Chapter six! So, I don't know why it didn't save this but last chapter was suppose to say "Thank you to DestinyVerge and " . I'm Sorry ;-;
I'd like to thank 12309 for reviewing last chapter. Any review warms my heart, and yeah grammar is probably my biggest weakness in the English area. Hopefully it'll improve more and more everyday! Though, I am glad that you are liking the story.
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon sadly.
Route 30 was more peaceful than I would have thought. I learned more about the level system from my handy dandy PokeDex. Also, I learned that ChiChi didn't have the greatest move set either, only rocking with a Growl and Confusion. I didn't want to check Trapinch's move set, afraid that he would attack me again. My right hand pulsed thinking about the incident that had only happened a few hours ago.
With the Great Ball in my belt, my fingers skimmed over the niche that was taken out of it. I wonder what happened for such a gap to be placed in the Pokeball. I shivered at the horrid thoughts that came to mind.
Unanticipated, I was roughly pushed aside by a young crying girl.
"Hey! Watch where you're going!" I told the little girl. She continued on running and crying to her destination. I rubbed my shoulder, looking at ChiChi.
"Jessh, I wonder what got to her..." I mumbled to my Pokemon. I felt uneasy as the random girl had ran from the direction I was heading towards.
Paranoid, I kept a very close eye on any suspicion movement in the grass and in the road so I too wouldn't end up in the same fate.
As I was walking on the road as much as I could, I heard a commotion. People were obviously having an altercation. As I approached to scene, I couldn't help but let out a moan. Who ever was fighting was in the middle of the road, was blocking whatever path to get by.
"You ought to be kidding me..." I muttered .
It was between two boys that were clearly younger than I was ( I would assume by a year or so), yelling at each other with such hostility that I have never seen before.
There was also a middle-age man in the tall grass watching the whole thing as he was just shaking his head.
I walked to the older man, but quickly grew nervous as I didn't know what to say to him at all. And there was no way in hell I was going to get in between the yelling of the boys.
Taking a deep breathe, I tapped on the man's shoulder.
"Excuse me sir, but may you explain what's going on here?" I asked , nodding towards the boys. ChiChi clung close to my legs as we watched. The older man sighed.
"Youngster Joey seems to be at it again..." The man trailed off rubbing his forehead. "When is that boy ever going to learn?"
"What do you mean again?" I asked, interested.
"You see that boy in the yellow shirt there? That is Youngster Joey, or Joey, however you want to say it."
There was one boy blocking the stairs, the one I presumed as Joey, and another boy who seemed to be the same age as Joey with a green shirt and not a yellow.
"Why are they fighting?" I needed to know so I wouldn't some how be caught up into it.
"Joey is known as the 'gatekeeper' of Route 30. Or so how he liked to proclaim he is with his 'top percent' Rattata. He blocks those stair case right there and battles every single Trainer that wants to pass. He's also quite rude about it too I might add. Anywho, a little girl and her brother, whose the one fighting right now, had wanted to pass. As you can see Joey won and made the little girl cry. Nobody likes to see their baby sister in tears. Oh! Also, have a free potion as a sample for the PokeCenter. " The man smiled at my surprised face as he handed me the potion. Hell, I wasn't going to decline a free potion though.
"If yer ain't going to fight in a Pokemon Battle , then get outta here! I don't have time for weaklings like you!" Joey's snide comment made the other boy's blood boil.
"I don't need Pokemon to kick your ass!" The boy threw the first punch. Joey took it like a champ, but did something I never thought a trainer would ever do. He ordered his Rattata to attack the other boy.
"Hey! That there is cheatin'!" The other boy yelled, backing away from the growling Rattata.
"Fight me in a Pokemon Battle then!" Joey screamed, his stance ready.
"Oh fuck off Joey! You're nothing but a coward if you can't face me face to face!"
"I have a top percent Rattata! I ain't no coward!"
"Really, then prove it." The other boy spit at Joey's feet, showing sign of disrespect.
"Fine." Joey's eyes met mine as I froze.
"You!" He pointed a finger at me. I gulped down a knot in my throat.
"M-me?" My voice cracked with nerves.
"Yes you, who else would I be talkin' about, you idiot."
