Chapter 2: When Two Worlds Collide
After what felt like days, the girls have finally found a city. It was kind of big and there were crowds of people all around. That matter not for Koji just wanted to find the nearest Poke' center, which she found shortly after gazing around. Without as much as a thought about it, she rushed into the Poke' center holding her Mightyena in her arms, the doors opened. Without waiting to make sure no one was coming out, she ran into something. Her body felt oddly warm considering she just fell over. She thought she just landed on Amaterasu, but this body didn't feel like a pokemon's.
"What the hell?" She scratched her head as she was beginning to pick herself up, but something felt strange. She felt eyes dissecting her apart and she hated the feeling. She glanced around searching for the strange sensation, but found nothing. It wasn't till she heard a voice unfamiliar to her that she realized she was on top of someone.
"Can you kindly get you and your Mightyena off of me," His voice was dark and cold, it sent shivers down Koji's back. She could feel the hairs all over her body stand up with intensity. For the first time she felt chills. It was confusing and yet made her yearn for him to speak again. She fell back on her butt as she pushed herself off of the boy before her. She felt embarrassed that she bumped into someone so attractive looking. He was about her height with dark purple hair; his bangs fell into his face. His cold dark eyes never left hers. His dress style was very simple. Blue and black jacket part way zipped exposing a light blue shirt underneath. With baggy black pants covering his sneakers; which were blue on top and black in the middle, with a white stripe all around the bottom. She quickly got up taking her mightyena back in her arms bowing slightly as she apologized and went straight back to taking care of Amaterasu.
The young boy sat there and watched her silently, his expression holding a slight interest. His eyes suddenly shot to the other girl who shot through the doors next. Out of breath, she seemed to be looking for someone. When she finally found who she was looking for, she sighed and smiled.
"Koji… you couldn't wait?"
Koji didn't mean to ignore her sister, but all she could think about was the condition of her pokemon. She clinched her fingers as Yuuki's last words echoed in her head. A twinge of pain shot through her body causing her to sway awkwardly. Before Kody could move, arms appeared around Koji's waist helping her stand up straight.
"Tsk, what are you doing!?" Kody was shocked, he came out of nowhere. Yet, here he was holding her sister in his arms. Glaring, but she saw the slight blush that ran across her sister's face. A small smile slid across her mouth.
'This might be a good thing for her. I wonder if there's a way I could get this guy to come along with us or somehow get those two to spend time together. I really have a good feeling about this.'
"Nh, sorry…" Koji pulled herself together, once again bowing to this mysterious boy who had her heart pounding in an odd behavior. "I guess I'm not the only one who needs to rest, damn."
He smirked, finding her statement humorous in a way as he introduced himself. "So, Koji… it's nice to meet you. The name's Paul, how about after you finish recovering along with your pokemon we have a little battle. It'll be three on three with no substitutions. What do you say?"
She couldn't help but smirk, so she lost pretty badly to Yuuki. But that wasn't going to stop her from kicking someone else's ass. Paul looked like he was going to be a challenge, but she didn't care. It was opponents like Paul and Yuuki that she needed to defeat to achieve her goal in becoming the strongest and taken revenge on what was taken from her so long ago.
"You're on!" Nurse Joy who had been taken care of her pokemon this whole time could only smile. "Paul's truly strong, but I can tell from your pokemon that you've been doing a great job in raising them yourself Koji. I'll be the referee"
They followed Nurse Joy to the back of her Poke'center to an open field. She raised her hand in the air, ready to announce the rules of the battle. Kody stood there helplessly with a pokemon in her arms. Its fur was nicely groomed, it shined in the light. Its fur was glossy brown. It's mane white and fluffed around its neck. It had the look of a little dog with a fluffy tail with eyes floating along the clouds in a dream.
"This battle will commence with a three on three match; no substitutions. The winner will be determined when the other's pokemon can no longer fight. Do I make myself clear?"
Both sides nodded in unison, determined to win. Koji waited for Paul to make the first move eager to see what the young trainer was going to use first. He quickly summoned out his first pokemon. It was a small orange monkey with a flame on its butt. The swirl design on its stomach tensed as the pokemon stood by for battle.
"Chimchar standby for battle," Paul called out to the pokemon as it came out of its poke' ball. The flames on its butt flared as it waited for its next command. Paul sat back and waited for Koji to make her move, a smirk played along his lips.
'Taking a look at that Mightyena earlier, she must be good. I'm going to enjoy taking them apart and making my team stronger. You know if it wasn't for the fact I felt her boobs press against my chest when she fell on me. I would have thought she was a dude.'
