Fixed this chapter up a little as I had Routes 112 and 113 mixed up. If you notice anything about soot being on the road and city then let me know.
Chapter 4: Lavaridge
It has been about an hour since I won my first fight. Being a treecko isn't all bad, in fact I like it so far. My senses are at least 10x better, I can hear and see much more than before. As a human I always paid attention to my surroundings so even then it would have been hard to sneak up on me, but now it feels like it will be literally impossible...unless you have the sneak up ability, otherwise you'll never come within 50ft of me without me knowing. There are some problems with having been created in a lab though, talking like a human. I can't speak in public at all, I love when the area is silent and peaceful, but every now and then I need to talk with someone. Red and Blue have been silent the entire time and I'm fine with that, I'd end up gloating about beating them anyway. I think they're just mad because they lost. Right now we are on our way to Lavaridge Town, they are going to try and obtain the heat badge. I'm going to explore the town and maybe pick a few fights to get used to this body.
"I'm bored..." I broke the silence. Those two were a little too silent, someone had to speak up.
"What do you want us to do about it? You beat up our plusle and minun." Blue spoke. Now I know they had more Pokemon with them and I was pretty sure plusle and minun have regained consciousness.
"Are you mad because I won?" I asked them both. "Oh come on it's not that bad. I'm resistant to electric types, plus I know you held back. If your plusle and minun know thunder then they are strong. It takes a long time for them to learn it."
"I'm not mad because I lost, I'm just thinking." Red said.
"I'm not mad either, I'm just quiet." Blue said. They are just avoiding talking to me, I don't blame them. Having a conversation with your Pokemon could be considered weird by others especially when that Pokemon is talking back in english.
"Why are you following us? We never caught you. Besides this area is inhabited by fire Pokemon and the gym is fire." Red spoke up, annoyed by my complaining. Why was I following them? I had no business with them, although they were the only people I've encountered so far.
"I'm not scared of fire, just because I am a grass type doesn't make me fear fire. It just makes me want to confront it more. The only way to beat your weakness is to fight it. The more I fight fire, the more I get used to it." I answered. I probably shouldn't be thinking this way since fire is now more lethal to me than as a human.
"You're weird you know that?" Red responded. I am an altered treecko who can speak with humans. I think I was already weird before I said that.
"Why state the obvious?" I asked. Red only glared at me, he looked pretty irritated, time to mess with Blue.
I climbed up onto Blue's shoulder.
"I have way more tolerance than Red does. Don't even try it." Blue said. He caught on I see.
"Why do you say that? Just because I made him mad doesn't mean I'll do the same you to." I would have tried anyway, but I didn't.
"So why did you climb on my shoulder?" He asked.
"Because I am about to ask you a series of questions until we get to Lavaridge." I answered.
"Ask away."
"Are your names really Red and Blue or are those just nicknames for what you wear?" I began my series of questions.
"Yeah they are nicknames. We grew up being called that because we always wore a shade of those. I always wore blue, he always wore red. To be honest I like the nicknames better than our real ones." He answered
"So what are your real names?"
"He's Blake and I'm Claus." Thats pronounced 'kl-ah-ous' for those who don't know.
"Hm, the names do kind of suit your colors. Why don't you like them?"
"I never said I didn't like them, I just like the nicknames more."
"Ah okay." One question answered. "Are minun and plusle your only Pokemon?"
"Of course not, I have three more and he has six. I'll introduce you when we get to town." Why do I not like that. I have a feeling I am going to hate one or all of them.
"Are there any problems with one of you that I should know about?"
"No, we're clean."
"Good because I didn't want to be dealing with any crazy people." Well to be honest I'm a little crazy myself, I just haven't shown it. He laughed at this remark.
"What made you think we were crazy?" He asked
"I didn't, just wanted to be sure whether you were or not." I answered
"Don't worry we're not." At least they aren't, but what about their Pokemon?
"Last one, would you rather me call you by your real names or your nicknames?"
