Magnus: Here is a new chapter to this story, once again, no lemon, just more story, and the introduction of a new character, hope you enjoy this story so far, as I intend on making this a serious story, and remember, Read and Review!
Disclaimer: We don't own anything!, Mark Hunter and Shadow Slayer are only alias created by writers, any similitude to anything of other universes or real life is a coincidence!
Chapter 4
The Exiled
"From all the creatures that God created, the human, is the only one that eats without being hungry, sleeps while not being tired, and greed for things that are not needed... I'm not fond of humans that fills this description" –Mark Hunter-
Mark and Shadow were still discussing, mostly about joining in a journey, and not to take out certain pokegirl out of her pokeball, by what he saw, Ramza understood that the big guy was afraid of spider pokegirls, too bad he had none, but it doesn't matter anyway, he had his plan, and he'll carry it away, as far as he noticed, the shorter and athletic guy had only one pokegirl to battle with, a very rare Cabbit, with exotic colors, Ramza wasn't one to sell pokegirls, so, he would beat that one, and then salvage the Arachnae that he just captured, with her he'll beat the big guy to steal his pokegirl, which he thought was an Amazonwu, not the strongest, but good anyway, with this in mind, he jumped into the clear, Mark and Shadow looked at the newcomer, a Caucasian blond young boy, standing at 5' 7'', which is slightly shorter than Shadow, he was wearing a reinforced blue jacket that looked like an armor, white pants, and soft leather boots, he was using leather gauntlets
"You!, The one with the Cabbit!, I, Ramza Beoulve, challenge you to a salvage battle!, GO AGRIAS!!!", Ramza shouted, while throwing a pokeball, from it, a beautiful girl appeared, she was standing at 5' 6'', with bright and long to her mid back blond hair, creamy white skin, but she was covered with a steel armor, which was over thick blue clothes and long coat, a still shield on her left hand, with a lion crest, and a silver long sword on her right hand, Mark immediately brought up his pokedex, and Shadow mimicked him
BATTLE ANGEL, the Knight Of Steel Pokégirl
Type: Very Near Human, Metamorph
Element: Steel/varies with the item equipped
Frequency: somewhat Rare
Diet: varies, but mainly human-type food
Role: armored warriors
Libido: varies from Low to High
Strong Vs: By Element
Weak Vs: By Element
Attacks: By Element
Enhancements: By Element
Evolves: None known at this time, speculated to evolve to Berserker in unknown conditions
Evolves From: Ingenue with a Steel Coat (Trade Item)
Warning: Magic Element Detected
"Dizzy, do you feel read...", Shadow tried to ask to his Cabbit, but Mark didn't allowed it
"He refuses", Mark deadpanned, surprising everyone there
"What?!, hey!, are you going to let him decide your battles?!", Ramza shouted at Shadow
"Mr. Hunter... why should't I accept a challenge?", Shadow asked, he never had refused a duel before, and to do so now made him felt like a weakling coward
"Do you even know what a salvage battle is?, have you read the book I gave you when we met?", Mark asked, his harsh voice made him look like a true veteran, and that scared Ramza, last thing he needed was to fight a veteran
"Master, be ready to refuse a combat with this guy, he looks like business, and we are not ready for a veteran", Agrias whispered to Ramza, who nodded back at her
"Hummm... no, I don't know what are those battles, care to explain?", Shadow asked, and everyone face faulted
"How can someone be so clueless?", Ramza muttered
'Stupid American...', Mark thought
'And what else did you expected?, he is an American after all, it was obvious of him to venture into the wilderness without knowing anything!', Inner Mark stated