A soft blush froze upon his cheeks. Realizing this, he pulled himself together focusing on the pokemon being called out by the girl across from him. Flames flew out as the ball opened, striking the ground in a frenzy. As they slowly begun to reside a pokemon was revealed. It was black; bones covered its back and legs. Teeth bared, the light reflected off of the skull on its head.
"A Houndour huh… nice, let's see what you can do."
Nurse Joy held up her arms signaling the battle was about to begin. "Paul has chosen a Chimchar while Koji has chosen Houndour. Since Paul requested the battle I'll let Koji go for the first attack."
"Tripp let's go, faint attack."
Paul simply had Chimchar stand on its toes, taking the hit. This left Koji confused and a little angered due to the fact she felt as if he was mocking her, but before Tripp could make an impact it suddenly went under the ground. Causing the pokemon to stop at a standstill, suddenly the earth under Tripps' feet burst open with Chimchar landing an uppercut to Tripp.
"Damn, that was dig. Hmph, Tripp get back in there and take it down!"
Paul snickered under his breath seeing she was beginning to get frustrated. He stood there calculating her next move. Figuring out her strategy shouldn't be too hard.
'There are only two known abilities for Houndour to know. Flash fire and Early bird. With this in mind, I have to be careful about using fire based moves, which shouldn't be a problem.'
"Chimchar use dig again."
"Chim-char…" It cried, disappearing back into the ground. Koji knew she had to do something soon or else this battle was going to be over soon with Paul claiming the first round. Her ego was too proud to let that happen. That's when it hit her.
"Tripp use faint attack to evade Chimchar!"
"What's she doing?" Paul paused, confused as to what was going on. His question was soon answered when Houndour evaded Chimchar's dig with faint attack placing it right behind Chimchar. It then gripped the monkey pokemon's head in its jaw, taking it to the air.
"Good job Tripp, toss it to the ground then use ember!"
"Hoooooooounnnnndour!" It cried, flames flying from its mouth. The impact sent Chimchar crashing into the ground, causing a knock out. Paul called it back, showing a bit of disgust that it lost so easily.
"Chimchar is unable to battle, the winner is Houndour!"
"You're still so useless," He put the poke' ball back on his belt and pulled out another. This pokemon had statics coming out of its head. Its head was in the shape of a plug-in. Body yellow with black stripes and a black lightning bolt designed on its stomach.
"Elekid stand by for battle!"
"Elekid, it's kind of cute," Kody said as she pulled out her poke' dex to examine the pokemon before her.
"Elekid the electric pokemon, it waves its arms to produce a strong electrical charge and gain strength when lighting is present." The poke'dex read, as Kody stared at the pokemon. She felt like this was going to be tough.
"Mitch let's go!" This pokemon had a horn on its head; it's body was as hard as a rock. It had a red scaled looking stomach with piercing red pupils. The black line gashes under its eyes gave it a rugged tough guy look. With black spots sporadic around it's body. It definitely wasn't in the mood to play. It jumped right into the battle with eyes blazing for victory.
Nurse Joy sent glances to both sides, "Paul has chosen Elekid for this round, while Koji has chosen Larvitar. I wonder what we're going to expect from this round."
"Mitch, Sandstorm now!"
"Damn, Elekid Brick Break," Paul commanded. His nerve was shaking. He watched as Elekid rushed towards Mitch with all of his strength. Koji smirked at the sight, her bluff was working. Her Larvitar's ability was guts, but it could also have the ability sand veil which makes it a hell of a lot easier to evade moves. Sadly it had guts, which is just deadly in general for if the pokemon suffers from a status problem, its power increases. But she loved playing it off as if it did have sand veil, that way when the real terror starts they wouldn't know what hit them.
"Mitch, rock slide let's go!" Due to the sandstorm Koji had made it hard for Elekid and Paul to make a comeback. Unable to defend, Elekid takes the hit head on, suffering from serious damage.
Paul should be upset, but instead he just smiles, causing Koji to question what's going on in his mind.
"What's so funny Paul?"
"Nothing, just enjoying the battle…" Koji couldn't read anything in his eyes that would say he was lying. She shrugs it off, focusing on the battle.
"Mitch finish it off with thrash." Mitch comes charging at Elekid delivering the final blow, but Elekid counters with Brick break causing an explosion from the collision of attacks. Both pokemon sustain critical damage, with Mitch being confused.
