A/N: We've had a change in cast. AceTrainer777 retracted their OC, so I turned to my best friend/partner in crime (er, writing), GothMaureen, and demanded she give me an OC to work with. She obliged, so now all my carefully laid plans don't have to be scraped. Yay! GothMaureen is also going to help me when we get to the Hoenn part of the series, since I know pretty much zilch about Hoenn.
On another happy note, we've got a new OC appearing this chapter! Woot, we're kinda almost sorta halfway there to having all eleven together!
Okay you guys, I know last chapter was kind of cliché, so I decided to go with something a little more original, something you don't get to until after you have your first badge in the games-a double battle!
...Seriously? No love? Aaaww I'm sad now.
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon. Nor do I own Mikaela, LA, Kyo, or Felix.
Heroes of Unova Book One
The Race to Save the Region
Chapter Two: Battles in Accumala!
ACCUMALA TOWN
"We made it!" Vikkiy cried in excitement, bouncing up and down from pure happiness. They had ended up spending the previous night out on Route 1, since Vikkiy had gotten distracted by a secluded beach ("Look you guys! BEACH!" "Vik, don't go down ther-" "AGH FRILLISH!" "Tynamo, ThunderShock!") and they had lost precious daylight.
"Says the one person who got us sidetracked," Felix muttered.
The brunette shot him a look, sticking her tongue out childishly.
"Guys, no fighting please," Mikaela butted in as the four of them trouped towards the Pokecenter.
"Save it Ash," Kyo chuckled. "Just let them butt heads and get headaches later."
"Meanie!" Vikkiy accused, nearly tripping over the stairs in the Pokemart and bumping into a young male with white hair. "Ah, hell. I'm sorry!" She said earnestly.
"No worries; the steps are evil," He said, shaking his hair out of his eyes. "Are you quite alright?"
"A-ah, yes..." Vikkiy said, embaressed, casting a quick glance at Kyo before looking back at the male in front of her. "Again, sorry. I'm Vikkiy Black." She stuck out her right hand.
The white-haired male accepted her hand. "Landon Noire. Most everybody calls me L.A, though."
"Nice to meet you," The brunette smiled. "These are my friends; Kyo Averis, Mikaela Cody, and Felix Gale."
As her friends all greeted Landon, Vikkiy quickly looked him over. Landon wasn't too tall, perhaps three inches taller then her, and had intense golden-hazel eyes. She mentally noted not to press him about the scar that crossed his right eye.
He also was obviously going for the 'mysterious guy' vibe with his jeans, brown boots, white tee, black trenchcoat, and the sunglasses perched on top of his head.
"So," Landon asked, looking at the four of them. "What brings you guys to Accumala?"
"8-badge run," The two brunettes chorused.
"We're from Nuvema," Kyo clarified.
"Should've known," Landon smirked. "First stop's Striaton, right?"
"Right on, mate," Felix nodded. "We're here to heal and then we'll keep travelin'. We lost precious time yesterday, so we need to make it up fast."
"I said I was sorry," Vikkiy huffed, blowing one of her bangs out of her face and walking to the counter, unclipping her Snivy's Pokeball from her belt. She had finally named the grass type last night, waking up her friends in the middle of the night with her excited cry of, "Oh it's perfect! From now on you shall be known as ADAM!"
"And I still haven't forgiven you," He smirked.
"Grudge holder!" She accused loudly as she handed Adam's Pokeball over to the nurse manning the desk.
"Maybe, maybe not. You'll never know."
"You are!"
"Pssht, you just wish you were as cool as me," Felix smirked.
"Puh-lease, like I would ever want to have your lame-ass accent!"
"...Tell me you did not just insult my accent, mate!"
"But I did! Whatcha gonna do about it, huh?" Vikkiy teased.
Landon looked at Kyo and Mikaela as Felix started to chase Vikkiy around the Pokecenter. "Does this happen a lot?"
"Only all the time."
ACCUMALA TOWN
"Are you guys done behaving like children?" Kyo asked an hour later, after Felix and Vikkiy had finally calmed down and stopped bickering, only to have to search for Kyo, Mikaela, and their newest friend, who had disappeared while they were chasing each other.
"Yep!" The brunette replied as the two walked up Accumala's grassy hill to join their three friends. The female sat down next to Kyo, accepting a sandwich Mikaela handed her, while Felix sat beside Landon.
"LA asked if he could join us on our journey," The other female said as they all began eating. "We told him he could."
"Yay new traveling buddy!" Vikkiy grinned.
"Oh good, someone else who's actually sane," Felix mumbled.
The hyperactive brunette glared, throwing a Potion bottle at his head.
"No fighting while we're eating," Kyo said sternly, causing the female nextto him to pout.
