"Thoughts"
"A pokemon speaking through telepathy"
"(Pokemon speaking to each other)"
Chapter 18: Friend or Foe?
The sound of grass rustling and being crushed were heard as several pokemon ran across the plains, chasing after two pokemon. One of the pokemon running away was a white mongoose-like pokemon. The pokemon had red markings on its face, chest, and paws. The long and sharp claws, on the pokemon's forepaws, cut up some grass while running. It's white fluffy tail swiftly moved from side to side while running; the pokemon was a Zangoose. Zangoose's pink eyes turned to the pokemon running beside it. The pokemon beside Zangoose was a large black snake, which had several markings on its body. It's red fangs and bladelike tail swung back and forth as it slithered alongside Zangoose; the pokemon was a Seviper. Both Zangoose and Seviper had several deep cuts across their bodies, evidence of being in a tough battle. The pokemon hunting down the two pokemon were a pack of Zangooses. The Zangoose leading the others yelled out,
"(Kakashi, you traitor! How dare you choose a Seviper to be your mate!)
The Zangoose, Kakashi, yelled back a reply without turning his head,
"(Who cares if she is a Seviper! All that matters is that I love her!)"
"(Kakashi…)" the Seviper whispered
Kakashi turned his head towards Seviper and spoke in a gentle yet determined voice,
"Don't worry Tsubaki! I won't let anything happen to you…"
Dawn sighed for what seemed like the hundredth time,
"Are we at Hearthome City, yet? I wanna compete for my next ribbon already!"
"And I wanna get my 3rd badge!" Ash complained along side Dawn
Brock chuckled,
"We're almost there, just a little longer"
"Pika!"
The 4 trainers and Pikachu were all heading to Hearthome City for Dawn's contest and Ash and Paul's gym battle, but they weren't really in that big of a rush since Hearthome was at least a day or so away.
"Troublesome…" Paul whispered but it was just enough for Ash to hear
"What was that Paul?"
"Nothing, just that all your whining is getting annoying"
"What?"
Ash was beginning to get enraged but luckily Brock stepped in,
"Ok, ok! Break it up you two! I swear, you two fight more than a Zangoose and a Seviper do!"
A few seconds after the sentence left Brock's lips, Pikachu's ears shot up,
"Pika?"
"Huh? What's wrong buddy?" Ash questioned
Pikachu pointed towards a nearby bush, which the others checked out. The trainers gasped as they spotted two-exhausted pokemon sleeping in the shade of a tree, a Zangoose and a Seviper.
Zoey moaned slightly as her fingers brushed trough her red hair,
"Mel…Can we please get going to Lake Acuity!"
Zoey, Mel, and their pokemon were currently in the snow covered Route 217. Mel and her pokemon were eating berries that they had recently found. Mel licked her lips,
"Relax Zoey! Here, have a berry!" Mel reasoned while handing Zoey a Nanab Berry
Zoey couldn't help but sigh after accepting the berry and eating it while her pokemon ate the other berries,
"I swear, this girl…she's so relaxed all the time"
While eating, Mel noticed how Neji's ear twitched ever so slightly and how Daichi's head turned somewhat towards the same direction Neji's ears leaned towards. Mel's eyes shifted towards the said direction to see a pokemon concealing itself in shadows and snow. It was a medium sized, dark purple pokemon with a stripe running down its back. Its face looked a bit similar to a cat with small fangs. Its large tail was very long and was laid on its back and faintly over its face.
"A Skuntank…? What's a Skuntank doing here? They don't live in this area…"
The Skuntank soon slipped away from Mel's view.
"…"
Mel let out a breath of air and returned to eating the Sitrus Berry in her palm.
Kakashi groaned as he lifted his head from a pillow made of leaves. Kakashi rubbed his eyes before taking in where he was,
"(Where am I…Wait, where's Tsubaki?)"
The panic began to settle in the Zangoose's mind, as he couldn't find the snake pokemon anywhere.
"(Hey you're awake!)"
Kakashi spun his head to look behind over his shoulder to see Buneary and Gardevior.
"(Um…hi)" Kakashi greeted hesitantly
"(Don't worry we won't hurt you)" Gardevior replied with a soft smile
"(We?)"
One of Buneary's ears pointed in the direction of Ash, Brock, Dawn and Paul's team,
"(Our trainers found you and this Seviper and they decided to take care of you both)"
Kakashi's ears jerked as he heard this,
"A Seviper? You mean Tsubaki? Where is she?" he asked while giving the two female pokemon a hopeful look
"I believe she's being treated by Ash and Brock on the other side of camp since they know about you and Seviper being long time rivals…" Gardevior answered
Kakashi immediately ran towards the opposite end of the campsite to find the Seviper, only to be stopped by Buneary and Gardevior,
"(Hey, what are you-)"
"(We know you're trying to pick a fight with that Seviper)" Buneary stated
"(Please, you're both injured!)" Gardevior said
"(I don't care If I am injured! Now let me through!)" Kakashi yelled, now loosing his patience
The female pokemon looked at each other, unsure if they should let the Zangoose go; before they could decide they heard the Zangoose's voice,
"(If you won't move by will, then you will move by force!)"