"Idiot?!" Anger within me had spiked up, which had made my voice more high pitched than usual. In other words, my voice had cracked like a boy going through puberty.
"Since he-" Joey jerked his thumb to the fuming boy "-ain't going to fight me, I want a battle with you. If you win, you and Jake plus his little sister can pass here. If I win, then this proves I ain't no coward!" Joey explained and the other boy, Jake, rolled his eyes.
" Now you are using girls to prove your point? I swear, ain't nothin' but a pansy ! New girl, kick his ass for me, will ya?"
How did I get myself dragged into these situations?
"Uhhh... How about no? Can't we all be friends here and all go on our merry way?" I asked the two boys, putting my hands up in the 'surrender ' motion. Joey sneered at me.
"What are ya, stupid? You can't decline a Trainer's challenge to a Pokemon Battle. We've made eye contact, that's like selling yer soul to the devil I tell ya! We have to battle!"
Looks like I'll have my eyes glued to the floor for the rest of my Journey. Great.
"This asshole made my sister cry, there's no way I'll let him get away with that!" Jake said hotly, glaring at Joey. The Rattata snarled at Jake, which made him back up a little bit.
"Aren't you going to do something ?" I asked the older man, who was giving out free potions.
"I'm not a Pokemon Trainer, so this isn't my battle." He grinned at me, chuckling at his own joke. I had wanted to slap myself in the forehead. Turns out I'll be needing to rely on myself for this one.
I looked over the Rattata, the pit of my stomach churning. That thing had looked vicious enough. How could I let my poor ChiChi fight that?
"If you ain't going to call out yer Pokemon, I'll just use my Rattata attack you." Joey threatened, his Rattata looking like it was about to pounce.
My heart jumped to my throat. With no other choice, I had to comply to Joey's wishes.
"Alright! Alright! I'll fight you... okay?" I said in a shaky voice, stepping out of the tall grass to face Joey. Joey grinned, rubbing his hands together. It was almost like he was addicted to battling.
I had a sinking feeling that I was going to lose, but what other choice did I have really?
"Alright ChiChi, are you ready for this?" I asked my Ralts who stepped away from my legs to take her place in front of me. We both probably had looked like a bunch of nervous wrecks. This was our first Trainer battle, and before hand we didn't fight many wild battles either. She was just a baby, she didn't understand the concept of battling, and since I was such a newb at being a Pokemon Trainer, I didn't really know how to well- train her.
"Rattata, use Quick Attack!" Quickly, as you would have guessed, the purple creature had came across my Ralts at lightening speed, damaging her.
"Ralts, use Confusion!" I'd probably have to spam Confusion since that was her only attack. I wasn't a person of strategy. Shoot, I didn't even know how to strategize!
The Confusion missed as ChiChi was hit again with another Quick Attack. You could clearly see ChiChi was hurt, as she was out of breath and cuts were already showing on her delicate skin.
"You can deal with this! You've been through worst! Use another Confusion!" I called out, feeling a jittery sensation throughout my body. Luckily, this time the Confusion hit, slightly damaging the Rattata. Any damage was better than none.
So this was how a Pokemon battle felt like? You could feel every muscle in your body pulsing with adrenaline, nerves and excitement all built into one.
Though soon all those feelings was replaced with despair, a hollow, terrible realization. With one final Quick Attack, ChiChi, as what it felt like in slow motion, fell to the ground.
My Pokedex beeped , but my insides were so numb that I didn't want to reach for it. As I watch ChiChi just lay there, Joey spoke up.
"You have another Pokemon. I can see it on your belt. Call it out." I didn't pay attention to him. ChiChi had looked so lifeless. My heart beat faster as my knees began to shake.
"Hey, you alright there, New girl?" Jake asked, concern had burned deep into his eyes. Why wasn't ChiChi moving? Even though it had only been a day, I had felt an attachment that I hadn't experienced with some one else before. Or at least, I never lost those other attachments before. It had felt like I had failed.
"New girl, is anyone there? Your Pokemon fainted from a critical hit. Recall it." Jake's reasoning had surely reassured me. I let out a breath I hadn't known I was holding. Only fainted, not dead. My heart calmed down a little bit.