"Dammit, he's confused." Koji clinched her teeth as she tried to think of a way to counter this obstacle, but Paul only took advantage of this moment.
"Elekid once more, brick break."
"Elekid!" It pulled itself together, giving it all it had into the attack. Koji ends up telling her pokemon to try attacking only to have it double the damage from brick break by harming itself. With this defeat they were now at a draw. With only one pokemon left on either side to decide who won this match. Who were they going to use?
"Paul took that win with Elekid's help, now both trainers are tied, who will be the winner!" Joy was enjoying every second of this battle; her eyes gleamed with admiration of the youth before her. "Come on guys let's make this the best round yet."
"Amaterasu jump in there and destroy his chances of winning!" Koji cried as she sent out her last pokemon. Once it hit the field, Amaterasu was grinning with confidence. Paul was amazed by its will.
"You've raised it well, Starly stand by for battle." He sent in his last pokemon knowing there was a high chance of it losing, but he figured this would be better than nothing to decide if it was worth keeping or not.
"For the final choices, we have Paul using Starly while Koji's using her magnificent Mightyena! Only one can be the victor who will it be?"
"Amaterasu stand your ground, use howl!"
"Starly ariel ace."
Starly came charging, its beak glistened in the sun light as it flew up high and dived after the mightyena. Koji smirked, as Amaterasu let Paul's starly hit it, taken the opportunity to grip its wing in its mouth.
"What!?" Paul was shocked that it had such speed and strength.
"Amaterasu finish it off with assurance!"
"So, that's why she took the hit straight on, nicely played."
Starly passed out, Paul was defeated. He didn't expect her to be a weak opponent seeing her mightyena in the poke'center, but he was impressed none the less with how strong she and her pokemon were. A blush crossed over his cheeks once again.
"And the winner is Koji; it was an excellent display from both trainers. Thank you so much for your performance." Paul bowed to her thanking her for the use of the field. Koji mimicked him so she wouldn't feel like she was being ungrateful. Truth was for both trainers, they felt respect for the other's effort. Something was beginning to form.
'What is this odd feeling in my chest? I just lost, but this has nothing to do with the battle. It's been like this since I ran into her back in the center. What the fuck's wrong with me?'
"Hey mister dark and scary… so like I won and all, now what happens from here?" Koji asked all enjoyment out of her eyes. She was back to being her normal self, no cares given. "I gotta say, you did put up a good fight. I guess I'll go and head to the gym around here."
"Do you mind if I tag along?" Paul asked, he didn't want her to leave quite yet and was curious about how she was going to favor against the gym leader.
Kody smiled as she followed after her sister, she was still unsure what she wanted to do with her pokemon. She heard about these contest for coordinators, but she felt that she had a lot to learn before she jumped into one of those. Sadly her combinations were all screwed up and had no creativity. "Hey Paul, do you know where the next contest will be held at, I wanted to watch it."
"So, you're a coordinator? How about you show me what you got in a match?" He smirked; if the sister was this good then Kody had to be just as good. He was shocked when she turned him down.
"Sorry Paul, but we're not ready for a full on battle…" Kody sighed softly as she turned away from them. Ashamed of herself for not being more prepared for such situations as her sister was.
"She's been like this, when it comes to battling she has no confidence in herself what so ever, it drives me crazy sometimes."
"Oh yeah, well I liked to see what kind of pokemon she has, but what's the point in being a trainer or anything for that matter if you lack the confidence in yourself? You're just wasting your time… and your pokemon are never going to get anywhere like that." Paul's words were cruel, but she knew it was the truth, for her sister had spoken the same words to her. Tears started streaming down her face. The sight made Paul instantly regret saying anything. He searched for the words to say, but was left speechless.
Koji stepped in, seeing as he had nothing more to say. Kody was her sister and there for her responsibility. She nudged herself in between Paul and Kody, she wasn't too fond of someone going and telling her sister what she had already told her before, but seeing as it wasn't horribly wrong she had to deal.
"Kody, if you're tired of not knowing when you'll be ready then stop thinking and just do it! Or do you wanna be a weakling for the rest of your life?" Kody simply shook her head, she was too busy crying, each cry that escaped her lips made Paul cringe. He never was good at being nice to girls, hints why he tried to not get involved with them much. One thing he hated more than anything was making them cry.
"THEN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT DAMMIT!" Koji yelled at Kody, making the tears burst out as the younger girl fell to her knees. She knew she had to do something, but she just didn't know where to start. One thing was for sure she was tired of feeling useless.