Kakashi's claws soon glowed white before the normal-type pokemon charged forward. Before the attack could hit its targets, an orb made of water suddenly appeared before Kakashi. The cat ferret pokemon jumped back to avoid the hit only to sense another assault from behind, a glowing purple blade. Kakashi raised his still glowing claw to block the attack and jump away. Kakashi looked ahead to see Gallade and altered his vision to catch sight of Buizel behind him.
In a tent on the other side of camp were Brock, Ash, Dawn, Paul, and Tsubaki. Tsubaki was laying on top of a blanket while panting and sweat rolling down her face. Ash grabbed a damp towel and wiped the sweat away before petting the snake pokemon lightly.
"Poor thing…" Dawn whispered sadly
"Judging from its wounds, I'm guessing it got into a fight with several Zangooses…" Brock stated after examining Tsubaki
Ash made a face and grunted,
"You think that Zangoose we found earlier is one of the Zangooses that did this?"
"Not sure…but that is most likely"
Pretty soon an explosion was heard…
BOOOOOM!
"What was that?"
"We should check it out!"
All the trainers, besides Paul, left to see what was going on. Tsubaki lifted her head and slowly slithered out of the tent after the trainers, having a good idea what caused the blast. The trainers arrived at the scene to see Buizel and Gallade fighting against Zangoose. Despite being injured, Kakashi was able to put up a good fight.
"What's going on?"
"Seviper! Sev!"
Brock soon noticed that Tsubaki was now going towards Kakashi,
"Hey! Seviper!"
Kakashi heard Brock's yell and a cheerful look crossed his face,
"(Tsubaki!)" Kakashi was at Tsubaki's side in the blink of an eye, "(Are you alright? Does anything hurt? Is the baby alright?)"
The pokemon's eyes widen as they heard this,
"(Baby?)"
Paul slowly walked out of the lone tent that was far away from the others. Paul sighed and looked over to where the sun was now setting. Paul grunted inwardly,
"Another night of the full moon…"
Paul shifted his eyes towards Torterra and sent him a message with his eyes. Torterra, after noticing the look, nodded his head and signaled to Dawn and Paul's pokemon to leave. The said pokemon were somehow able to slip away unnoticed by everyone. Once they were far enough away, Paul stepped into the light the now soaring moon had illuminated. A familiar blinding light covered Paul and transformed him into a Luxray…
A green dinosaur like pokemon swiftly moved from branch to branch of each tree as it sped through the forest. The pokemon had two claws on its hand and bird-like feet and two tails that seemed like leaves. The three leaves growing from each of his wrist and the large leaf on his head danced with the wind it paced trough,
"My dear Grovyle!"
The pokemon, Grovyle, turned his head vaguely to see a pink being. From the corner of his eye, Grovyle became aware of the pink creature that was now latching on to his neck as to not fall behind,
"(Celebi? Why are you here?)"
"What? I can't visit you, my dear Grovyle?"
Celebi giggled as she tightened her grip around Grovyle's neck while nuzzling his neck.
"(Tch…)"
Grovyle looked straight ahead to both hide his blush and to concentrate on his mission.
AN: Yeah... I know it's shorter than usual but I've already got the next chapter planned out and it's going to be really long...mostly an info chapter... so I thought it'd be good to shorten this chapter and just make the next one longer than usual to make up for the shortness in this one. Now, if you read through the story closely enough you might have found some plot holes (like how I haven't explained why Mel is called the Renegade Trainer or why Paul turning into a pokemon is important besides erasing Dawn's memory and some more you might have found) those plot holes will be filled in the next chapter.
If you want a preview of it than send me an email! (It pays to read the AN)
Anyway...yay for me!
Kakashi and Tsubaki are introduced! These two are my pokemon from Soul Silver :D (One reason I was on hiatus, the other being it's finals week for my school)
sasuhinafan121: Yes, May and Drew will appear but not until maybe chapter 20 or 21
Kimiko-the-flaming-fox-XS: Ehh, that's a pretty good idea, I might consider it but no promises
YoruichiKittyCat16: First of Yoruichi is awesome! Lol! Yeah I agree Mew and Celebi are adorable!
-AshXDawn4Ever-: Actually I look up the names on the amazing thing that is the computer n.n;;
ShadetheEchidna666: I agree those games were pretty fun to play with amazing story telling
suigetsu-is-da-bomb: Lol! If you think Paul is protective now, wait till you see how he is when Kenny's around n.n
And now I'm gone to try and finish next chapter!