeit works too. I'll just be taking my reward money and leaving now." The boy smugly answered.

"PACHA" The Pachirisu cried as it huddled over her trainer's purse in a defensive stance.

"Oh now you're playing bodyguard. I won. I get rewarded." He said.

Not taking any of this the electric rodent sent out a massive electric shock that hit both the trainer and his Pokémon.

A large growl was heard from the Houndoom as it readied a counter attack.

However it never came.

The male's hand was held out in front of his Pokémon.

"Enough. The squirts got guts. I suppose the girl falling off the cliff is payment enough. But don't think you're gonna get off easy again if we ever meet." And with that, Duncan pulled out a pokeball to return his faithful companion and walked the other direction with both hands resting in his pant pockets.

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Relaxation. That was the only way to describe the sensation. She felt at ease. She could feel nothing but light ripples of what felt like water to her. Light waves brushing through her hair. A day at the beach like the good old days. With nothing to worry about but resting her eyes from the blazing sun.

However that idea fell short when her eyelids lit up from a bright yellow light disturbing her peace.

Opening her eyes caused a panic to endure. Her eyes stung from massive pressure so she opened her mouth in a gasp… except she didn't realize at the time that was the worst idea possible.

She swallowed the incoming rapids.

Taking action as soon as possible she made her legs give the biggest kicks she could ever manage. Begging herself to make it to the surface. She began to try to make sense of using her arms once more when she realized she was holding onto something. Opening her eye gently once more she realized it was a living thing. Her faithful Pokémon Pichu.

'So that's how I managed to wake up…' She thought to herself. She closed her eyes once more and tried even harder. She needed to get her Pokémon back to the surface safe. She didn't look very good.

Finally breaking the surface the pair heaved and gasped while being taken by the current. Gaining their eyesight back they realized they were winding through a forest. Looking around for an opening Bonnie noticed a collection of rocks near the shore. Taking a deep breath Bonnie raised Pichu out of the rough waters earning a questioned cry from the Pokémon

"Gah." She breathed heavily. "I'm gonna toss you on this rock, leap to shore okay? I'll meet you there shortly." And with that she gave her Pokémon a light toss and it earned her place on the nearby rock. Shortly down stream Bonnie herself collided into a rock and she heaved herself atop. Slowly crawling to the shore Bonnie collapsed soon after. It was easy to tell the girl was in pain. But she still had a light smile on her face.

"We made it Pichu. I can't believe we survived that." She breathed heavily with her head still parallel to the sand.

"Pi, Pichu pi" the Pokémon sadly replied.

"No don't worry. I'm fine. Thank you Pichu. If it wasn't for you I don't know what would have happened." She said genuinely grabbing onto her Pokémon's paw.

Her eyes started to droop once more when she felt her body being nudged. Pichu was trying to keep her trainer awake.

"Oh yes." Yawned Bonnie. "I have no time to sleep. We need to get back on the cliff. I'm just so tired." She yawned again.

In response the Pokémon let out small shocks from her little cheeks.

"Okay. Okay. I get it. I'll move. Just I don't think I can handle going at a fast pace right now. You go on ahead and make sure we are going in the right direction. Sound good?" asked Bonnie. And she received a light cry in return as the yellow mouse pitter-pattered her feet away.

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A little ways into their journey Bonnie could feel the forest was disturbed. Her assumption was proven correct when she noticed the rustling of bushes just ahead of her. Turning her attention on the shrubs and getting in a defensive like stance she braced herself for what was to come.

Except she didn't even see what was coming.

All she knew is she was just tackled to the ground and trying to make sense of her surroundings once more. Something she was doing much to often today.

There was a weight still settled on her chest, the Pokémon was most likely still laying on her. The sound of light pants proved her correct once more. Finally gaining the strength to open her eyes Bonnie noticed it was a Pikachu on her chest resting on all fours facing the shrubs. Taking note it was a female Pikachu by the tail swinging in her face at the Pokémon's every twitch. Feeling movement the Pikachu looked back quickly and gave the trainer a frightened look as it hopped off.

"What is it? What's wrong girl?" she asked.

"Pi! Pika! Pi!" it cried and pointed in the opposite direction of where the Pikachu just exited from.

"You want me to run this way?" she asked again but didn't get a chance to stay and hear the answer. There was a pushing movement being made at her legs.

"Okay, Okay I'll go this way! But have you seen a Pichu around? I can't leave without her! If there's danger ahead I can't just run away." Pleaded the trainer.

