GAH! The boys... in my class... are sooo annoying! They decided to throw me into a wall, messing about of course, but it broke my glasses and now I can't see because my new ones don't come for two weeks! So excuse any mistakes. Oh! I forgot to credit the OC owners: Hero and the red Eevee: EternalHero01. Ricardo, Alex, Eva: Legendary Fairy. Zack: pokemon2471
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"UP AND AT 'EM! IT'S MORNING!" Loudred yelled, then running back out of Team Star's room. Gemma groaned, turning onto her side and crushing her ears onto her skull again.
"I don't wanna get up..." She moaned, "I'm too tirrreed..."
"Blame yourself there... ugh... why does Loudred have to be so... loud?" Blaze said, sitting up and rubbing his head. "Guess the clue is in the name."
"Sure is... ouch my ears..." Gemma said, standing up slowly, having learnt her lesson from the previous morning. "Let's go then... I swear, if that damn bird is anywhere near as rude as he was yesterday I will end up attacking him."
"He wasn't that bad." Blaze said, also standing and grabbing their treasure bag. Gemma gave him an incredulous look. "Alright, maybe he was."
"Yeah, Blaze, get ya facts right. But I really don't wanna get on his bad side, so we better go, like now." The quirky Eevee said, walking towards the exit of their room. Blaze followed after her, and soon they were in the main area, standing on the end of their lines and doing the morning cheers.
"THREE! SMILES GO FOR MILES!" Everyone yelled, the same four as before winced from Loudred's overly loud yell.
"Alright Pokémon, get to work!" Chatot said. Everyone cheered again and scattered to do their own thing.
"No point walking off, Chatot will call you." Alex said to Team Star as she and her Teammates walked past them. Gemma sighed, Blaze shrugged and Ricardo and Alex chuckled silently to themselves. Eva had scurried off to talk to Bidoof again. Just as Team New Sunshine walked off Chatot walked up behind them.
"Still wandering around lost? Come with me then." He said, hopping back toward the ladder to the next floor.
"We haven't even moved!" Gemma hissed, Chatot once again didn't hear her. "I'm starting to get very impatient with that Pokémon."
"Leave it be, he's probably used to having to guide new apprentices." Blaze said, Gemma rolled her eye again and the two ran over to the ladder, Blaze once more climbing it with ease. "Need help?"
"I'll make it." Gemma said. "I think." Blaze shrugged and disappeared from view of the hole. Gemma took a deep breath and then started to climb, she was almost at the top when she slipped, only to feel someone push her back up. She turned and saw Hero. "Uh, thanks, gee that's the second time someone's had to help in the same amount of days."
"Don't worry about it." Hero said, "But you might wanna hurry and climb the last few rungs."
"Oh right!" Gemma said, climbing up the last few ladder rungs and being pulled through the hole by Blaze. A second later the Riolu and the red Eevee climbed through. "Thanks."
"As I said, don't worry about it. Uh, Chatot's calling you." Hero said, now closer you could see he had sapphire eyes instead of red and wore a dulling dark blue ribbon and an aged heart ribbon.
"Chatot needs to learn not to rush people." The Eevee said, sounding a little shy. Her fur has a deep red shade with fur around her neck and on the tip of her tail being a brighter shade, but there's a set of hair on the top of her head that covers the top part of her eyes, she has light blue shade eyes, she also has a patch of fur on her cheek that resembles a heart and is coloured like the fur around her neck. She wore a blood red ribbon with a sliver clip in the shape of a rose and a pendant in the shape of a snowflake.
"You're right there, Karina." Hero said.
"Team Star!" Chatot called again.
"You better go." Karina said. Gemma and Blaze nodded at the Eevee before running over to Chatot, who was standing by a board on the right, not the left like the previous day. The other team, Team Kingdom, walked off to the other board.
"Huh? Last time we did a job on the other board." Blaze said, turning to look over at where Karin and Hero had gone before looking back at Chatot.
"Correct. But today we'll have you do a job on this side." Chatot said.
"How is this different from the board on the other side?" Gemma asked.
"Take a closer look." Team Star peered closer at the board's papers, pictures of Pokémon scattered all over.
"Whoa, there's lots of pictures of different Pokémon! They all look pretty cool, are they famous explorers or something?" Blaze asked.
