I kind of wanted to have Augment do that battle to make up for him not appearing the first three chapters. But Boris had to do it, it is the only choice that fit Zan.
As always, feel free to say anything, I like comments regarding the story.
Chapter 5: A Master Canalave Finale
"Wake up fat-face!" exclaimed Lady Moore as water fell on the sleeping Zan's face. There was no bucket around though. The splash of the water reached Boris who was asleep on his stomach at the foot of the bed. The fire type shot up like a canon, hitting his head on the white ceiling of the hotel room. He landed sprawled out on his stomach, fully awake now. There were dark bags under his eyes.
"You're an evil woman. If you had were a pokemon your typing would be Demon/Hag" muttered the pig. Zan had also been shocked awake. He sat up rubbing his eyes. His hair was perfectly straight and kept. Lady's hair was also perfectly straight, though she had combed hers. She was completely ready, even had a fully packed backpack on. After a moment of being up Zan picked up his phone that was lying next to him to check the time. His head jolted back and slammed against the wall.
"Holy hell woman, it is six am. The s in six stands for sleeping!"
"The s stands for get up and go!" she argued back. Her glare was ice cold and her voice was menacing. Boris was now sitting up with his paw raised, shaking it around.
"Um actually, get doesn't start with…" The pokemon stopped talking when Lady looked him right in the eyes and froze him from the inside. "Very well, no time like the present right?" He jumped off the bed and cringed. He took a few steps towards the door before falling forward. "Ow" grumbled the injured pig. Zan reached over to the nightstand and grabbed the sole pokeball there.
"Looks like you need more rest, take a load off."Boris was brought back into the pokeball which Zan then tossed over by his backpack. He rubbed his eyes once more and blinked several times. "We are going to have to talk about our leaving times. But fine, I'll let you have this one. I'll meet you downstairs in ten."
"Make it eight!" demanded Lady Moore, walking out of the room. Zan mouthed the word 'what' with his hands thrown in the air. The brunette sighed shook his head and pushed himself out of bed.
Zan took a step out of the Pokecenter with Lady Moore five steps ahead. His pack with full of stuff and his pokeballs were on his belt. Though Augment and Nala were both out. Nala walked beside Zan as Augment flew alongside the beautiful Lady Moore.
"Augment's not safe there" Zan whistled under his breath.
"Wise up Zan, she can't be that scary" reassured Nala, nudged her trainer's leg with her head. Lady Moore turned her head back.
"Hurry the hell up" Lady barked. Nala then glanced up towards Zan.
"Alright, he might die" Nala agreed. Augment was flying around Lady now. He wanted to scope her out and give her his stamp of approval. She didn't seem to pay any mind to him though.
"Stop right there!" shouted a male's voice. The group was almost at the exit of Canalave when a man jumped down from the roof of the Pokemart and landed in front of the group. It was Wes Bartrin. He was dressed in a black cloak now with fur shoulder pads and a shoulder bag stuffed full on his left side. There was a faint purple bruise on his face.
"What do you want Bartrin scum?" Lady barked with a fierce look in her eyes. Wes met her look and kept walking forward.
"I didn't come to talk to you, outta my way" he growled back. Wes walked forward more but she stood right in his way. So the blonde male just pushed Lady Moore out of the way with his shoulder. Murder came over for her eyes. Her raised were raised and placed together as a ball of ice formed between them.
"Lady don't! I want to hear him out" pleaded Zan. But that wasn't enough for the angry woman who slammed her hands down over Wes' head. Wes gave a quick uppercut with a metal coated hand and shattered the ice ball. Still that wasn't enough to stop the furious woman who began another ice attack with her hands. "Nala, use yawn" Zan ordered sighing. The pokemon went ahead and let out a white, bubbly cloud from her mouth. Before Moore could launch her next attack her head slung down and she was fast asleep. Zan darted over to grab her arm before she could fall and Augment helped keep her up by latching onto her head and hovering around. "Her anger is going to be fun to deal with. Nala what have I gotten myself into? Anyway, what do you want?" Zan was actual quite cheerful and didn't have any hostile intentions towards Wes. Wes didn't seem hostile either, though didn't exactly look happy.
"I came here to travel with you" he blurted out. Wes refused to look Zan in the eyes when he said those words.
"Hey Zan, isn't this the guy you beat the crap out of yesterday?" Augment shouted, wings flapping hard to keep Lady Moore up.
"He didn't beat the crap out of me!" Wes yelled back, spit flying. "Anyway, I know you must be hesitant since I was low to attack you like I did. And you don't know me. But I need to get out of this town. I need to get stronger and I can't do it here" he explained. He looked Zan in the eyes this time, his eyes gleamed of honesty.
"Well if you want to travel with me to fight the strong opponents that I would encounter, sorry but the angry dragon over there has already claimed it." The blonde gave one single laugh.
"That is a stupid reason, what a stupid woman. My reason is much better. You wouldn't have won if I didn't give you that free hit but, I still lost. And since you are the winner that means you're more or less stronger. Traveling around with you gives me a goal, a power to strive for. I want the power to take you out in one punch, like you did to me!" Wes exclaimed, slamming his fists together. Zan smirked with a bit of happiness.
