Well I've been having a flood of ideas recently and wanted to put some of them in one-shots. Only problem is they all happen after parts of later on in the story. I really want to write them, but then I'd be revealing a possible idea of what the story is really about. Well enjoy the chapter.
Chapter 16: Down The Road
I'm glad I joined Claus...I wish I took the scarf from him though. Now I'm going to have to deal with any trainers walking down this road. Hope I don't end up having to fight too much. I spied an apple tree and suddenly realized, I haven't eaten at all while in this body. In fact I've never felt hungry at all during these past few days which is kind of odd, there is no way I have an unlimited source of energy...well technically I do if I'm always around someone thanks to absorb, but otherwise it just wouldn't work. The sun would provide some at most but not enough to keep me moving as well as I am now. Oh well I'm not complaining about this seemingly endless supply. I just hope it doesn't end anytime soon. I started down the road, listening for any wild predators and trainers nearby. Just because I'm on a road doesn't make me safe. I've seen pokemon mauled on the roads while exploring before. Almost got mauled myself by a Manectric on Route 118 before. Don't really remember what I did exactly but I do know something scared it off. I tried to remember what exactly scared off that Manectric that day while walking down the road. Something was running in my direction from the left and whatever it was, it was closing in fast. Before I could move out of the way a Linoone burst through the bushes, leaped over me, and crashed into a tree to my right. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED! I thought. I remembered what happened when that Manectric attacked me, a Linoone crashed into it just like that one crashed into the tree. I stared at the Linoone to confirm whether it was out cold or just hurt.
"You okay?" I asked, no answer. It was out cold. That was completely random, but it did help me figure out where I was...well somewhat at least. Linoone were common on the eastern routes of Hoenn, not over the water though. So right now I was heading towards one of three cities, Fortree city, Lilycove city, or Mauville city. I also could be heading towards Mt. Pyre. I kept down the road till I saw a few trainers, a two boys and a girl.
"Awesome a Treecko!" One of the boys said. He pulled a pokeball off his belt, but I kept walking as if I didn't see them. He released a Kecleon, but I ignored it and kept walking, hoping he would get the idea that I was either owned or don't feel like dealing with any crap right now. He didn't get that idea and commanded his Kecleon to use bind. Personally I hate that move, especially in this case. It's like molestation. I shuddered for a moment when he said that and since I was right next to the Kecleon at the moment I slugged it right in the face, knocking it out cold, and kept on walking. Seriously, don't these people ever train their pokemon? The other boy laughed at his failure and decided it was his turn to try. Why can't I just be let alone for one day?
"Go Swellow!" He released his Swellow. I am never going to get a break. Since it was a flying type and clearly had a possible advantage, not much considering how strong I was, but if it was well trained then it could defeat me. "Swellow, use peck!" He commanded. The Swellow obeyed and swooped down at me. At this time I always wondered how could you not avoid this when all you have to do is step to the side, which is what I did. Well I found out the hard way how you could not avoid it because the Swellow stopped and pecked at me instead of flying to a safe distance. Its beak felt like a needle stabbing into my skin. I swatted it away.
"Good job, now use twister!" Big mistake on his behalf. Twister is easily countered by a simple leaf storm, but only from the eye of the tornado. I dug my 'fingers' and 'toes' into the dirt to hold myself in place as the Swellow flapped harder, blowing strong winds in my direction that formed into a mini tornado. I closed my eyes to prevent any dust from getting in and held onto the ground as hard as I could. I could feel myself slipping so I tried leaf storm before I could be blown away. Our moves canceled each other out which wasn't exactly what I had planned, but it still worked.
"Let's finish this, Swellow, use Sky Attack!" Sky attack would probably be one of the few moves, if there are any others, that would have two types; Fire and Flying. Both of which I am currently weak against. To make matters worse the fire expands pretty far out which makes it all that much hard to dodge. Protect would be the best way to go, but even protect has a chance of being broken by a really powerful attack. The Swellow flew into the sky far out of sight. I watched the skies for any sign of a bright light besides the sun. I noticed the trainers stepped out of the way near the trees. I saw the Swellow diving down at me, but from my position it looked like a bright dot that was growing. As the Swellow closed in, it looked more and more like a phoenix. I threw up protect and waited. It hit, hard, really hard. The impact caused a bad headache that almost made me drop the protect. Sparks flew everywhere as the Swellow tried to force its way through my barrier. Sky attack lasts for only a short amount of time after being stopped so all I had to do was hold out until the flames died, but I was becoming tired from holding back such force. My protect shattered and the Swellow slammed right into me. I didn't get dragged along with it but I did get caught in the flames as it flew past, it felt worse than being caught in the middle of a heatwave.
"Alright time to catch this Treecko." The trainer threw his pokeball and it hit me in the face as I struggled to my feet, knocking me back down. Where do they learn to aim like that? The pokeball had no effect on me and he realized that. About fucking time assholes. "Dang he's already owned." And with that he recalled his Swellow and they walked away. They just attacked me and then left, they didn't even apologize for doing this! If I ever run across them again I'll get my revenge, but for now I need to recover and continue forward. I walked over to the nearest tree and used absorb, draining out the necessary energy needed to continue. After awhile a house came into view. It looked familiar so I took a closer look.
"This is the Berry Master's house...I'm near Mauville!" Hopefully she's still there at Mauville or at least someone who I can get information out of. I started to run down the road to Mauville. Passing by any trainers that happened to be walking down this road. Nothing was going to stop me from going back there. I was returning home, it's been almost a year since I was presumed dead. Time to show them that I'm still alive.
So how was his little trip along Route 123? I did rush through it because I wasn't really feeling the want to write. I felt like drawing as I wrote this.
Is Jason going to be reunited with Paris or find out where she has headed? Find out within the next few chapters.
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