"Well since you know, either one is fine. Just don't go blabbing our names to everyone. In fact don't speak in public unless you really have to. We don't need a riot being caused because you can speak."
"Okay, I have no more questions, but that does not mean I'll open up to you." At least not yet that is. I might just stick with him for a while.
"Thats fine, didn't expect you to." He replied
I could have sworn that the east path of Lavaridge was inaccessible by foot. Guess they must have added a new road to make travel easier. We arrived in Lavaridge, the town was pretty small a building here and there. There weren't even that many houses. Even the Inn was small. It didn't even have a second floor. Since the Pokemart was closest we went to it first. Red split up and went to book us a room at the Inn.
The Pokemart had a fire theme, red walls with small flames painted on. The floor was white with an occasional red mat here and there. The inside seemed bigger than the outside, but most buildings are like that anyway. There were several items spread across the shelves, they even had clothes, both human and Pokemon sized. There weren't many people inside at the moment. Probably because of the time of day, although I had no idea what time it was because the sky was filled with smoke clouds. That blocked the sun. I wonder how Lavaridge stays hot all of the time with no sunlight. I also want to know why the smoke clouds are only over route 112, 113 and Lavaridge. They aren't even over the desert nearby.
"Let's see...what do we need from here?" Blue said to himself as he pulled a folded sheet of paper from his pocket. "Super potions, some X speeds, burn heals, and a few revives."
I climbed down from his shoulder and walked over to the pokemon's clothes section. As expected most of it was red and with flames, except for a few accessories that were different colors. I took a blue scarf and looked for a mirror. If I'm going to be sticking with someone, I should at least match their color. I found one behind me and tried on the scarf.
"Looks nice on you, but I think red would suit your shade of green more." Someone said out of no where, causing me to jump. I almost said something but I kept quiet knowing that if I said something it would cause problems. I just looked where the voice had come from and saw a kirlia. She probably read my mind too.
"You can talk to me, I won't tell anyone about you speaking human." She said. I knew she read my mind.
"Must you psychics read the minds of everyone you see? I like to keep my inner thoughts to myself." I said
"Force of habit, we can't help it." She replied. Whether it was a habit or not they still shouldn't be going around reading anyone's mind without their consent.
"Anyway, as you should already know I'm only getting this to match with my trainer." I said
"He's not your trainer, and you don't have to match his color."
"I know, but I want to. And stay out of my head."
"You were thinking that one loudly." Oh yeah they can also hear your thoughts if you're thinking about it hard enough.
"Don't care, stay out of my head." I said before walking away with the scarf.
"Goodbye to you too." Her voice rang in my head. I never knew psychics were so annoying.
"We are not annoying" Her voice again. I resisted to urge to scream at her.
I looked around for Blue, he wasn't at the register or in the medical aisle. So I checked in the travel supplies section. I found him near the pokeballs. I showed him the scarf, he just grinned and grabbed a pokeball. I wonder if that was supposed to be mine.
After he finished collecting the supplies, we went up to the register. That same kirlia was standing there with a girl, probably her trainer.
"Hello again." She said psychically.
I sighed and thought. Stay out of my head kirlia.
"You're such a jerk. I try to be nice and start a conversation with you yet, you turn me down."
It's not my fault you decided to read my mind before even speaking to me. Thats invasion of my privacy. I thought
"And it was okay for you to look me up? Don't deny it, I saw your eyes." I am not perverted, it just happens when I see someone new.
And you didn't do the same? I know you did, everyone does. Human and Pokemon.
"Fine be that way. Jerk!"
It's your fault I'm acting this way. Maybe you should stop reading other's minds before asking! I thought as loud as I could
"I told you it's a habit that all psychics have! Stop blaming me for something I can't do anything about!" Her voice was getting louder
You don't have to be the same as all the others.
"I don't see you going against your habits." She was getting annoyed now.