"Alright. I like anyone with a goal. We can travel together. It'll be great to have someone else strong to practice with. But she has to come along since I already agreed to travel with her. Just, try to keep the bickering at a minimum. By the way, we never got to actually introduce ourselves. I am Zan from Sunnyshore."
"I'm Wes from this piece of crap town. I like the idea of leaving last names out." The two sealed their agreement with a solid handshake. Zan's arms were actually more muscular than Wes' so his grip was the tighter one. Zan walked over towards Lady Moore to shake her out of her sleep. As he did that a small orange hair lady walked past the group. Her presence got the eye of both Zan and Wes. She had a Golbat in front of her with a red leash tied around its foot and then around her wrist. The leash was completely extended. She was wearing short jean shorts and a tight yellow shirt. Her hair was entirely tied up above her ear line. She didn't look a day over sixteen. Zan leaned over towards his new travel buddy.
"I don't remember seeing her around town before" the brunette commented in a whisper. Though just like Boris, his whispers were fairly loud.
"You idiot don't you know anything? That is Sky Salone, the Skeleton Clash Master of Jubilife. Though what she is doing here beats me."
"Oh, she looks so young. Well whatever she is here for is her business. We are heading to Jubilife anyway, I want to meet her but we can't meet her there. Besides miss angry pants is super impatient so she will wake up and want to be out of this town any second now."
"Fine, we can go." Wes started walking forward but kept looking back curiously.
The destination that Sky was headed for was the Bartrin Mansion. Her faithful Golbat guided her there in no time. Golbat continued to lead her forward towards the front door which Sky proceeded to kick down. One of the butlers, a larger man, came rushing to the sound of the crash. His face was in horror when he saw what happened and Sky standing in the middle of the front hallway.
"What did you do?" he questioned, his voice croaking.
"Sorry, I can't see, I'm blind" she explained sticking her tongue out.
"Oh the old blind excuse, well I know who that is. It is a great pleasure to see you again Miss Sky" said the sultry voice of Clive Bartrin, coming down the stairwell.
"The man of the hour shows up. Well Golbat this is going swimmingly. Alright Clive, we need to fight" Sky blurted. She was still looking up towards the stairwell, Clive was now directly ahead of her.
"You know that is a great idea. I will meet you outside in, never. Goodbye." His arms were crossed firmly. Sky adjusted to face his voice and she slipped off the leash off her wrist. Golbat flew up as high as he could.
"Actually, right here works fine. Spark!" No electricity appeared around her body though, nothing seemed to happen. Sky was able to look at Clive more directly now though.
"I am not wasting my time with you, get out of my house!" the older man shouted, arms still crossed.
"No can do, not until I show you just how weak you've become." Sky placed both tiny fists together and extended her arms out. She took a deep breath and slowly prepared for the attack. Clive gritted his teeth but placed a foot forward, getting ready to dodge. "Zap Canon!" A ball of bright yellow electricity shot out from her fists. The attack was fast and hit Clive square in the stomach before he could dodge.
"The league isn't going to be happy at you for this. But now you've asked for it. Sand Tomb!" Clive got up from the previous attack and clapped his hands together. Swirling sand formed around his hands before shooting out. Wings identical to Golbat's came out of the skeleton pieces on Sky's back.
"Fly" she muttered, jumping up and being carried higher by her wings. She could clearly see what was going on. "You know as well as anyone that the league doesn't give a shit." Once again she clasped her hands forward and shot out the large ball of electricity known as Zap Cannon. She fired this one faster than the last and so it shot of to the side. Clive easily avoided it this time as he dashed forward. He leapt forward with a black aura sword extending from his right arm. She tried to fly back but he slashed right at her gut. He then unleashed a regular punch with his left but it sent her towards the ground. Sky landed on her feet though instead of crashing, her wings helped slow her down. Still the impact was rough on her feet. Clive landed just fine and charged, Night Slash still on his right arm. He had the momentum but then he just stopped. Electricity sprouted from his body. He was a paralyzed. But Sky hadn't made any movements.
"Good ol Zap Canon, trusty move, always setting in paralysis. You really shouldn't have let yourself get hit with it. But you're the one who let me charge it up. Your body isn't the only thing that is dull" she lectured, pointing at Clive. Her wings were now gone and electricity surged throughout her body. The electricity was a bright yellow. "Spark."
"Don't talk down on me woman." Sky charged forward and Clive did as well, with Night Slash still ready. Clive swung at her body but she just blew right past him. Clive was thrown aside and slammed into the hallway wall. He then slide down to a sitting position without the will to fight anymore. The wooden wall had a slight dent to it, but the entire hallway was now messed up. Wallpaper torn and a table broken. Two of Clive's butler rushed in to help him up. Sky's Golbat flew down and dropped the leash on her wrist. She slipped it back on and walked out, appearing completely blind again.
"If you want this mansion to remain intact then you better shape up Clive. Or I'll crush this place just like I crushed you today. And that is a promise. The name of the Skeleton Masters will be a name to respect."
The Zan Pack begin their journey to the bustling city of Jubilife. But the travel is not without bickering between Lady Moore and Wes. The group splits up and Zan is forced to spend time with Wes. And there is something fishy going on Jubilife. Will trouble await our well-mannered heroes? Find out on the first chapter of the new arc, the next Iron Fist: Bound and Bonds