Hello readers. J and L here, and we get none of you were expecting this chapter so soon. If you read chapter 35 of "Life with a Pokémon", you should know that we are about to go back to school. Luckily, with a little help from our friend Ninja, we were able to wrap up this chapter before school starts. We hope you all enjoy.
(Person's name POV) how the person who is talking sees things.
"Person talking"
[Telepathic speech]
'When a pokémon is talking in poké-speech'
Disclaimer- We have no claim on pokémon, or the pokémon franchise. Our claim is only on the characters we make up for this story.
Chapter 2
Starting Out
(Joey's POV)
"Well, I see you are feeling better," said Nurse Joy, walking in as Lilly and I hugged, "good news, you should be able to leave by tomorrow morning. Until then, you should rest."
"Ok," I said as I released Lilly from my embrace, "is there any chance I can have my gear back, and possibly a new poké-ball for Lilly? Her last one was destroyed."
"I'll bring those right away," said Nurse Joy, looking at the clipboard at the end of my bed, "we did go through your stuff though, to try to get some identification for you, but your trainer ID and poké-dex are missing. Also, it would appear all your clothes were destroyed, so when you are ready to leave, we will give you some fresh clothes."
"Yeah, I have a bad habit of losing those two," I lied, giving a fake chuckle as I scratch the back of my head to really sell it, "is there any way I could get replacements of those as well?"
"Of course, just stop at the front desk on your way out," said Nurse Joy, leaving the room.
[Wow,] said Lilly in amazement, [how did you make her believe you lost the two most important things a trainer needs?]
"At the school I went to, you either learned how to make people believe what you say, or you find yourself locked inside a locker," I said, a shiver going down my spine at the thought of my old school, "it wasn't a nice place there."
[Why?] asked Lilly, and looking down I saw a look of concern cross her face.
"Well, some people enjoy it when others are in pain or fear, and even more so when they are the cause of it," I explained, a look of horror passing over Lilly's face as I described how bad school could get, "I was usually the unfortunate receiver of the pain, not so much the fear."
[But, why?] asked Lilly as Nurse Joy came back into he room, holding my bag, which was somehow in good condition after getting hit by lightning, and a basic red and white poké-ball.
"Here are your things," said Nurse Joy, laying them on the table next to my bed, then handing the poké-ball to me, "do you know how to use a poké-ball?"
"Yes, I do. Thank you," I replied with a smile.
"If you need anything, just press the red button next to your bed, and one of us will be in to see you," said Nurse Joy, leaving the room.
[You didn't answer my question,] said Lilly as I reached over and brought my bag closer to get at my things, [why would people do such horrible things to you?]
"Because there are some people, who just enjoy being mean," I explained, stopping what I was doing to look Lilly straight in the eyes, "but I am not one of those people. No matter how things go, I will never be mean to you, just to be mean."
[I know,] said Lilly, [I felt that when I entered your mind.]
"You entered my mind?" I asked, a little embarrassed.
[Well, I wouldn't call it so much entering as I just felt what kind of person you are,] explained Lilly, [I wanted to make sure that if we did become trainer and pokémon, I wasn't going to be with someone who was bad.]
"Well, I'm glad you chose me," I said, opening my bag to find the rainbow quartz pendant I had, sitting on the very top, "because I have a gift for you."
[What is it?] asked Lilly as I brought out the pendant, [Wow! It's beautiful.]
"I found it, and have no use for it," I said, putting the pendant on Lilly, "and let's face it. It looks amazing on you."
[Thank you Joey!] cried Lilly, jumping up to hug me, and then started to dance around on the bed, kinda like a little ballerina, [this so the best gift anyone has ever given me!]
"You're welcome," I said with a chuckle, watching Lilly dance for a moment, then picking up the poké-ball to examine it. It was basically how I had seen the ones in my game, a red top, a white bottom, and a silver button and line in the middle.
"So do I just point it at Lilly, or do I have to press the button?" I muttered to myself. I had lied to Nurse Joy, because I would bet that basically any trainer worth their salt would know how to use a poké-ball, and I had to keep up appearances in order for Lilly to stay with me.
[Did you say something?] Lilly asked, stopping her dancing to look at me.
"Yeah, do you know how to work this thing?" I asked, holding up the poké-ball.
[I thought you did,] said Lilly, [I thought all humans knew how to work human things.]
"Well, I guess not," I said, laying down the poké-ball on the bed.
I was about to go back through my bag, when a red beam of light shot out of the poké-ball towards Lilly! As soon as the line hit, Lilly started to turn into pixels, and within seconds, Lilly was absorbed into the Poké-ball!
"Lilly!" I cried out as my one friend suddenly disappeared.
"Is everything alright sir?" asked Nurse Joy, walking into the room.