"Look, in a salvage battle, the looser hands over one or more of his pokegirls to the victor, which means that you will end giving away either your Cabbit or Arachnae, or both, to this guy if you loses... I don't care about the result of the battle, I care about the choice, if you accept, then in my eyes you are no better than a slaver, who see women as mere pieces of merchandise... now, knowing this, you will accept the challenge of this guy?", Mark explained, and all the pokegirls looked at him marveled, Shadow didn't stay silent for long
"HELL NO!, NEVER!, I'LL NEVER RISK MY DEAR DIZZY!, SHE IS A PERSON, NOT AN OBJECT!, DIZZY FORGIVE ME FOR EVEN CONSIDERATE PARTICIPATING ON THIS!!!", Shadow all but cried, while hugging his Cabbit, who didn't hesitate to hug him back
"It's ok!, it's ok!, I forgive you!, you didn't know!, but I'm so happy that you think like this, Shadow-koi", Dizzy replied, burying her face on Shadow's chest, Ramza and Agrias looked at them, their hearts in dismay, for they won't get what they want from them
"Fine, let's get to the pokecenter, you just caught a pokegirl, and you seem in need to rest, as well as tame her, you must tame her, if she goes feral, not only I'll kill her, I'll kill you too, understood?", Mark threatened, but somehow Shadow saw it as a way of being concerned
"Ok, Ok, I understand, can't you at least be somewhat more kind?", Shadow asked with a smile, while following Mark to the pokecenter, ignoring the dumbfounded Ramza
"No", Mark deadpanned, and both Shadow and Dizzy felt to the ground, as if they tripped on something
"Shadow-koi!, I found your hat!", Dizzy shouted in happiness, and after a short hug, they resumed to follow Mark, who didn't slowed down to wait for them, Reina at his side, seemingly enjoying the show of knowledge and wisdom of her tamer
"Hey!, don't ignore me!", Ramza shouted, while following them, Agrias just behind him
Pokecenter, some time later...
Ramza was eyeing the two tamers, it was hard to tell if they were friends or not, mostly because the big guy was way too unfriendly, even when Shadow, as he recalled was the name of the shorter of the two, was very friendly toward him, it was puzzling, and yet amazing, he was still trying to figure from where was this veteran, when the reflection of a knife was seen, at some point, someone dressed in all black, trench coat included, entered the pokecenter, and approached the two tamers, and swiftly put the tip of the knife on Mark's back
"Now, buddy, hand over the pokedex and the pokeballs, and you'll be allowed to breath another day", the thief whispered
"You are committing a terrible mistake", Mark muttered with absolute no fear
"OH MY GODDESS!!!", the NurseJoy shouted as she noticed the scene, she was moving to the desk to call for help, but the man noticed her first
"I don't think so, filthy animal, touch that button, and you can kiss your ass good bye", the man said while pointing a revolver to the NurseJoy, though that was the last thing he did
"BIG mistake", Mark muttered, while spinning around, evading being pierced by the knife, he moved his hand to stab a point in the back of the elbow of the thief, making him release the gun, the thief tried to scream, but got no chance, Mark knuckled him on the throat, muffling any possible sound, after that, Mark released him, the man fell to the floor, doing nothing besides holding his throat with his still working hand, with a face that was silently screaming for help
"Is he going to live?", Shadow asked, he was thankful that Dizzy was on her pokeball right now, this was a little too gruesome for her to watch
"If he hold his throat a little tighter, yes... Nurse Joy, I believe that you were to call for an Officer Jenny, didn't you?", Mark both replied to Shadow and asked to the Nurse
"Ok... Master Ramza, whatever you do, DO NOT mess around with that guy", Agrias whispered to Ramza, who only nodded, still unable to digest the scene that just played in front of him
15 minutes later...
