I don't own Pokemon! (I sang) Also, I've finally decided to put the actual date in the story (if I already have tell me because I looked but didn't' see one)! The current day in the story is Tuesday, February 11th! In three days it's Valentine's Day... I'm also using the calendar for 2014, so if you want to look at it for some reason go ahead.
Chapter 8: Shinx + Shinji Does Not = Happiness
I was currently on my way home from a long, hard day at the Jubilife City Pokemon Contest, which I lost. I had eaten at a fancy restaurant for dinner, and Mazey was in my arms as we made our way back to the Pokemon Center. I reached my hand down rubbing it up and down one bare leg, and then the other, in a futile attempt to warm them up. Continuing onwards, I realized how dark it was getting.
"Shiii!" I stopped in my tracks at the sound of a shrieking Pokemon. "Shi, shinx!"
"That Pokemon sounds really scared..." I said to no one in particular. Suddenly something ran by me, flashing all sorts of different colors. It was being chased by two Stunky and a Haunter.
"Shiii, shi, shiiiiiiiii!" The Pokemon being chased cried, running off into an alleyway. Taking a closer look, I saw the end of it's tail. I'd know that tail anywhere. It was the Pokemon I'd kept seeing around the city, the one too dirty to recognize.
"Hey, wait up! Leave him alone!" I chased after them, trying to get them to stop. Once again we ran through countless alleys and empty streets. I stopped when I saw the Pokemon enter a one way alley. A dead end. But, one of the shops nearby had a back door leading to the end of it. I rushed in heading into the back of the store, and bursting out the door. I came out right in between the helpless Pokemon being backed into the wall and the angry trio.
"Stop it right now! I don't know what she did to you, but this is not the way to deal with it! Three against one, really!?" They looked dumbfounded, but soon saw me as nothing more than someone in the way. They approached me, looking scarier than before in the dark place. I took a step back, the small Pokemon behind me peeking out from behind my leg. "S-stop it guys... I- I'm serious!" I yelled as loud as I could. Haunter placed one it's hands on the ground, a purple clawed hand extending on the ground towards us. It then reached up, Mazey jumped out of my arms, getting in the way.
"NO!" I pushed her aside, taking the hit myself. It put three bad gashed on my left arm. I dropped to the ground, on my knees, holding my injured arm. Haunter got ready for a second Shadow Claw, but the dirty Pokemon jumped out in front, still flashing various colors.
"Shinx!" A wave of blue electricity left it's body, hitting the three attacking Pokemon. I expected them to attack again, but they didn't. All three of their bodies were surrounded by electricity. My eyes widened slightly, realizing that they were all paralyzed. I looked down at the Pokemon that had probably saved my life.
"You used Thunder Wave." It nodded it's head. "You saved my life. Thank you." I stood up, wincing at the pain in my arm. "Great, my dress is all gross and now my arm is all bloody." I laughed nervously. Mazey walked up to me, nudging my leg with a worried look on her face. I quickly returned her to her Pokeball and began quickly making my way out of the alley not wanting to be around when the trio managed to become un-paralyzed. But I remembered the other Pokemon and turned around.
"Um, you can go back to doing whatever you do little guy." I began walking rather fast, trying to get back to the Pokemon Center as quickly as possible. Eventually though I turned around to see it following me. I waved my right hand at it. "Shoo now, go home." It looked down at the ground with a sad look on it's face. Sighing, I turned around and kneeled next to the Pokemon. "You don't have a home, do you?" It looked away again. "Well, I might as well know what you are if I'm gonna' let you follow me back." It's oversized ears perked up, and it's yellow eyes just lit up, and knowing that someone could not love this Pokemon just broke my heart. Taking out my Pokedex, I got the entry on my new friend.
"Shinx, the flash Pokemon. The extension and contraction of its muscles generates electricity. It glows when in trouble." The picture showed a blue and black Pokemon, not the dirty brown with splotches of dark blue I was looking at now. My Pokedex also showed me that it was a female.
"You must've been out here for a long time girl..." I reached out my hand to pet her head. At first she shrunk away, but then gladly accepted the attention. But as I did so, a quick sharp pain shot through me, and a vision came.
A girl, I could only really see her silhouette, petting the head and mane of a somewhat large Pokemon, similar looking to Shinx. Maybe an evolved form? But the vision was over as quickly as it started. Once again seeing out of my own eyes, I realized that I was petting Shinx in the exact same way. She enjoyed getting scratched under her chin the most.
