Hey guys! Here's the next chapter. Lovedove asked me to tell you that she may rewrite this, since she kind of hurried with it. By the way, I'll try- and I'm serious, I'll TRY- to have these chapters up every other Wednesday, but Lovedove is lazy. Anyways, on to the disclaimer and then the story.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything in here. Topaz and her characters are owned by her and all the other stuff is owned by the owners of Pokemon.
Topaz walked down a road, earning looks of respect and fear from some of the citizens of Jubilife City. A wary mother ushered her child behind her. Someone cheered and clapped. Topaz grinned to herself. Now murmurings and whispers of a scary thirteen year old girl would ripple throughout the community. Exiting by a path on the side of the road, she pushed buttons on her new Poketch, testing out the features. While examining it, she heard a familiar dreaded voice.
"TOOOPPPAAZZZZZ!"
Topaz ground her teeth so hard her jaw burned. Barry waved his arm crazily like his arm was broken before running up to her like an insane criminal. He bounced up and down in front of her. "Hey! Have you been training your pokémon? I'm sure you have, right? Let's battle!" Before Topaz could give him a good kick in his man parts, his first pokémon appeared in a haze of red light. It was a starly and a dumb looking one too. It ruffled its feathers, turned around, and burped.
It took all of Topaz's strength and soul not to laugh at the pathetic creature. Star was peeking over her shoulder and tilting her head at the fellow starly. "What the hell?" She whispered in Topaz's ear. Topaz shrugged in response. Not needing any order, Star jumped down from her backpack and landed gently in front of the pokémon.
"Go, use Growl!" Barry yelled loudly. The starly opened its beak and managed to emit a weak cry.
Topaz observed the scene for a few quiet moments. After deciding something in her mind, a wicked grin began to take over her face. She then turned to Star and spoke.
"Show no mercy, Star. Wing Attack."
The battle then really started to begin. Star charged forward and slammed into the starly with a satisfying thud. It rammed into Star, who took the blow with resistance. Both starly fought it out more, with Barry's finally falling on the ground and fainting. Topaz slowly and sarcastically clapped.
"No! Starly!" Barry quickly ran over to the fallen pokémon and held it to his chest. He stood kneeling in that position for a few moments, silent. Topaz sighed with frustration and looked at her Poketch. This was taking way longer than it was supposed to. With the progress this was taking, it would take some time to get to her next destination.
"Hey, asshole!" Topaz finally yelled. "Grow a pair and let's continue the battle." She tapped her foot impatiently.
Getting up slowly, he recalled his starly. However, his forlorn expression was now replaced by a cocky grin. This slightly confused Topaz. Didn't she shatter his dreams and hopes? Wasn't his beating enough for him to taste the sour tinge of defeat? Did she not ruin his life? Apparently the answer was no to all these questions and that made her very disappointed. Barry threw a pokeball up into the air and caught it behind his back. He wiggled it at Topaz, that smug smirk becoming even wider. Damn, he was really pissing her off. What the hell made him so happy?
"I'm not done yet!" He cried triumphantly. Topaz rolled her eyes. He threw the PokeBall and let another flash of red light pop out. Instead of a bird shape taking form in the crimson radiance, a simian body started to outline itself. After the pokémon was completely out of its ball, it looked up at Topaz with round eyes. A chimchar.
"Nice s—" Topaz stopped her sentence short when she realized something. "Oh, now I see. You chose that little shit because I had a turtwig. A grass type. You little dumbass." Topaz recalled Star into her pokeball. "It takes more than a simple type advantage to win a battle, especially over you." She threw her pokeball up towards the sky. Barry squinted at the faint silhouette of the sphere flying into the sky before rocketing back down the ground, letting out a green pokémon.
"Supreme, show that fucking monkey we don't mess around." Topaz pointed a finger at the opposing chimchar. It stared at Supreme.
Supreme nodded and tackled the chimchar with his body. The chimchar, startled, flew back a few feet. It eventually got to its feet and charged at Supreme. It landed a hefty scratch on Supreme's side, making Topaz wince slightly. Dammit, that chimchar is not so shitty. Bitterly, she kept her eyes burned onto the match and the chimchar. However, Supreme was winning out the battle (very predictable) and the chimchar was noticeably getting more tired. Bruises and cuts now covered its body and its movements were much more sluggish. Turtwig was covered in a few blemishes and injuries, but nothing too major.
"Alright, it's reaching its limit! Absorb to get a little of your HP back, Supreme."