The OfficerJenny was eye twitching, she knew who was the 'savior', she saw him fall thru that goddammit hole, she truly wished that he had been killed in the wilderness by now, but no, he has to be some kind of trained assassin, or something like that, thing that unnerved her greatly, so, in an effort to make things clear, she decided to check the story again
"So, you were chatting with this other guy...", Jenny started
"Shadow!", Shadow interjected, he wasn't going to allow to be called just guy
"Right... while you two were chatting, this other guy came from behind, and tried to steal from you", Jenny continued, and Mark only nodded
"Then he pointed this forbidden tech weapon at the NurseJoy", Jenny added
"Revolver", Shadow clarified, just to get a slap on the back of the head
"Allow the Officer Jenny to do her work, and stay silent!", Mark reprimand Shadow, who only whined, he was starting to see Mark as an older brother, hits to the head included
"Thank you, Mr. Hunter, now, when this guy did that, you made a move to disable the arm of the guy...", Jenny said, and Mark nodded
"With a pencil?...", Jenny asked, and Mark nodded again, this made Jenny to rub her templates, this was the part where she just couldn't advance, this was the part that, even when she saw the pencil stabbed on the arm of the thief, she just couldn't believe, not from a human
"Is there something wrong, Officer Jenny?", Mark asked, while rising an eyebrow, making Jenny to go stiff
'You just had to ask, don't you?', Inner Mark asked, amused by the interrogation
'Of course, teasing the police with the truth is always enjoyable!', Mark replied mentally
"OF COURSE THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG!, EVERYTHING IS WRONG!, YOU COULD HAVE GONE WITH TAKING HIS KNIFE AND DISABLE HIM WITH IT!, BUT NO!!!, YOU HAD TO USE THE MOST UNLIKELY OBJECT TO DO SO!, A PENCIL!, A FUCKING PENCIL!!!, HOW CAN A FUCKING PENCIL GO THROUGH FLESH AND BONE LIKE THAT IN A SINGLE THRUST?!", Jenny exploded, and Mark was very grateful for his self control, otherwise he'll be already rolling on the floor laughing at her enraged face
"As a matter of a fact, I didn't pierce any bone, the pencil passed between the cubit and the radius, I just pierced some of his nerves, forcing his hand to relax and release the weapon, instead of contract and shot accidentally at the Nurse, as for why a pencil, well, I didn't had any other object at hand", Mark explained, it was just then, as if his clothes had been under some kind of illusion, that Shadow and Ramza noticed that his long coat was white, made of cotton, and had four pockets, it was a lab coat, not some fancy adventurer trench coat, and in his pockets were a small notebook, some eraser gums, and lots of pencils
"Geez!, he can use pencils like senbons!", Shadow muttered, too late he noticed that he was heard
"Say what?!", Mark almost shouted, last thing he wanted was people to brand him as an assassin
"I... See...", Jenny muttered under her breath, in front of her, no longer was a man that pulled a miracle... in front of her was a full armed adventurer... for good or ill, her mind was flooded with impure thoughts on how to breed good warriors
"Are you ok, Officer Jenny?", Mark asked, concerned by the blood trial on her nose
"Yeah, sure, I just need to write this on the report, and I would like if you could go to the police station before you leave town again, I would like to... ask you some important questions", Jenny said, and then left the pokecenter, she had paperwork to do, and a bed to prepare
"Now, that's a lucky guy", Ramza said, a little too loud for his own good
"Shut up!, besides, what are you doing here?, are you stalking us?", Mark asked
"Geez!, calm down, why are you so paranoiac?", Shadow asked, he was thinking on inviting him a drink to relax his nerves, perhaps taking down the thief had been too much?
"No, he is right, and I apologize for following you like that, but you got my attention, any doubts I had about you being a veteran are now dead, I want to ask for your help, my hometown has been overrun by villains, I need people like you to kick them out, and return the freedom to my people and the pokegirls, I'm like you, I can't stand to see them being treated like objects and toys, I'm sorry if I looked otherwise, but I needed stronger pokegirls for my quest, and I never pick a fight I can't win, so please, help me, I'll pay you greatly!", Ramza begged, by now, Shadow decided to go out to train with Dizzy, their last battle just showed him that they were ill prepared to go out of town
"Before I decide anything, let's go outside to have a friendly pokegirl battle, I need to test something first", Mark replied, and Ramza nodded, he was expecting this, to be tested by a veteran, with that, they headed to a training room, made to withstand any kind of attack
Meanwhile, outside in the park...