Shaken up, I recalled ChiChi. I would have to apologize to her later. I only had one Pokemon left. Did I really trust him to obey my orders? Not really, but I didn't have a choice so I had to let the Trapinch battle.
"Come on out Trapinch!" I took the Great Ball from the latch on my belt. The orange creature looked around it's surroundings to what I would assume be surprise. I mean, I know I'd be hella surprise if I was called out to fight some random battle. Then again, why would I be stuck in a ball in the first place? What type of sick twisted human would keep another human in a ball? For entertainment?
Oops. My thoughts were babbling again. Time to focus on the battle.
My Pokedex vibrated, showing me what moves Trapinch had. Bite, Rock Slide, Sand Tomb, and Bulldoze. Huh. Those aren't actually that bad. I smiled, as I thought I was going to have a chance.
I opened my mouth to call out a command, but the Rattata had gotten to close to Trapinch when it went for a Tackle that Joey had called out when I wasn't paying attention.
Trapinch snapped it's jaw's shut onto the Rattata's small body, squeezing it every time it squirmed.
"Hey! That's cheating!" Joey yelled to me, plainly unhappy with what was going on.
"Trapinch, I haven't ordered anything yet!" I yelled to the creature, fearing to what was going to happen next. Trapinch let go of the bleeding creature after a few moments. Sighing relief, I ordered it to use a Bulldoze. It didn't listen to me but instead used a Sand Tomb.
"Trapinch!" I called out, certainly distressed. I didn't want this to get out of control! Joey's face was distorted with an emotion I couldn't pin point.
"Alright! I give up! If you go any longer , you'll kill my Rattata!" Joey said, throwing his Pokeball to Rattata so he could call it back.
Something surprising happened though. When he threw the Pokeball, it had bounced off an invisible wall. My Pokedex beeped.
"Trapinch's ability: Arena Trap: does not allow the opponent to escape." My heart skyrocketed. Why did I ever let Trapinch out of it's ball? This was all my fault.
Joey kept throwing his Pokeball, in a panic state. Shoot, he wasn't the only one.
"Trapinch stop this right now!" I yelled to the orange Pokemon. Surprisingly, it had stopped it's attack, and turned towards me. I sighed out of relief, setting my hands on my knees. Then , I felt a Sand Tomb being used on me.
I let out a yelp, as I was in a sand vortex. It hit me once, twice, three times. I had tiny cuts come up from the attack, as the sand was seeping in. My whole body burned as I held back a scream. On the verge of tears, I brought up the strength to call back the vicious Pokemon, forfeiting the fight .
Clutching my arms to stop the tears, I just stood there stunned. I heard Joey call back his Pokemon. He started to run towards me, I would have guessed he was angry. He pushed me, and had me off balance.
"Learn how to control yer Pokemon!" He hollered at me, raising his fist to hit me. Luckily for me, Jake stepped in front of me.
"Joey, it ain't her fault! Now I dare ya to put one finger on her, and I swear I will kick ya ass!" Jake defended me. Joey glared at the boy, then pushed passed him to probably go to the Pokemon Center. Jake watched him go, making sure he wasn't going to come back.
Jake then turned to me, as I looked away in shame.
"Hey, New girl, are you okay?"
"Why do you keep calling me New girl?" I asked spitefully, trying to rub off any sand that was left on me.
"Well then, New girl, do you have a name?" He asked, giving me a hand up. I took it, being prompt up onto my feet.
"Thanks. And yes I do, it's Karma."
"Karma eh? Are you a bitch too?" He chuckled as he too helped wiped off the sand on me. I rolled my eyes at his joke, not taking it lightly.
"Yeah, totally." I said sarcastically.
"Look, here's some healing items for you and your Pokemon, you deserve them." He handed me two potions and first aid kit to fix myself up. I instantly turned red, as I did not know how exactly use any of these items.
I would have guessed he thought me turning red was my blushing, because Jake then grinned at me.
"Come on, take it. It's not every day that a handsome man such as myself gives you free items." His grin widen with his ego as I rolled my eyes at him.