Supreme nodded and closed its eyes slowly, concentrating. Small green orbs of light began to collect on the chimchar's abdomen, who screeched in surprise. The orbs became larger in size and gathered together before being ripped away. The balls of light quickly traveled to Supreme who began to glow with the orbs congregating on his body. He was surrounded by a light green glow that replenished his energy. Though not very effective, it finished the chimchar off. Fainting, Barry rapidly stepped forward and recalled it.
There was a brief moment of silence between the two. Topaz stood defiantly, studying the wounds on Supreme. Barry stood slumped, defeated and staring at his pokeballs. No sound was made except for the sound of the wind blowing gently against the ground. The two were situated at their spots, not saying a single word. Eventually, Topaz extended a hand towards him. At first, Barry didn't catch sight of it and kept on gazing at his pokeballs. His eyes traveled upwards towards her hand, resting his stare on it before looking up to her dark eyes. With a slow hand, he reached for her.
Topaz quickly withdrew her hand out of his reach. "What the fuck are you doing? Give me your money already."
Barry blinked twice before understanding her sentence. He reached into his pocket and hesitantly gave her the money she wanted. Topaz counted it carefully to make sure it was the right amount and smirked when she was done. Happily stashing the money in her pocket, she noticed Barry was still standing in front of her.
"Do you still need something or can I get on with my life?" She snapped, recalling Supreme into her pokeball.
"You're tough…" Barry said gradually. Then he grinned cockily again, raising Topaz's temper by an inch. "But I'll show you one day! I'll get even tougher! See ya at the gym!" He quickly dashed off into the distance, leaving her choking in the dust.
"Son of a bitch." She muttered under her breath to herself. Quickly gathering her pokeballs she ran back into Jubilife City. She pushed people out of her with one arm while hugging her pokeballs to her chest with the other. The citizens recognized her as the scary young teen from earlier and swiftly gave her room. Some continued to stare at Topaz as she raced down the street. She reached the Pokémon Center and barged in, starting the nurse that was reading a magazine behind the counter.
"Hello, welcome to the P—"
"Heal them." She commanded, pushing her pokeballs towards her.
The nurse took a good look at her and distinguished her as the girl who had beaten up the Poketch clown earlier that day. She rapidly took the pokeballs and put them in the healer. As the screen above the healer lit up and played the traditional healing music, the nurse turned to her with a stern look.
"Young lady, how old are you?"
"Why does it matter?" Topaz drummed her nails on the surface of the desk.
"You look no more than fourteen or fifteen." The nurse crossed her arms. "Do you know what you did to that poor man you beat up?"
"Why do you care? Are you dating him?" This question by Topaz caused most of the people in the Pokémon Center to look up and gawk at the nurse, startled.
The nurse's cheeks turned a deep shade of crimson and she quickly waved her hands frantically in the air. "No, no, no! I hardly know the man. I hope, though, you are aware that he is hospitalized for bruised testicles. He must've been in great pain."
Topaz gave the nurse a look so dark that she quickly popped the pokeballs out of the healer and shoved them back to her before burying her face back into her magazine. Puffing a warm breath out of her nose, Topaz quickly walked out of the building with her pokeballs in tow. Quickly she summoned Star and Supreme out of their homes. Both pokémon, after being called, looked up at her curiously.
"How do you guys feel?" Topaz asked.
Star tilted her head. "Fine."
Supreme nodded in agreement. "Good."
Topaz let out a sigh of relief and relaxed her shoulders. "Great." She then called them back into their pokeballs and headed back outside Jubilife City.
Walking from Jubilife City, Topaz was back on the wild paths between the towns. This one in particular was littered with patched of tall grass, small ponds, and lines of trees. Different types of trainers mingled about while waiting for an opponent to battle. Whenever one spotted Topaz, they'd immediately rush towards her with arms flailing crazily. Of course, Topaz made quick work of them with her pokémon and collected the money before walking off on her way. The next city, according to Star, would have a gym and she would have a badge in her clutches. All those intermediate trainers would no longer scoff at her when they saw how many badges she had. She would be the one laughing.
Through a strange turn of events, Topaz actually became acquainted with the nurse at the Pokémon Center back in the city. Constantly Topaz would take the trek back to the metropolis simply to heal her Pokémon. She didn't mind as long as Supreme and Star were in good condition. Through their conversations, Topaz learned that the nurse's sister actually dated the clown while she disapproved of it. She eventually gave Topaz a few potions to store in her backpack, warning her that Pokémon Centers usually didn't sit in the middle of forests or deserts.