"And this is how it's done!", Shadow proudly said, he just have done a complex karate kata, and Dizzy was clapping her hands happily, she saw him as the greatest martial artist
"YAY!, SHADOW-KOI IS THE GREATEST!", Dizzy shouted in happiness
"Hehe, is not that much, well, now, it's your turn", Shadow said, and Dizzy tilted her head
"Turn for what?", Dizzy asked, her puzzlement made her look utterly cute
"To try this kata, I understand that you are not very suited for battle, at least not by nature, I plan to fix that, I'll teach you martial arts, so you can fight, at least to defend yourself", Shadow explained, and Dizzy ears waved a little, as if thinking
"But I'm not good at all at fighting!", Dizzy replied a little stressed, by now she was expecting to be his pet, and let the fighting to her new harem sister
"Don't worry, just try, I don't want you to be defenseless, if I can't protect you, or can't be at your side in time, I want you to be able to fight back, please, try it, at least to make me feel at ease", Shadow begged, and Dizzy, at the verge of tears, did as told
Back at the training room...
At first, Ramza was puzzled by the choice of pokegirl, of course he was using Agrias, his Battle Angel, but Mark was using the same pokegirl he saw before, which to his surprise, was a Tyamazon, and not an Amazonwu, but this was not the shocking part of this battle, the shocking part was that the Tyamazon was gong even with Agrias, thing that not even an Amazonwu had been able to do, until now
"OORRRAAAAA!!!", Agrias shouted, while slashing horizontally, as expected, Reina used her sword to block, but not as expected, she ducked while blocking, not stopping Agrias blade, but allowing it to pass over her, without giving a chance to redirect the slash, while giving a nice opening for a clean counterattack
"UGH!", Agrias grunted as she felt Reina slashing her abdomen, never ever before she was so grateful of being fighting with wooden swords
"Well done, Reina, you are growing better every passing second!", Mark praised his pokegirl, just as he expected, there was no need to shout commands, he only needed to point a few mistakes on her stance and then let her dance, so far, she was mixing the power and wisdom stances quite well
"Agrias!, stand up!, You are better than this!, don't allow her to confuse you with her deceptive tactics!", Ramza shouted back at his pokegirl, who quickly stud up, and glared to Reina, who was smiling as if not taking this seriously
"Now I know why you seems to be winning, you are not using a special battle stance, you are roaming thru several stances, that's why you look unpredictable, but now that I know it, YOU ARE DESTINED TO LOSE!", Agrias shouted while charging forward, with the intention of bringing great damage over the Tyamazon
"TAKE THIS!", Agrias shouted while slashing upward-down, Reina evaded it by spinning to the side, exactly as Agrias predicted, so, she redirected the sword to slash horizontally, expecting to see the Tyamazon to move exactly like before, but instead of that, she jumped backward, while charging her sword for a powerful thrust
"What the?!", Agrias muttered, the movement was so unexpected, that she momentarily was in shock, then Reina thrusted forward, hitting the steel chestplate on Agrias chest, the hit, while strong, only managed to bring Agrias out of her shock, she was ready to slash the Tyamazon for her daring maneuver, when once again she made an unpredicted move, against any belief that Agrias had on sword play, she saw and felt how Reina let go her left hand of her sword, which let her holding the blade with only her right hand, her left hand now was holding Agrias right hand, the hand with her sword, Agrias left hand, used to hold the shield, was rather useless right now, so, she only was able to see the face of the Tyamazon, who looked ready to strike
"ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA...", Reina shouted with every fast slash she unleashed, her hand and blade barely visible, yet Agrias body moved as if being assaulted by a Gatling gun at point zero, until Reina's wooden sword broke, which forced her to release the now sore Agrias
"Congratulations, Reina, you are now a true holder of the way of the sword!", Mark shouted, very proud of see that his pokegirl managed to pull out the third stance during the spar
