Magnus: here goes the next chapter of this story, this time with some funny moments, and more pokedex entries, enjoy!, and remember, Read and review!
Disclaimer: We don't own anything, Mark Hunter is an alias, just as Shadow Slayer is, any similarities with anything is just a coincidence
Chapter 6
Karma
"Darkness do not always mean Evil, as not all Light is Good, we must remember this, I must remember this, Everything have two faces, and there is no absolute truth out there, for the brightest Light, produces the Darkest Shadows... I must seek Balance", -Mark Hunter-
Ramza and Shadow followed Mark for an entire day, at not a pleasant pace, for someone that big, he walked fast, and for a scientist, as he called himself, he had quite a high endurance, but at least, right now, near the sunset, he called for a stop, thing that the two tamers welcomed with open arms, although the hour and the place were weird
"Is not that I'm complaining but, there is a rest area just an hour of travel from here, we'll be able to set a better camp there", Ramza said, while pointing forward into the road for more emphasis, of course it'll be less than an hour with Mark's fast pace
"We don't have an hour, let's set the tents before the rain starts", Mark replied, and he and his pokegirls started to set the camp over a rocky patch of terrain, not the most comfy on Ramza standards
"Rain?, but there aren't any clouds on the sky!", Shadow complained, he would prefer to rent a room than sleeping on the wilderness, but he wasn't going to walk alone, not with only one pokegirl for protection, besides, he was pretty sure that Mark only said that about the rain to rest after such a long walk
One hour later...
The sky was nearly pitch black, the occasional lightning only showed that the dark clouds were governing the sky right now, down in the earth, the tempest was unleashing all it's wrath over two traveler tents on the side of the road, one, perfectly attached to the rocky patched ground, and well secured against a robust oak, was standing it's ground perfectly, showing no signs of falling apart, the other, while well built, had nothing to truly secure it to the ground, and when the wind blew with more force, the tent showed signs of being lifted a little from the ground, it's two occupants were far from pleased at this...
"Why didn't you secure the tent to a tree like Mark did?", Shadow asked, hugging Dizzy into a tight embrace, for the night was cold, and they couldn't set fire inside the tent
"You were the one that said that we shouldn't take him seriously about the rain!", Ramza replied, he wanted to cuddle, but the pride was too much, besides, he didn't had a so cuddly pokegirl
"And you were ready to do as I say, even when you said that he looked like a very experienced explorer, even when you easily said that he didn't looked like an assassin!", Shadow shot back
"I should kick you outside!", Ramza warned, one of the last thing he'll tolerate, is being pointed on his mistakes
"Then I won't share my food with you!", Shadow fought back, and Ramza had to calm down and submit, for his stomach growled in defeat, the rainstorm too strong to dare going out for his supply backpack
"Fine!... but share the food already!", Ramza nearly shouted, and Shadow grinned in victory, but when he opened the backpack to reach for food, a tiny maid was waiting for him, with a chocolate bar on her tiny hands
"Hi Master!", the tiny maid greeted, she had blue hair down to her shoulders, her eyes were green, and her curvaceous body was very well proportionate, but she was the size of 1/6 of a normal human
"WHAT IN THE WORLD?!", Shadow shouted, startled by the sudden apparition of another pokegirl
Meanwhile...
Mark was calm and relaxed, inside of his very well secured tent, at each of his sides, his pokegirls were calmly cuddling with him, maintaining a comfortable level of warmth, in front of him, Mark had his laptop open and working, fortunately, he had enough battery for another two hours, more than enough for his current task
"Mark, what are you doing?", Reina asked, intrigued for the fast flow of images and letters on the screen of what she thought a primitive device
"Downloading the base data of the pokedex to my laptop", Mark replied, he trusted his pokegirls enough to not lie to them on anything
"Oh, and why do you do that?, I mean, the pokedex is already easy to use to need a back up, isn't it?", Reina asked again, usually Mark would have invented any excuse, but he felt no need
"Because I don't want to enter the net to use the pokedex, I want to be out of the radar for as long as possible, I hate being tracked", Mark explained, neither Reina or Jewel were able to make sense of his explanation, but when he played a song on the laptop, they decided on not to keep digging, he was their master anyway, and the song was pretty nice and fast paced
"What song is that?", Reina asked, while Jewel tilted her head, she perfectly understood everything, but wasn't able to speak
"Huh?, oh, right, you may never heard it before, it's name is 'Hunting High and Low', and the artist is Stratovarius", Mark replied with a smile, and his two pokegirls decided to just cuddle him more and enjoy the fast paced music, it was a good thing that both girls liked that kind of music, for he'll use it to train them later