"Aaaawwww, but Kyo-"
"I said no, Vik."
"Nuts..."
ACCUMALA TOWN
"This will be a two-on-two double battle between Vikkiy and Kyo versus Felix and Mikaela! There is no time limit. The battle is over when both Pokemon from one side have fainted. Trainers, release your Pokemon!" Landon called nearly twenty minutes after they had begun eating.
While they had been eating, Mikaela had suggested a double battle to train their Pokemon. Her friends had agreed, Landon opting to sit out to referee after the promise of a one-on-one battle between Rain and his Zorua after the double battle was over.
"Lillipup, time to battle!"
"Come on out, Adam!" Vikkiy called, tossing her starter's Pokeball in the air.
"Tynamo, let's go!"
"Guide, I need your help!"
In a flash of red light, the puppy, grass snake, electric fish, and the ghost-and-fire type all appeared on the field.
"Trainers...begin!"
"Lillipup, Foresight!" Mikaela was the first to react and her Pokemon, trilling it's name, dashed across the battlefield before launching an image of a magnifying glass across the field and onto Guide.
Kyo ignored the normal type. "Guide, Will-o-Wisp."
The candle-shaped Pokemon did as his trainer asked, concentrating a moment before five small fireballs raced across the field, latching onto Tynamo and effectively burning the electric type.
"Tynamo, ThunderShock!"
"Adam, intercept it and use Tackle."
The grass-type, showing the speed his species was known for, blurred from his spot in front of Vikkiy and ended up in front of Guide, taking the electric attack before blurring once more and ramming into Lillipup.
"Thanks Vik. Guide, Astonish!" Kyo ordered, taking advantage of the two-way street Foresight brought into play. The candle nodded, moving to help his partner by uttering a loud noise that caused Lillipup to yelp in pain.
"Tynamo, let's take away Adam's speed advantage. Thunder Wave!"
"Felix, you suck!" Vikkiy complained as her pokemon was struck by another wave of electricity. "Adam, Leech Seed that annoying little fish!"
The grass snake, moving through his paralysis, launched a seed across the battlefield. It landed on Tynamo, sapping health right along with the burn the electic fish had recieved earlier.
"Guide, let's end Tynamo-Ember!"
"Adam, Tackle!"
"Lillipup, bite that snake!"
Two things happened at once. After being hit by the Ember attack, Leech Seed drained the rest of Tynamo's health, causing the electric type to faint. Felix immediatly returned him.
Then, as Adam impacted with Lillipup again, the puppy bit down on the snake's tail, causing a double-knockout, with only Guide left standing.
"Tynamo and Lillipup are down! Adam's down! Kyo and Vikkiy win the match!" Landon called.
Vikkiy, upon returning Adam to his Pokeball, hugged Kyo tightly. "Wewonwewonwewon! Eh, technically you won but whatever! Yaaay!"
Mikaela smiled as she returned Lillipup. "Vikkiy, you're crushing him."
The brunette squeaked as she let go. "Ah Kyo I'm sorry!"
He smiled. "It's okay. Mikaela, I think you owe LA a battle."
"So I do. What do you say, new guy? Shall we battle now?" The other brunette asked.
The white-haired male nodded, pulling off a Pokeball from his belt. "Let's do it."
"I'll referee," Felix offered as Vikkiy and Kyo cleared off the battlefield and Mikaela and Landon took their places. "This is a one-on-one battle between Mikaela and LA! No subsitituions. Trainers, you may release your Pokemon!"
"Rain?" The water-type nodded, hopping off his trainer's shoulder and onto the battlefield.
Across the field, Landon tossed a Pokeball in the air. It cracked open, releasing the dark-type fox, Zorua.
"Trainers, are you ready?" At their nods, Felix continued. "Then begin!"
A/N: Landon 'LA' Noire belongs to ASDFG96.
That's right, I just left you guys on a cliffy. WHAT!
In reality, I'm keeping the battles to one per chapter til I stop rushing the ends of battles. Sigh. But the Landon-Mikaela battle will be next chapter.
There will be another double battle between these four in the future, and victory won't be so easily gained.
Everybody say hi to Landon, the newest member of our OC team! Sniff...I love all the OCs I accepted.
As for the Felix-Vikkiy bickering; the way i ended up thinking of these two characters' interactions is that Felix sees Vikkiy as a younger sister, and she sees him as an older brother. Therefore, they like to bug the heck out of each other.
UmbraFox-did I do better with Felix's accent this time around?
Thanks for all the lovely reviews! They make my day.
...You guys, I'm terrible. I'm fangirling over a relationship that's not going to happen because an author asked for no romance.
WOE IS ME.
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