"Yeah, everything is alright," I said, quickly hiding my feelings behind a basic look of calm I used to not draw attention to myself, "why do you ask?"
"I thought I heard a cry from this room," said Nurse Joy quickly looking around the room for a moment, "perhaps I was hearing things."
"Hey, don't feel bad, we all hear things sometimes that aren't there," I said as Nurse Joy left.
"Well, if you need anything just call, there is always someone on duty," said Nurse Joy, closing the door behind her.
As soon as the door closed, I immediately started to panic about where Lilly was. I picked up the poké-ball from where it lay beside me, and examined it. It was exactly the same, except that the silver button on the front now had a small ring of light purple on the outside.
"Maybe if I press the button," I muttered to myself, and immediately a wave of relief washed over me as Lilly rematerialized in front of me as I press the poké-ball's button, "oh thank god."
[Why should I thank Arcues?] asked Lilly as she looked up at me in confusion, [did something go wrong?]
"No, I'm just not accustomed to poké-balls," I explained, "and when I saw it capture you, I didn't know if you would be stuck in there permanently. I was afraid I had lost my only friend."
[That would be terrible,] agreed Lilly, walking over to sit next to me, [but look on the bright side. Now I will always be by your side, and if you want we never have to use that poké-ball again.]
"Yeah, I'm never going to use that again," I said, putting the poké-ball into my bag, "I guess you'll have to walk everywhere."
[I'm fine with that,] said Lilly with a smile, [that means I get to be around you more.]
"And I don't have to worry about not having someone by my side," I added, a smile crossing my face as well. The two of us were going to have a lot of fun.
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The next morning, Lilly and I were walking down route 19 from Aspertia Town. After getting a few changes of clothes, a poké-dex, a trainer ID, and a few other things from Nurse Joy at the Poké-center, including a map, I found out that I was in the Unova region. Lucky for me, my one pokémon game was set in the Unova region, so I had a basic idea about where I was going.
On our way out of Aspertia Town, Lilly and I stopped at a store called Ranger Surplus, where I bought some more advanced supplies with the little bit of money we had, such as a pair of tactical combat boots, since while my sneakers weren't damaged by the lightning they had almost no grip, a tent and sleeping bag for nights outside, and a standard tactical knife in case we ran into trouble.
[So, what do you plan on doing?] asked Lilly as walked, [and more importantly, where are we going?]
"I'm not sure what I plan on doing. Most people plan on taking on the eight Unova gyms in order to try to become the champion," I said, "as for where we are going, I was thinking we would head to Floccesy Town to start, and then just go from there."
[So in other words, you have no real idea where to go,] said Lilly.
"What? Would you like me to have a plan?" I asked.
[Well, it would make things easier later on down the road,] said Lilly.
"Hey you!" called a voice from the side of the road, and turning I saw a young boy, probably thirteen years old, running over, "are you a trainer?"
"Maybe, why do you ask?" I asked, Lilly and I stopping in our tracks.
"I was wondering if you would be willing to have a pokémon battle with me?" asked the boy, I unhooking a poké-ball from his belt, "unless you're too scarred. I personally wouldn't blame you if you were though, your pokémon doesn't look that tough."
[Not tough!] called Lilly, jumping over to stand between me and the boy, [I'll show you tough.]
"I think my friend here would disagree with you," I said with a slight smile, "you still want to do this?"
"With pleasure," said the boy, throwing the poké-ball and releasing a small humanoid pokémon covered in blades, which if my memory of the Unova Poké-dex was correct was a Pawniard, in front of Lilly, "alright Blades, get ready for a fight."
"You mind it if before we fight I have a word with my pokémon?" I asked as the Pawniard started sharpening it's blades against each other.
"Fine," said the boy, looking at his watch, "we each get three minutes to talk with our pokémon before we battle."
[Why did you do that?] asked Lilly as she walked closer to me.
"Because I don't know what moves you can do," I explained, pulling out my new poké-dex and doing a quick scan of Lilly, "ok, so we have Confusion, Teleport, Disarming Voice, and Magical Leaf to work with."
[So, what do you think I should start with?] asked Lilly, [I've never done a battle like this.]
"Just listen to what I say, and we should be fine," I said, taking a quick glance at our opponents, "Pawniard, if I'm remembering correctly, are both dark and steel type, which will make this battle tricky."
[How so?]
"Well, psychic type moves like confusion don't work on dark type, and grass type moves like Magical Leaf, might do minor damage, but overall aren't that good. We might have to pull something out of our hats."
[What?] asked Lilly, tilting her head slightly.
"Nevermind, just make sure to stay away from his blades, and listen to me, and all should be fine."
"The three minutes are up!" called the boy as his Pawniard walked back to its battle position, "now we fight."