A very large electric shock stopped the girl in her tracks. Suddenly the puzzle pieces formed in her head.

"PIKACHU? YOU'RE PICHU?" she yelled

"PIII!" it cried while placing one paw over its mouth in a hushing motion and nodded.

Her outburst caused the forest to become disturbed once more. Sending Pokémon out from their hiding spots.

Picking up their pace again Bonnie hissed. "We've been waiting for this day, and you decide to up and evolve without me! What is that!"

The Pikachu let out a small shrug but kept it's fast pace.

"Don't get me wrong! It's so cool and all! But I would have liked to see it! What brought on your evolution? Is it what we are running from?" She asked.

"Pikachuu" It replied as a yes.

But their running came to a complete stop. It appeared they had got themselves trapped… by a horde of Ariados.

"PIKACHU. Don't tell me you upset all these Pokemon! What did you do!" She hissed once more.

The Pikachu got into a defensive mode and flexed her feet waiting on her trainer's signal.

"I know I want to be an electric master and all but facing all…" She scanned her eyes for a quick count of the horde. "Eight Aridos seems like a bit much for just us!"

Shaking her head quickly the Pokémon decided to take matters in her own hands. Pikachu Sent out a large electric shock and began running around. Bonnie quickly took note of her Pokémon's strategy. It looked as if she was trying to paralyze some of them while others run around making meaningless webs to trap the others. It was working brilliantly until one of the Ariados decided to X-Scissor their plans. Breaking all the trapped spiders free the pair seemed screwed. Giving up on their plan the two decided the best plan of action was to run.

And run they did.

They kept running until the sun with just visible on the horizon. At least they got rid of the spiders. The only problem was that night was beginning to appear. Where the Ariados are most active at night they were sitting ducks, and Pachirisu and her bags were still waiting her return. She really didn't know what to do.

Bonnie was just about to sit down in defeat when a large gust of wind knocked her balance over itself. Putting her arm up to block the drifting sand she squinted to notice a figure descending upon her.

"Pi?" The Pikachu cried in confusion agreeing with her trainer.

"What the hell happened to you." Asked a familiar voice from above.

Gears turning once more in her head she cried out, "DUNCAN!?" …

"Wait what. What are you doing here?" Bonnie exclaimed still sitting on the ground adjacent to her Pikachu.

"Saving your ass. What else." He smugly replied as his Talonflame landed on the ground in front of the girl. Suddenly a head poked its way out from the top of the bird's head.

"PI!" The Pikachu cried.

"Pachirisu! Oh I'm so glad you're okay! Look we have a sort of new friend! Pichu evolved!" Bonnie cheered while hugging her 'new' Pokémon.

"Does this mean you're stronger now?" Duncan sassed.

"Shutup. I've always been strong." Replied Bonnie.

"Yeah Ok. Now are you going to get on or just going to stay here all night?" He asked

"You… you want me to get on there... with you?" meekly responded Bonnie.

"What are you twelve? Yes with me idiot. The Pokémon centers not far. I'll leave you there. Talonflame can handle it. You look awful." He said.

"Wha. That was a rude way to be nice… But thank you. I appreciate it." Bonnie said and with that she took her extended hand and pulled herself to her feet and on the back of the awaiting Pokémon and meekly placed her hands around the boys waist. What was left of the light rays brought attention to her flaming red cheeks. It didn't help that the boy grabbed onto her hands as if letting her know her grip was too miniscule.

'This day just keeps getting worse.' She thought to herself as they took flight.

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Grabbing her backpack and purse off the bird Pokémon's back she had her two companions leap on her shoulders. Gaining her footing she gave what she could consider her savior or some sorts a polite smile.

"Thank you again for this. I don't know why you did it. But I won't forget it. I'm going to become a master trainer with just electric rodents. It'll be good for someone with that much fame to not forget about you. Remember that." Bonnie laughed.

The boy just scoffed and gave her a lazy hand gesture and began to fly up on bird once again. "Let's see about that. Till next time girl."

She waited for him to fly completely away into the night sky before turning around to enter the Pokémon center.

'Maybe he isn't so bad after all…'

And with that she put the day's adventures behind her and entered the Pokémon center.

X End of Chapter 4 X

So this might become a little more than six chapters. I wanted to add a little more detail to the story. I hope you're enjoying! Review and let me know what you think! Thank you!