"Yeah, whatever. Can you just, clean my wounds for me please?" My face turned more red for asking. Jake's jaw slaked, but as he was going to answer, the older man intervened.
"Here , I'll help you. Jake, why don't you get your younger sister Amelia from the Pokemon Center?" The older man asked .
"How do you kno-" Jake started ask in bewilderment.
"Just go." Jake then too started to run back to the Pokemon Center in Cherrygrove. Now I was here stuck with a potential pedophile.
"You are clearly a new Trainer." The PokeMart guy said.
"So? What's wrong with that?" I fumed, glaring at the man who started to put medicine on the small cuts.
"It's dangerous. I should probably teach you the ways of medicine, so you can help yourself out when you get hurt again."
"Who says I need it?" I asked angrily, seething in discomfort as he cleaned more cuts.
"Well with what I can tell with other injuries, you are going to need it."
I shrugged my shoulders. I guess it wouldn't hurt to learn the basics.
After the PokeMart taught me the basics to clean wounds and what all the items did, I had learned how to heal my own Pokemon.
I called back to what Langston did, how he brought out the potion to heal ChiChi, and decided to try to do the same thing he did. After I got ChiChi all healed up, to my surprise. I then contemplated if I should also heal Trapinch.
I mean, if I let him out of his Pokeball, he might attack me again, and I really didn't want that. So my decision was to leave him inside his Pokeball for now.
Conveniently Jake and his younger sister Amelia had came back from the Pokemon Center.
"See Sis, I told you she'd still be here." Jake told her, grinning at me.
"Ohhhh~ Bubba, she's pretty!" I blushed with what she said, subconsciously pulling my skirt down a little more. Jake and Amelia looked a ton alike. They both had dirty blonde brown hair, and brown eyes. Jake had a ruffle of hair sprawled out, giving it a shaggy look to it. His sister was shorter than him, her hair in pig-tails as they curled at the ends of them. She wore a yellow shirt with a jean vest over it with regular jeans to go with it.
"Karma, this is my younger sister Amelia, she's a beginner Trainer, and as her big brother I am here to protect her." Jake stated proudly , smirking.
"Bubba, I said I don't need protectin'!"
"Yeah, you do. This way you won't have to deal with assholes like Joey."
"Bubba! That's a naughty word!" Amelia complained, which honestly was kinda cute.
"How come I didn't see you at the Spring Day at the professor's lab then?" I asked the younger girl, who then buffed up her chest proudly.
"Bubba gave me my stater Pokemon! A Pokemon trained by Falkner himself!" She said, pointing at the Pokeball in her jean jacket. I looked at him inquisitively. How did he manage that?
"I live in Violet City, as I am a Gym Trainer for Falkner. But since Amelia is old enough to be a trainer, I think I'm going to make sure she stay's safe. Hence why I know Joey really well. Fucker." He spit out the last word in distaste as Amelia gasped, smacking Jake in the arm.
"Bubba!" She scolded at him, crossing his arm. Jake laughed nervously, rubbing his arm. "Sorry Amelia." He chuckled at the angry face that his younger sister was giving him.
I, myself, couldn't help but chuckle along with him. This couldn't be the same girl that I had seen running down the route in tears.
"So y'all are going to Violet City to?" I asked them, putting my back pack over my shoulder.
"Have to. Gotta tell Falkner I quit. Man, isn't that going to be fun? I also have to go get my team from him. " He sighed in defeat, shaking his head.
"Do you wanna join us Karma?" Amelia asked with the brightest smile I've ever seen, I just couldn't say no. I looked over at Ralts, who peered at these strangers with unease. I picked up ChiChi in my arms, knowing how she felt.
I barely knew these people, but I guess it wouldn't hurt to travel with them to Violet City. Along the way, I could train ChiChi up so she could be ready for the next Trainer battle we would have to face.
With a shaky smile, I nodded to the younger girl. "Sure, why not?"
The siblings smiled at me as Amelia charged ahead in delight.
"Amelia! Wait up! You might get attacked by wild Pokemon!" Jake scurried after her, as I trailed quietly behind. She wasn't my sister to chase after.
And thus the end of the chapter. I hope yall like this one. The longest one of this story! Enjoy! Review.!