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(Lilly's POV)
"So, do you want to start us off, or should we?" asked Joey to the boy who had challenged us into a fight.
"We'll start," said the boy, pointing straight at me, "Blades, use Fury Cutter!"
"Lilly, use Teleport to get behind him, then use Magical Leaf!" called Joey as the Pawniard rushed at me, swinging it's blades covered arms towards me as it did.
[I got it!] I called out as I did as Joey said, but before I could fire my Magical Leaf, the boy, now behind me, called out.
"Blades, use Double Team and surround your opponent!"
Suddenly, the Pawniard split multiple times, so there were eight of him, and then they all started running around me, making it impossible to locate the real one.
[Joey, what do I do?] I asked as I kept turning around, trying to locate my opponent, [I've lost him!]
"Lilly, use Magical Leaf to create a cloud of leaves around you to destroy his copies!" called Joey.
"Blades, stop her with another Fury Cutter!" cried the boy, but before the Pawniard could attack I quickly released the Magical Leaf all around me, draining a decent portion of my energy. Immediately, the leaves started spreading out, making it impossible to see anything, but I did hear a sharp cry of pain as my attack made contact.
"Lilly, teleport back to my side!" called Joey, and after I concentrated for a moment to locate where Joey was standing, I teleported to his side. As soon as I did though, I fell to my knees in exhaustion "hey, you ok?"
[Yeah, I'm just a little tired,] I replied as I felt a hand on my shoulder, and looking up a saw Joey belt over me, a look of concern on his face, [I might of over done it with that Magical Leaf.]
"Well you can't say it wasn't effective," said Joey, pointing towards my cloud of leaves, which had started to subside. After a minute though, I could make out the Pawniard, laying flat on his face, unconscious.
"How the hell did you do that?" asked the Pawniard's trainer, returning him to his poké-ball, "Blade is my strongest pokémon, and you beat him with something so small and skinny."
'Hey!' I cried out loud, not liking being called small.
"Strength isn't the only thing to take into consideration in a battle," simply replied Joey, "now grant it, your Double Team attack was a smart move, but you only had your Pawniard use physical attacks. You should teach him some ranged attacks, perhaps something like Hidden Power. You would have a better chance of winning."
"Maybe," muttered the boy, pulling out some square thing from his pocket, and removing something green, handed the green thing to Joey, "I know that the normal pay for losing a battle is two hundred dollars, but I only have half that."
"Whoa, I can't take your money," said Joey, giving it back to the boy, "keep it."
"You sure?" asked the boy, a little confused, "everyone else who has beaten me had gladly taken the money."
"Yeah, I'm sure," said Joey with a nod, "if you want to get rid of it though, perhaps you should take that Pawniard of yours out to eat. He gave Lilly a decent fight, and deserves something nice."
"Hey man, thanks," said the boy as he turned to head back to town, only to stop a few feet away, "hey, I never got your name."
"I'm Joey, this is Lilly."
"I'm Max," said the boy, turning and starting back to town.
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"Are you ok?" asked Joey as I slumped weakly against his leg as I felt more of the effects of my Magical Leaf.
[I really shouldn't of done that last Magical Leaf so strong,] I muttered, trying to stay upright, [I think I need a rest.]
"Well, if you want I could find us a clearing an e set up camp there," suggested Joey, "or we could go back to the Poké-center of you want."
[Let's find a camp site,] I said, trying to walk a few feet, only to fall to my knees out of exhaustion. I tried standing back up, but before I could completely I felt two strong hands underneath me, and turning I saw that Joey was holding me in his arms.
"Here, you can rest," said Joey as he picked up his back from where it lay, and started walking down the road, "I'll let you know when we reach somewhere for the night."
[Thank you,] I muttered as I started to slowly drift off to sleep in Joey's arms. I really did chose a good trainer.
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(Joey's POV)
I sat on a log, starring at the fire I had made. Shortly after Lilly fell asleep I had found a small clearing to set up camp. I quickly set up the tent, making sure not to wake Lilly, and when it was done I laid her gently on her own small sleeping bag. Afterwards, I started a small fire, and pulled out two things, my old DS, and my new poké-dex, and examined both.
The data on my DS was still intact, even after being hit by a bolt of lightning, so I pulled up my game to take a look at it's Unova poké-dex and compared it to the one on my new poké-dex. Except for a few changes of who was running the gyms, there was no real difference between them, so I kinda knew what I was heading into.
"But why am I here?" I muttered, looking up into the night sky. Even the stars were different here, "what caused me to come to this world?"
Well, hope you all enjoyed chapter 2. As we said, school is starting for us, so don't expect another chapter for a while. Feel free to PM though if you have any questions or comments for us. One of both of us are on every day, so we should be able to get back to you.
So, until next time. This is J and L, saying good bye.