"Enough, I can fight no more, I concede you the victory...", Agrias finally said, really ashamed of being beaten by a Tyamazon, as well as tired for the beating
"But mark my words, you won only because your style is too tricky and sneaky to be followed in close quarters, had I used my magic sword attacks, you'll be the one on the floor defeated!", Agrias added, too proud to accept that Reina was better, at least on sword play
"Thank you for giving me such wonderful battle, and I look forward to have a more serious spar with you in the future", Reina replied, and then she was surrounding in light, she was evolving, after a few seconds the light faded away, revealing that Reina has grew two inches, her breasts now a low C-cup, and her features slightly more mature, oddly enough, her hair also grew, allowing her ponytail to look longer, Mark decided to scan her, just to be sure
AMAZONWU, the Weapon-Using Pokégirl
Type: Very Near Human
Element: Fighting
Frequency: Uncommon
Diet: Human style foods, heavy on rice
Role: Warriors, Bodyguards
Libido: Average
Strong Vs: Bug, Dark, Ice, Normal, Rock, Steel
Weak Vs: Flying, Psychic
Attacks: Weapon Use, Distance Attack, Chi Blast, Parry, Deflect, Bonk, Mirror of Equity
Enhancements: Enhanced Strength (x3), Enhanced Agility (x3), Enhanced Speed (x3), Endurance
Evolves: Herowu (normal), Gunnm (nanotech alteration), Kishi (Dragon Scale + Training)
Evolves From: TyAmazon (battle stress; special)
Mark looked at her with pride, in a very short time, she jumped from level one to fifteen, also he took notice of one of the possible evolutions, and a smirk crossed his face
'It seems that I'll need a Dragon Scale...', Mark thought
'Indeed, I don't think she disagree with your choice, just look how happy she looks with the path she has taken', Inner Mark remarked
Later that day...
"We are leaving tomorrow early", Mark said to both Shadow and Ramza
"Why early?", Shadow asked, his idea of training Dizzy didn't go so well, though she can now throw a few punches due to the brass knuckles he gave to her
"Because I want to evade Professor Bright, he'll be here tomorrow to ask too much questions about us, questions that I'm not going to answer, if you want to stay, that's your problem", Mark replied, a little less unfriendly than before, and Shadow didn't had to weight his options, Prof. Bright gave him the creeps, and the way he leered at Dizzy...
"Fine, I'll go get my backpack", Shadow said with not much happiness
"Remember to tame your new pokegirl, the promise I made you is still there!", Mark shouted to Shadow, who shivered at the idea of dealing with the spider pokegirl, he made a mental note to ask for a taming cycle level three, just to prevent being bitten by his new girl
"Thank you, for coming with me, I promise that your reward will be great, now, if you excuse me, I have to check my belongings... and perhaps giving a tip or two to Shadow, poor guy don't know what is going to happen with that pokegirl", Ramza bowed and then left to follow Shadow, Mark looked at the two of them, and shook his head, he have to explain this Ramza that he is not a veteran, but only nerdy guy
"Now, how am I going to name you?...", Mark asked to the pokeball he had in hand, where his new pokegirl was resting, waiting to be tamed
'Don't worry, I'm sure you'll find a good name for this one, now go and tame her, so you can train her too, you can't expect to take on everyone that this Ramza wants you to kick out of his town, you can only beat humans, not pokegirls', Inner Mark stated, and Mark sighed, he hated when his inner self was right, which was always
'I hate you, Inner me', Mark finally thought, before heading to his room, to deal with the rock type pokegirl
Meanwhile, while nobody was looking, a diminutive Maid was looking at the tamers, she could easily fit into a pocket, but she had great plans, the first of phase for them was to make her way into Shadow's backpack, she couldn't risk to not being accepted, she'll have to hide into his belongings until far away from civilization, and then, she'll strike
Magnus: And now, we are set for our first great adventure, hope you are enjoying this so far, and remember, I'm still accepting more characters, just send your harem and info, and I'll eventually add you in the story!