"WWWHHHAAAAAA!!!", came a scream from the outside
"What was that?!", Reina asked startled, for the sound and the scream bypassed the music they were listening to
"That, was the sound of two idiots whose tent fell over them", Mark replied with a hint of annoyance, Reina and Jewel found the reason 10 seconds later, when Ramza and Shadow mede their way into Mark's tent, in hopes of find shelter against the rain
"Don't look at us like that!", Ramza nearly yelled, for Mark was looking unfriendly toward the two tamers
"You wouldn't kick out too homeless friends into the merciless rain, right?", Shadow asked, using puppy eyes, but that only seemed to enrage Mark more, since they had to enter, Mark needed to recall his pokegirls in order to make room for the... guests
"Please!, Master needs to remain warm and dry to be healthy!, don't kick us out!", the Handmaiden pleaded, while popping out from one of Shadow's pockets, Mark immediately scanned her
HAND MAID (aka CYBER-DOLL) - the 1/6th Scale Maid Pokégirl
Type: Very Near Human
Element: Electric/Magic
Frequency: Uncommon (Mountain League), Unknown Others
Diet: Human Style Food, Milk
Role: Housekeeper, Maid
Libido: Low
Strong Vs: None
Weak Vs: Electric, Water, most Types
Attacks: Smile, Thunder Shock, Thunder Wave, Cheer, Kawaii Look, Slap, Jolt, Whip*
Enhancements: Aura of Cute, Enhanced Agility, Empathy
Evolves: Hand Maid Mk.2 (Dream Stone), Video Girl (Networking stress)
Evolves From: Doll, Maid Yvette (mechanism unknown)
"Look at my third pokegirl!, isn't she pretty?, her name is Mimi!", Shadow suddenly said, while holding the Hand Maid as if she were a mix of a doll and a pet, which was very close to reality
"Well, basically, you have only one pokegirl and two pets", Ramza corrected, while giving a bored look at Shadow
"They aren't pets!, they may be very cuddly and pretty, but they aren't pets, they have feelings and a will of their own!", Shadow tried to fight back, unfortunately, Dizzy had to be on her pokeball too, and Mimi wasn't of great help
"And said will is to please you, Master!", Mimi added, uncaring of other thing that wasn't Shadow
"See?, pets!", Ramza triumphantly said, Shadow was about to keep going, but Mark had enough
"SILENCE!", Mark shouted, scaring the other two tamers
"Hey!, no need to be such an ogre!", Ramza complained, he was still unused to the idea of Mark not being a veteran, and yet act as one
"It is already bad to have to travel with you two, but to have you here on my tent is a violation to my personal space, and my need of solace, now stay quiet or I'll kick you out to the rain... if I feel in good mood, that's it", Mark threatened, and both Ramza and Shadow felt a cold aura emanating from Mark, colder than the rain outside, though the silence was short lived
"You made him angry!, you shouldn't have called him an ogre!", Shadow semi-wishpered to Ramza, who felt the urge to fight back
"You are the one who insisted on coming with us!, you are the one who is starting every mess around!", Ramza shot back
"Hey!, my Master is not the one messing around!, it was you who jumped wrong and took the tent down, not him!, so it's all your fault!", Mimi joined the bickering
'STUPID NOISY IDIOTS!!!', Mark shouted on his mind, it was time to take drastic measures, if he wanted any sleep
'Perhaps it's time to use the Duck Tape', Inner Mark offered, and Mark smiled evilly
Early next morning...
"Ah!, such a wonderful day for a long trip!, but before that...", Mark cheerfully said, while looking at his tent, were Shadow and Ramza were still sleeping, in not a very comfortable way...
"WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!", Ramza shouted just as Mark retrieved the duck tape from his mouth
"I can put it back if you want", Mark suggested, of course, Ramza was still tied, which made him a perfect target, unable to fight back
"Just... just don't tie me like this again!", Ramza finally shouted in defeat, last thing he wanted, was to have to watch his back while sleeping
"Fine, just don't come into my tent uninvited again, and we'll have a deal, now, untie Shadow while I get a few things ready, I'll be waiting outside", Mark commanded while untying Ramza, and when he finished, he exited the tent
"Damn it!, that guy is dangerous... but is what I need, my brother will never know what hit them", Ramza muttered while untying Shadow, and as he got his arms free, he took the duck tape that was on his mouth
"GAAAHHHH!!!, that was mean!", Shadow complained, and then turned around to free his little Hand Maiden
"That guy is crazy!, how he dare to tie us like that, I thought we were going to die this night!", Mimi cried
"Oh!, my poor Mimi suffered a lot!", Shadow exclaimed while rubbing his cheek against the little maiden
"Well, if Master likes bondage, I won't complain, but I won't accept nothing from that other guy!", Mimi continued
"It was kind of our fault you know?", Ramza suddenly interjected, and Shadow and Mimi sweatdropped at that comment
One hour later...