"I somehow don't think so, Blaze. Who are they, Chatot?" Gemma said.
"The Pokémon posted on here are outlaws. They're all shady characters wanted for committing crimes." Chatot explained.
"What! All these are outlaws?" Gemma exclaimed, looking again at how many posters there were. "That's a lot."
"Correct. So, there are bounties on their heads. In other words, there is a cash reward if you capture one. There are so many aggressive Pokémon around these days people are finding it hard to keep up with the problem." Chatot continued.
"Wait! You're telling us to go after these outlaws?" Blaze exclaimed. "You can't be serious!"
Suddenly Chatot started to laugh, making Gemma give him a strange look. This Pokémon had serious issues. "Heee-heee! Just joking! These Pokémon come in all levels of badness. Some of these Pokémon are wicked through and through, but some of them are just petty thieves! There's evil to naughty and everything in-between! I'm sure we can avoid getting you a job with super-bad Pokémon." Chatot said. "So look over these posters and choose a Pokémon that looks weak enough for you to bring to justice."
"Um... you say some are weak... but they're still bad Pokémon, aren't they?" Blaze asked. "I'm scared of dangerous Pokémon!" Gemma gave him a sympathetic but encouraging look.
"It's all a part of your training, you'll work through it I'm sure." Chatot replied. "But I suppose you do need to be prepared to face a tough opponent... So I'll have someone give you a tour of the facilities."
"Who?" Gemma said.
"Hey! Bidoof! Bidoof!" Chatot called, answering Gemma's question. A second later Bidoof's face popped over the top of the ladder.
"Yup-Yup!" Bidoof said, climbing the last rungs and then walking over to them. "Huff-puff-huff... You called?"
"Ah, Bidoof. These are the new recruits, they just joined us a couple of days ago. Take them and show them around the town." Chatot said.
"Yes sirree! By golly I'll do just that! Yup-Yup!" Bidoof said, nodding his head. Chatot turned back to Team Star.
"This is Bidoof, he's one of your fellow apprentices. I want you to pay attention to what he has to say and follow his orders." Chatot said. "Off you go!"
"Aw shucks, I'm overjoyed!" Bidoof said, back facing Gemma and Blaze and the annoying bird ran off down the ladder.
"Why's that?" Gemma asked. Bidoof turned back to them.
"I'm glad to have members junior to me, I'm overcome right now. I might just blubber with happiness!" Bidoof replied. "Before you signed on I was the most recent rookie... sniffle... Well, I'd best show you around! Come with me, please."
Bidoof started to walk off and the Chimp and Fox like Pokémon followed him. They, much to Gemma's dismay, headed to the ladder that went down to the bottom floor of the guild.
"Aw man... I'm gonna break my neck if I have to keep climbing up and down these things." She sighed, Blaze just shook his head with a laugh and climbed down quickly. "Show off!" Gemma shouted down. She took a deep breath and then climbed down as quickly as she could, only falling three rungs from the bottom. "Coulda been worse I guess."
"Yeah, you coulda landed on Chatot." Blaze said, Bidoof was standing in front of the two.
"Alrighty then! First things first, this is Crogunk." The beaver said, gesturing to the creepy frog sitting in a Crogunk shaped rock thing with a cauldron behind it. "But to tell the truth I don't have the slightest idea what that Pokémon is up to, he always seems to be messing with that cauldron. It's a mystery to me. Yup-Yup!" He then gestured to a corridor to the side of Crogunk. "Over this way's the mess hall." He then looked the other way. "And over there is the crew rooms. And then, of course, there's the door that leads to the Guildmaster's chamber." He added. "Next I'll guide you around the places outside the guild."
"Mind if I tag along?" A quiet voice said. They turned and saw Eva standing behind Bidoof.
"Yup-Yup! Sure you can Eva." Bidoof said. Eva nodded a thank you at him and then stood close to his side. "What about Ricardo and Alex? Aren't ya going on a mission with them?"
"They won't mind this once, Bidoof." Eva said. Bidoof nodded and then turned to Team Star.
"You don't mind is Eva tags along, do you?" He asked. Gemma wasn't utterly sure after how rude Eva had been the previous night, but Blaze spoke up first.
"Yeah, we're fine with that." Blaze said. Bidoof grinned and then clambered back up the ladder, Eva following shortly afterward. Blaze then climbed up, leaving Gemma to struggle her way up the annoying ladder on her own.