I already am fighting my habits. I'm joining a group. If you read my mind then you know I hate to be in a group. I work alone, at all times. Even when I shouldn't. I stated
"Come on kirlia, let's go." Her trainer called to her from the door.
"You're still a jerk." She said before leaving.
You better keep your promise about never speaking about me. I thought as she left. I know she heard it because she stopped for a second.
I hope all psychics aren't like her. Blue finished paying for the supplies and we left the pokemart. We headed towards the Inn to meet up with Red. I took the blue scarf and put it on.
"You plan on sticking around with me?" Blue asked. He must have figured since I asked for the blue scarf I planned on joining his team.
"For the time being yeah." I answered even though I wasn't really sure.
"Oh I almost forgot." Blue said before pulling off four pokeballs from his belt and throwing them, releasing the Pokemon stored inside.
Out of the pokeballs came; a marshtomp, dratini, zangoose, and plusle whom I've already met.
The marshtomp had the usual happy look on its face. The dratini was a darker shade of blue than the average dratini. The zangoose was odd though, the normal serious look on every zangoose's face; this one did not have. It was smiling...a cute chibi type smile. I have a feeling the zangoose would be the one causing me problems.
"Everyone meet...Tanis" Blue asked. I know my name is Jason, but I'm not going to tell them that.
"Yo what's up?" Greeted the marshtomp. Voice sounded male so I'll assume it is.
"Hello nice to meet you." Greeted the dratini. Same with the dratini.
"Aww he's sooo cuuute!" The zangoose, clearly female, exclaimed before trapping me in a death hug. A zangoose, one of the most serious species of Pokemon...was doing this to me. Joining his team may be a bad idea. If a zangoose is doing this to me, I don't want to know what anything else will do. Wait a minute, since when were treeckos cute? I think it's this scarf, maybe matching my trainer was a bad idea.
"It's...nice...to meet...you too..." I struggled to say since she was crushing my lungs. "CAN YOU PUT ME DOWN NOW?!" She didn't let go.
"She can be a problem at times, but she's also the strongest one on the team." The marshtomp said. I think I already know how strong she is. I'm feeling the strength right now and it hurts.
"Great...now can you...get her off me?" I asked in between what little breaths I could take.
"You can put him down now. Any longer and he won't be so 'cute' as a red and green stain on your fur." The marshtomp said. She finally dropped me and I fell to the ground on my back gasping for air. If that death hug was that bad, I wonder how much worse it will be if I had to deal with a Pokemon using wrap.
"Glad to see you're getting along so well with my team." Blue commented. Yeah, we're getting along really well.
"I don't think being nearly crushed to death by a zangoose like that is getting along. I wish you warned me about her." I replied angrily. A warning would have been nice, although it probably wouldn't have saved me anyway.
"I forgot okay? It was kind of funny though."
"It was NOT funny! It hurt and may have left permanent marks." There were stretch marks across my torso and maybe on my back too.
"Chill out. You're making a big deal out of nothing."
"Nothing?! She nearly crushed me!!" I was yelling, a bad idea since we were out in public. I noticed some people stopped to look and so did Blue.
"We'll finish this later..." Blue said and recalled his Pokemon. I climbed onto his shoulder and acted as if he was normally crazy and I was used to it. Blue began to walk quickly to the Inn where Red should be waiting.
"I blame you for what could have been." I said as we reached the Inn. He shushed me.
Red walked out just as we were about to enter.
"We're in rooms 13A and B." He said before looking at me and frowned. He probably figured that I chose to stick with Blue. That all depends on him and his Pokemon. I don't want to be stuck with that zangoose.
"Well since we have our rooms, want to go to the hot springs?" Blue asked.
"Sure" Red and I said in unison.
Starting next chapter I'll begin calling them by their real names. Remember Blue is Claus and Red is Blake. Jason will only be being called Tanis for until he decides to open up to the team.
Please review and tell me what you think. Flame me if you want, it can help. I hope you like this story, because I plan on finishing it whether you like it or not.