"PAYBACK IS A BITCH! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!", Ramza laughed, while riding his second pokegirl, which he already had, but kept balled until now, a great ostrich-like animal, with yellow feathers covering her body, a great curved beak on her face, and talons that looked extremely sharp and strong, a Chocoboob, and rather than becoming upset or yell, Mark decided to scan her
CHOCOBOOB, the Traveler Pokégirl
Type: Animorph (bird) Metamorph
Element: Flying (Initially)
Frequency: Uncommon (Crimson League) Rare (Elsewhere)
Diet: Vegetarian
Role: messengers
Libido: Average
Strong Vs: Bug, Fighting, Ground, Plant (Initially)
Weak Vs: Electric, Ice, Rock (Initially)
Attacks: Tackle, Choco Kick*, Quick Attack, Hyper Quick Attack, Takedown, Earlobe Nibble, Ear Blow, Recover, Quickturn, Blur, Dash, Feather Blizzard, Feather Shuriken, Tickle Storm, Edge of Delight, Choco Comet*
Enhancements: Enhanced Speed (x8), Enhanced Endurance (x6), Clawed feet, light metamorph capability, light magic affinity, powers change over time depending on what environment they grow up in
Evolves: None
"We'll see you in the next rest area!", Shadow shouted, he was mounted back on the Chocoboob, holding Ramza from behind to not fall, soon they were far away on the road
"Interesting pokegirl", Mark said, Reina and Jewel walking at his sides
"Thinking on getting a new Harem sister?, a Chocoboob seems like a nice addition", Reina spoke Mark's thoughts, and he smiled in return
"Perhaps we can get one, while rare in the wild, I checked the map, and saw a ranch nearby that sells transport pokegirls, like Ponytaurs and Chocoboobs", Mark replied
"A Ponytaur will be great to have, they are very strong and have some good evolutions!", Reina quickly added, for she always wished t ride onw when she was little
"We shall see, they are expensive too, while I have some good money, I can't spend it all in only one purchase", Mark sweetly explained
'And we don't want to deal with over prideful pokegirls too', Inner Mark added
"I guess you are right, we also need more things, you said that we need more weapons... and you promised us some collars...", Reina said the last part with a blush, collars are items reserved for the most beloved pokegirls of a tamer, and those were expensive too, but they also had their usefulness, for they prevented the pokegirls to be stolen from their tamer, and aslo serves as a tracking device only for the tamer
"Of course, of course, you'll get your collar on the next city we hit, and it'll be a pretty collar too, and I'll get you one too, Jewel", Mark cheerfully said to his pokegirls, both of them showed truly happy faces, even the Geogal, who was always quiet and stoic
"Jewel... carry Mark...", Jewel said, while lifting Mark bridal style with uncanny easiness, and then walked even faster
"NO! WAIT!, MY PRIDE!", Mark shouted, and Reina laughed at the scene
A few minutes and some miles ahead...
"Really, what a great Idea, leaving HIM behind to laugh at him, and then laugh at him a little more when he catch up with us on the rest area, really BRIGHT!", Shadow complained, while hugging Dizzy and Mimi in a very protective embrace, while taking shelter inside the small pokecenter in the rest area
"Hey!, how was I supposed to know that there wan a rampaging hive of Buzzbreasts nearby!, besides, we are tamers!, we can deal with this!", Ramza said, trying to sound brave, but the truth was that he was scared too, they were simply too many to deal with, and there were already other injured tamers and pokegirls on the pokecenter
"I had enough of this!, I'm calling Mark so he make haste and help us out!", Shadow said while using the call function of his pokedex, Ramza, as well as some tamers joined Shadow to check what this tamer could do or tell them to save their lives
"Why are you calling me?, to mock at me for not run fast enough after you?!", Mark said on the screen, and both Shadow and Ramza flinched
"Look, we are sorry about that, ok?, but we need your help, we are under attack by a hive of Buzzbreasts!, and most of the other tamers are injured, what to do?, can you make haste and lend us a hand?", Shadow asked, and the rest of the tamers had to admit that this Mark looked experienced
"You should feel lucky, just unleash your Arachnae on the poor insect girls, and you'll solve half of the problem", Mark calmly replied, and Ramza went to a wall to bang his head, for he forgot about that pokegirl
"Are you insane, Gumohime is only one, and the Buzzbreasts are dozens!, hos is she supposed to win?!", Shadow asked, and the rest of the tamers facefaulted, while Mark cut the communication
"Excuse me, but are you that new?, Arachnaes eat Buzzbreasts, for your pokegirl this will be a feast, and Buzzbreasts fear the Arachnaes, so, she'll be pretty much safe", a NurseJoy explained
"Oh...", Was Shadow's reply, and Dizzy promptly unleashed her Harem sister
"Is Gumohime required?, or is Shadow-koi going to tame Gumohime again?", Gumohime asked, talking on third person, which made her look cute
"Er... there is some Buzzbreasts outside and...", Shadow started, but Gumohime quickly changed into her tauric form, and licked her lips
"FOOD!!!", Gumohime shouted in delight, so much time as feral made her enjoy the flavor of said pokegirls... a little too much, and as she jumped out, the screams of the Buzzbreasts that fell on her clutches were heard inside of the pokecenter, making some bug tamers cringe in terror
Magnus: Well, I hope you are enjoying how this is turning out to be, the invitation is still there, wanna join this story, send your data and I'll see if I can add you and your Harem, see ya in next chapter!