Topaz was now pushing her way through some tall grass, not really giving a rat's ass if some Pokémon decided to attack her. While wading through it, she felt something sharp stab her toe.
"Fuck!" She yelled, kicking her foot out and exposing a radical shinx. It tumbled out of the high vegetation with its teeth bared angrily. Topaz narrowed her eyes at it, already calling out Supreme. Little fucker fucking bite my fucking toe!
"That's my den!" The Shinx heatedly exclaimed, jumping on its feet and baring its teeth again. "No one goes around my den!"
Topaz shot a few glances around her and noticed that no trainers were hanging around this part of the grass. The shinx must've been the reason for that. Well, screw them.
"I attack anyone who comes near my home!" The shinx was hopping madly now and the sight of Supreme staring at him only fueled his angry fit.
"Go stick it up your ass, buddy. I'm not those pissy wissy trainers over there." She turned to Supreme, fire now brewing inside of her. "Supreme! Kick that thing to Hell!"
Supreme nodded but before he could land an attack, the shinx rammed its tiny body onto Supreme. He was sent reeling back before being stopped by a boulder resting in the grass. With a loud thud he smacked into it and blinked twice, dazed. Shaking his head, Supreme regained himself and responded with a tackle of his own. Supreme tried to absorb some of its energy, except his attack was cut short by another tackle from the wild pokémon. The shinx was tough; a mean one as well. Topaz could tell something was wrong with it from the way it constantly twitched and the heavy breathing of it. After taking a bit of a beating, Supreme managed to get it to its last breath. Even then the shinx was still a bit feisty.
"Hold on, Supreme." Topaz reached into her backpack and drew out an empty pokeball. She threw it at the injured shinx, who scowled at it before it impacted him and engulfed him inside. Topaz limped over to it, picking it up from the grass.
"Why'd you do that?" Supreme asked, observing her with large eyes.
Topaz pocketed the Pokeball. "I just want to check something."
The nurse stepped away from the healer machine, watching the screen blink repeatedly. "Yes, it was ill."
"Hm, doesn't surprise me." Topaz tightly wound a white bandage around her large toe. "That son of a bitch was pretty mean."
"I've seen this before in pokémon. It's because of some sort of chemical in Pokémon Repellant. Normally the pokémon smell the repellant and they stay away from the source of smell due to it being unpleasant. However, trainers, especially the young ones, sometimes get a can that's leaking or otherwise leave a large amount of it the grass. When inhaled, it stimulates the anger hormones in the brain. The effect can last from a few hours to a few days, depending on how much the pokémon's inhaled. This pokémon must've inhaled enough to make it mad for several days but not enough to cause it to be gravely ill." The nurse handed Topaz the pokeball. She looked at it thoughtfully.
"Will it affect him in the future?"
The nurse paused before continuing. "Yes. His nose will be more sensitive. He will periodically have nose bleeds. They will be light, however. He will sniffle a lot…But other than that, he will be fine.
Looking at something, she noticed something about Topaz. Many people in the town saw her as a scary demented child. Seeing her now, though, she seemed to be a different person. Her soft eyes gazed at the pokeball with a sympathetic feel. Someone like her would be probably the last person to save a sick pokémon…but here she was, taking this ill Shinx to her. Something deep inside Topaz was not all tough roughness.
"Some potions will do nicely on him." The nurse added.
Topaz nodded and left the Pokémon Center without saying thank you, but the nurse saw something special around her. Smiling, she continued reading her magazine.
The shinx saw light flood his surroundings, disorienting him. He wasn't sure where he was or why. As soon as the light faded and the familiar sights of tall grass and trees returned to him, he spotted a young girl. The same girl he had attacked.
"What?" He immediately noticed his nose felt strange. It felt like it was burning, a fire deep inside his nostrils. He sniffed a couple of times.
"See ya." The girl waved and started to walk away.
"No, wait. Please don't leave." He briskly walked up to her and sat at her feet. She observed him with a warm gaze.
"What do you want? I'm busy."
"Take me with you!" The shinx blurted out.
The girl blinked twice, startled. "What?"
"I want to be with someone like you. Someone who really cares about pokémon. Please take me with you! I want to see the world too!" He started to lick the toe of her shoe but she pushed him away.
"If you want…I guess have room on my foster for you."
The shinx grinned so hard she thought his face would crack. He jumped up and down rapidly. "Awesome! Thank you so much! What's my nickname?"
The girl rubbed her chin thoughtfully. The silence was devastating to the shinx but he waited without saying a word. Eventually she spoke again.
"How does the name 'Rapid' suit you?"