"Good girl. Now, you can come with me, but I'm not carrying you, my dress is dirty enough as it is." We got to the Pokemon Center at around nine o'clock, and it being February eleventh, it was pitch black outside. Nurse Joy healed Mazey, did a check up on Shinx, and bandaged up my arm. I headed upstairs, quickly changed into my wizard pajama pants and a black tank before I started up the bathtub, pouring in a whole bunch of bubble bath.
"Shinx baby, come here." I sang to her. She was sniffing Shinji's bed when I grabbed her and put her in the tub. I was just getting her in when I heard the door pop open. "Shinji, I'm in here!" I called for no real reason.
"And I would care because?" He said walking into the bathroom, leaning on the door frame with his arms crossed.
"Look what I brought home!" I held up Shinx with my arms extended, a bunch of bubbles all over her including a whole bunch on top of her head.
"Shinx!" She smiled at him, and I turned my head around and grinned at Shinji as well.
"What is that? A dirty Rattata?" I put Shinx back into the tub, still looking at Shinji.
"She is not a Rattata! She is a Shinx that saved me from getting torn apart by a Haunter!"
"Ohh, my bad Troublesome!" He said sarcastically. "If she get's water all over the place you're cleaning it up, and I want that thing in it's Pokeball as soon as possible." I glanced at Shinx.
"She doesn't have a Pokeball." I answered.
"What!? You brought a wild Pokemon into our hotel room?!" I glanced at her again.
"Maybe..."
"Ugh! Troublesome why do you have to be so damn difficult I mean-" I got up and starting yelling right back at Shinji.
"Why do I have to be so difficult? Why do you-"
While the two trainers bickered at each other, yelling almost as loud as they could at the same time. Shinx, still wet and covered in bubbles but much cleaner than before, jumped out of the tub, following Mazey out of the too noisy restroom. They walked around the room together, so Shinx could get a feel for the place. The two jumped onto Shinji's bed, sniffing around right before he stormed out of the bathroom.
"You've got to be kidding me! There are wet footprints and dirt footprints all over the damn floor! And they're on my bed! Hikari, get them off!"
"Why should I!?" I yelled back. "They look like they're having fun!" I spat back at the furious violet haired man with my arms crossed. He growled at me before stomping over to the bed and roughly grabbing Shinx. Bad idea... I immediately thought. Shinx might not have been completely wild, but she had been living on the streets for a considerable amount of time. Shinx freaked out before Shinji could throw her down. She began glowing like crazy before scratching Shinji's face and doing a hissing like noise. Shinx didn't even know Scratch or Fury Swipes! She only needed claws! Needless to say, Shinji became even angrier than before, Shinx was dropped to the floor and immediately ran off to who knows where.
"Hell..." Shinji rubbed the fresh scratches all over his face.
"Here." I moved his hand, trying to get an idea of how bad the scratches were.
"Don't Troublesome." I gasped as he smacked my hand away. Shinji tried to act calm, but I could hear the anger in his rough voice. I immediately tried again though. "Troublesome-" He said more sternly.
"I'm the one who brought her here, so I should help you with this stupid..." I interrupted, dragging him back into the bathroom and forcing the dark eyed man to sit on the toilet. I grabbed a washcloth, soaking it with cold water and wringing it out. Very gently, I began dabbing it on Shinji's scratches. He closed the eye closest to me, and grabbed my hand. Shinji looked me straight in the eye, and I looked straight back, mine much wider and more innocent than his deep, dark eyes. For a moment I became lost in them. The mystery, hate, and hurt.
"Troublesome." I quickly snapped out of it, blushing every so slightly. I continued dabbing away at Shinji's wounds. I soon added a touch of soap in order to clean them out more thoroughly. "Ow."
"Sorry, it's going to sting."
"Yeah, I noticed moron, hence the ow." I put my hands on my hips and looked back at Shinji who looked away.
"Would you rather get an extremely painful infection or have this sting a little now?" I scoffed. When he didn't answer I continued.
"Neither would've happened in the first place if you hadn't brought that thing here..." Shinji muttered. I slapped him in the back of his head with the washcloth. After I was done cleaning the scratches, I put two bandages on the two worst scratches, leaving the rest be.
"There..." Without thinking about it I patted Shinji's head, ruffling his hair. After realizing what I had done I quickly took my hand away, the redness on my face growing. Shinji raised an eyebrow at me as I quickly left the room. "Now I just have to find her... Shinji, will you help me?"
"Are you serious? Your new friend just tried to mince my face."
"You're the one who scared her, besides, you owe me one!" He grumbled a fine, and we began tearing apart the room searching for the Pokemon. The door was locked and none of the windows were open, so it was safe to say that she was still in the room, but we still couldn't find her. "Well, I guess I'll just set out some Pokemon food for her then." I said, already getting out a bowl.