"Oh realllly nice guys." Gemma sighed quietly.
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"Uff!"
"Golly! Are you alright, Gemma?" Bidoof asked. Gemma was currently laying in a heap at the bottom of the stairs that lead up to the guild, face first in the dirt. She lifted her head and spat out some dirt before nodded.
"I'm used to falling by now, I've done a hell of a lot of it in the past few days." She said. Blaze sweatdropped at her, pulling her to her feet by one of her paws. This only made her fall onto him, front first. "Blaze!"
"Hey, I was only helping you. How was I supposed to know you'd fall on me?" Blaze said, blush tinting his cheeks. Gemma giggled. "C'mon, get off." Gemma pushed herself off the fire type, standing properly and looking at a somewhat amused Bidoof and an indifferent Eva. Gemma was already getting fed up with her fellow Eevee's attitude towards her and Blaze.
The group of four walked to the left, into a busy town square.
"This is the main part of town for the local Pokémon. It's called Treasure Town." Bidoof said.
"Oh! I can tell you about Treasure Town too." Blaze said. "That's the Duskull Bank, we can save our money there." He continued, looking to a Duskull shaped hut with a shady looking Duskull in front of it. "Over there is the Electivire Link Shop, you can do stuff like linking moves there but... Electivire seems to be out at the moment." Then he pointed to a hut across the river, shaped like a Kecleon. "That's the Kecleon brothers' store, the Kecleon Market. You can buy and sell items here. And down there, just past it, is the Kangaskhan Storage, items put in there are never lost. Any precious items you can't afford to lose, store them in there before you go on an adventure." He finished, Gemma could see a Kangaskhan shaped place as well. "That's all the basic places explorations teams need."
"Golly, you know a lot! And that's good to know! Alright then, come find me when you're ready to go. I'll help you pick an outlaw." Bidoof said. "Coming Eva?"
"I'm going to shop for some supplies before Ricardo and Alex come back from whatever job they're doing." Eva replied. "I'll see you later, Bidoof."
"Yup-Yup!" Bidoof said, Eva smiled at him and scurried off to the Kecleon Market. Bidoof then walked off too, back towards the guild.
"He's nicer than Eva, that's for sure. Eva seems pretty happy to talk with him though." Gemma said. Blaze shrugged.
"She's probably more comfortable around him than us; she has only just met us." He replied. "Well, before we head back we should check what kind of items the Kecleon Brothers have today, they'll come in useful against an outlaw."
"Have we even got a decent amount of money to even spend, Blaze?" Gemma asked as the two began to walk towards the Store.
"Well, I have the money I had before I joined the guild. I had to survive somehow; I do have a decent amount. Plus there's the money we gathered inside the dungeons." Blaze said, "We should have enough for some things."
"Then let's go!" Gemma said, running off ahead. Blaze followed after her and they soon reached the two Kecleon.
"Why hello Blaze! Who's your friend?" The normal coloured one asked.
"This is Gemma, we just joined the Guild together a couple of days ago. We're here for a few supplies." Blaze replied.
"Very nice to meet you Gemma!" The purple Kecleon greeted.
"You too, Kecleon Brothers." Gemma replied.
"Well, Blaze, what will it be today?" Kecleon #1 (green) asked. (For this bit I am totally lowering the prices... because they are too high, way too high (for bands and scarves anyway).)
"Hmmm... Well, how's about we have a couple of apples, an Oran berry... and that Power Band for Gemma." Blaze said. The two Kecleon nodded and then turned to the many shelves of items behind them. Gemma turned to Blaze.
"Power Band?" She asked. Blaze nodded.
"It increases the power of your attacks, which you'll need since your only attack is currently Tackle, and that isn't the strongest of attacks." Blaze replied.
"Too true." Gemma agreed, nodding slightly. The Kecleon Brothers then turned back around, passing Blaze a red bandana like thing (Yes, I know in the anime it is brown but I don't like that), a blue berry and a pair of apples. Blaze handed over the money, the last of what they/he had, and thanked them. He then turned to his partner.
"Now, where ya gonna wear this?" He asked. "I don't think it'll fit around your neck because of that collar of fur. Hmm..." Then Blaze seemed to have an idea, his face formed a grin and he tied the red material around her right ear. "There we go!"