"And if I wake up to my face being attacked again, I'm suing you." The both of us retired to our beds. I quickly fell asleep to the beating of Mazey's heart, who was once again using my pillow as her personal bed.
Walking. I was walking through a strange place. The ground was red. The plants were tall blue stalks. Everything was so dark. I could only see about a foot in front of me. Then I realized that I was walking. Through air. The ground, red, blood red ground, was gone. I was shrouded in blackness. I tried to walk but got nowhere. I was only floating in nothing.
Help! I tried to yell. But nothing came out. My throat was burning. Tears poured down my face. I didn't know why I was so upset.
"Shink!" I shot up from my bed, knocking both Mazey and Shinx away. I was sweating, but felt extremely cold. I grabbed a blanket, wiping my face and wrapping myself up in it. After a few minutes my breathing finally slowed and I stopped trembling.
Nightmares. They happened constantly. They were always so strange, scary. I often didn't even know why they frightened me. That particular one though, it had happened ever since I was a little girl. I've always tried to make sense of it, but I never could.
"Shi?" Shinx and Mazey were nudging my hand, probably wanting breakfast. I looked over to the bowl of Pokemon food I had set out the night before. Empty. Both Pokemon had remnants of the Blue Bouffalant brand food on their faces.
"You two ate an overflowing bowl of Pokemon food then woke me up because you're still hungry?" They smiled and made their cute little Pokemon noises at me. I shook my head back and forth smiling, before getting up to make a breakfast of Bluk and Razz berry pancakes with syrup and I put the leftover berries on the side, covering them in a little bit of syrup for the Pokemon. To my surprise, Shinji was still asleep. So not wanting to wake him, I looked in his bag, easily finding two Pokeballs with Pokemon in them. I pressed the button and threw the balls into the air, releasing the familiar Chimchar and unfamiliar Pokemon with the most adorable tail and ears! They looked around in confusion, not seeing their trainer.
"Hi you guys!" I said with a hushed voice. "I'm-" I stopped thinking of what I was to Shinji. Troublesome. I shook my head again. "I'm a friend of Shinji's." They looked at me, not really believing that their Shinji was friends with someone like me. "Well, sort of. He's not really the friendly type which I'm sure you all know. But I made breakfast for you two, okay?" They nodded, actually smiling. I did the same and set down bowls of berries for all of them. Mazey ate slowly, like always. Shinx was really the only one who ate normally, at a regular pace and a normal portion of food. Chimchar and the blue Pokemon ate like Munchlax. They wolfed it all down, while I got the Pokedex entry on the cute blue Pokemon.
"Azumarill, the aqua rabbit Pokemon. It can spend all day in water, since it can inhale and store a large volume of air."
"Well Azumarill," I pet it's head, the water type smiling and cooing at me. "You sure are the cute one aren't you? But you must be strong for Shinji to be training you." I stood up to eat my food, leaving some for Shinji. After I was done and had gotten dressed and all, I went over to the four Pokemon who were quietly playing with each other, happy to be free of Shinji's constant harshness.
"So, who wants to go for a little fun, hm?" I asked, all of them cheering. "Shhh." I hushed them, before giggling and leading them all out of the room, I also may have taken his Pokemon's Pokeballs, just so they could have some fun for the day! We went downstairs and outside, and I brought the Pokemon to a Poke Park, a park just for Pokemon and battling! It wasn't very busy there, being that it was still cold outside and the park was covered in snow. They had a lot of fun, playing with other Pokemon and all. Someone with a clipboard came up to me at one point, a girl in winter clothing. She bent down, petting all of the Pokemon.
"Are they all yours?" She asked, the Pokemon loved her.
"The Turtwig, Mazey, is. Azumarill and Chimchar are a friend of mine's Pokemon, he's... busy, so I took them to the park for him."
"What about the Shinx?" She asked, petting the blue electric type on his head.
"She's... well... she's not really wild, but Shinx doesn't have a trainer." The woman of about seventeen, immediately stood up, the Pokemon looking disappointed.
"I'm sorry but wild Pokemon aren't allowed here." I stood up from the freezing bench, crossing my arms.
"And why not?"
"Because they may attack other trainer's Pokemon." I put my hands on my hips.
"First of all, Shinx isn't going to attack anyone. Second of all, how are you supposed to keep all wild Pokemon out of a park?"
"Ma'am, if you do not take this Pokemon out of the park right now, I'm going to have to give you a ticket." I glared at her, then an idea came to mind.