"Gee, now I'm more unique than I already was." Gemma said with a deadpanned face. "I'm already strange, Blaze, I don't need anything else to make me strange."
"You're perfectly normal, Gemma." Blaze said, trying to suppress a grin. Gemma rolled her eyes at the Chimp.
"Misters Kecleon!" Team Star turned around and saw a Marill and an Azurill walking up to the store.
"Ah! Little Marill and Azurill! Welcome my young friends!" Kecleon #1 said.
"Hello! May I buy an apple?" Marill said.
"Oh most certainly!" The Kecleon Brothers then turned around and picked up an apple, handing it in a small bag to Marill and taking the money the water type handed over.
"Thank you Misters Kecleon!" Marill said.
"No, thank you our young friends. You are to be admired!" The two water types smiled at the brothers and then ran off. Kecleon #1 turned to Team Star. "You see, those delightful children are brothers. Lately their poor mother has fallen sick, so the two come and do the shopping for her."
"It's quite remarkable, even though they're young they're taking charge." Kecleon #2 said.
"Misters Kecleon!" Marill's voice came again, he and his brother tore down the path back to the store.
"What brings you back in such a rush?" Kecleon #1 asked.
"There was an extra apple, we didn't pay for this many!" Azurill said. Both Kecleon smiled.
"Ah yes, that, young friends, is a gift from my brother and I. Share it among yourselves, and enjoy!" Kecleon #2 said.
"Really?" Marill exclaimed.
"Yay! Thank you Mr. Kecleon and Mr. Kecleon!" Azurill cheered.
"Oh not to worry, my friends. Do take care on your way home." The brothers nodded and then started to run off again. When suddenly little Azurill tripped and the apple he had on him fell and rolled backwards.
"Yowch!" Azurill exclaimed. Gemma grabbed the apple the best she could and ran over to the little Pokémon, helping him up.
"You alright?" She asked, handing the apple over. Azurill nodded.
"Thanks! Sorry to bother you!" He said. Gemma smiled, before suddenly stumbling slightly as she felt herself go dizzy. Blaze steadied her.
"Hey, what's up? There's nothing to trip over there!" Blaze said, but Gemma didn't hear him. A bright light flashed in front of her eyes and then she heard something.
"H-H-H... HELP!" Then the bright light disappeared and Gemma could see again. She leapt back from the Azurill, knocking Blaze over and promptly landing on him.
"Uff!" Blaze groaned. Gemma jumped back up.
What was that! I'm sure I heard a cry for help just now... and... It sounded like little Azurill's voice! Gemma thought.
"Is something the matter?" Azurill said, shaken slightly from the Eevee's sudden movement a moment ago.
"Hey Azurill, what's going on? Come on, hurry home!" Marill called.
"Coming!" Azurill said. He ran back to his brother, and Marill said something about a lost item before they ran over the bridge.
"Those two are cute." Blaze laughed. Gemma just nodded absentmindedly. "Something wrong?"
"Did you hear a yell then? Like a cry for help?" She asked, looking up to her partner's bright blue eyes.
"Um, no. I didn't." Blaze said, "Hey Kecleon Brothers! Did you hear anything strange then?"
"No, we heard nothing out of the ordinary." Kecleon #2 said.
"You must be hearing things, Gemma." Blaze said. Gemma frowned at him. "Neither of the Kecleon brothers did, and I didn't either. You must just be tired." Gemma just shrugged. "C'mon, we better get back to the guild."
I wasn't hearing things, no way. I heard that scream, and it was definitely little Azurill's scream!
"Hello, earth to Gemma." Blaze laughed. Gemma snapped out of her thoughts and looked up at him with a smile. "C'mon! Stop daydreaming, Bidoof will be waiting." Blaze said, running off. Gemma looked around the area once more, confused as to why she heard the shout, before running after her partner.
What was that? Something isn't right here...
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Oh why oh why must there be so many essential plot lines in this game I can't remove? Lol :D I admit, those two are adorable (Azurill and Marill). And now, even though I will say the same thing in my SR update later this week... I'm gonna sound so weird but Friday I completed three quarters of the PMD2/3 storyline in game, in less than twenty four hours, and then completed Dialga Saturday... and the day after that the Graduation... and now I'm at that Shaymin thing... hehe...