"Fine. Then I'll just make Shinx unwild. Shinx, what do you say to a battle with Mazey and I?" I turned around, asking her.
"Shi-i!" Shinx replied. We got into battle positions, but I knew that this would be easy. Shinx really wanted to join us, and I had the perfect nickname for her!
"Alright, Mazey start us off with Razor Leaf!" The sharp leaves that came flying at Shinx were dodged, except for a few which hit causing her to fly backwards a few feet, hitting and flipping on the ground before landing on her feet. Shinx growled at us, then blue electricity began gathering in and around her, charging her power. "Charge..." I muttered to myself. "Mazey use Tackle!" Mazey ran at the electric type Pokemon, but Shinx did the same, except that she was surrounded by blue electricity. The two collided, both sliding back a few feet.
"Mazey, Razor Leaf again!" Since the Pokemon were so close together, the attack hit head on. I reached into my pocket, pulling out a mini Pokeball before pressing the button to enlarge it. Mazey, Azumarill, and Chimchar were all cheering on the sidelines. "Get ready Electra!" That was my new name for her. She looked confused, helping out with my strategy of confusing her before the catch. The red and white capsule hit Electra on the head, popping open before she disappeared into it in a flash of red.
Wobble one. Wobble two. Wobble three. And finally, the satisfying click that I had been waiting for. I gasped with joy, extremely excited to have caught my first Pokemon. I rushed over, picking up the capsule now the size of a baseball before letting out Electra.
"Shinx!" Electra cried out in happiness.
"Alright everyone! I'd like to introduce the newest member of our team, Electra the Shinx!" Everyone cheered as Electra and I bowed. The woman nodded at us and left. After a quick session of window shopping at the Mall for Joy and lunch at a local Wendy's we went back home. And guess who was waiting for us tapping his impatient foot with his arms crossed as we entered the room?
"Where the hell were you?!"
"Just having some fun, something you should try sometime Shinji." I laughed at him. "Why didn't you just go off to wherever you go during the day and train?" Now he was mad.
"Because someone stole my Pokemon Troublesome."
"My name is Hikari." I replied, plopping the two Pokeballs containing Azumarill and Chimchar into his hands.
"God, I can't believe I had to get paired up in a room with you. Now I'm going to have to retrain them, being that you probably softened them all up."
"Don't blame them for something I did Shinji, they were very reluctant to come along with me, and are very disciplined and strong." I straight out lied about his Pokemon being reluctant to come with me, they were happy to get away from training.
"Yeah, yeah, but now you, owe me." He stuck one finger in my face before then pointing at himself. "I was planning on leaving the city today, before my Pokemon were stolen from me, so now I have to leave tomorrow."
"Wait wait wait wait, you can't leave tomorrow." Shinji raised an eyebrow at me.
"And why can't I? It's a day and a half by foot to get there, I'm not leaving now."
"Because I'm leaving tomorrow, and I am not traveling with you!" Screaming match: Begin!
"You're right, that is a problem." Shinji said sarcastically. "So you know, why don't you not leave tomorrow? Now that's an idea." And that set me off. The next ten minutes was full of yelling and arguing and screaming at each other. Shinji left the Pokemon Center to who knows where until after eight o'clock. I stayed put just wanting to sulk alone in our room. When Shinji came back I was in the bathroom changing the gauze on my scratches from a not so friendly ghost Pokemon. I didn't even hear him come in.
"What happened there?" I jumped, he had surprised me. I hated being surprised. They were chock full of bad memories for me. Getting beat up on my way home by the neighborhood kids, being called a freak as they kicked me to the ground. Surprises sometimes even caused visions for me.
"Oh, it's just you." I continued rewrapping it.
"What happened Troublesome." Shinji wasn't asking at the moment. I hated how he did that, but I often did the same thing.
"Electra-"
"Who?"
"That Shinx I brought home," I said slightly annoyed. "I caught and named her. But that's not the point," I stopped Shinji before he could negatively comment on her new name. "She was being chased by some Pokemon, and when I tried to help her," Shinji grabbed my arm roughly, taking a better look at my injuries. I looked away sighing. "The Haunter that was after her wasn't in a good mood for a heroic rescue."
"It's pretty bad." I shrugged my shoulders, continuing to wrap it up.
"Nurse Joy gave me some shots and antibiotics, so I should be fine." After I few minutes of silence, I went to bed, Shinji did so soon after.
Sucky ending, I know. Buuuut I couldn't think of a more creative way to end the chapter so yeah. See ya. And also, Blue Bouffalant Pokemon food was modeled after Blue Buffalo pet food. I don't own that either. It's a good brand of pet food.