Author's Corner.
Scarlet: Uh… Slybill, Shouldn't the author's corner, like, come in at the end of the page. Hey! Are you even listening to me?
*Slybill looks at his very first review and starts to hyperventilate.*
Scarlet: Geez, you're this excited over a review. This Alphinia person says your grammar's kinda weak.
Slybill: Even then, it's still my first review ever.
White: So I guess ya need ta hit the dictionaries Sly.
Scarlet *points at White*: Someone please tell me what she's doing here! And do the bloody disclaimer already!
DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN POKEMON. ELSE ASH WOULD'VE DATED MAY BY NOW!
Unova Region.
8 years ago…
A little girl stumbled through Route 1 as she tried to catch up to her brother.
"Black! Wait up!" she huffed as she dragged her stuffed Trubbish through a thicket. Black stopped a short distance from the girl. Dawn hadn't broken out yet and as such, his features weren't entirely noticeable. All the little girl could make out as she waddled up to him was his ever distinguishable red and white hat and that mass of brown hair that covered his eyes leaving only an eerie smile on his teenage face. He had six pokeballs on his belt and was donning a long, black stylish overcoat that signified his position as champion of Unova.
"You should be asleep, baby sis…"he whispered as he crouched down to her level and ruffled her shock of snow-white hair.
"But Black, where are you going?" she asked, voice quivering. "You've only been here 2 days. You promised you'd stay here longer and play with me."
"I know. But something's come up and I have to meet Auntie Cynthia in Undella town before heading to Sinnoh for something important," he replied tapping her nose slightly. White pouted.
"Liar! You're just gonna try and find that Ghetsis- guy again. I heard you talking about him over the phone last night," she snapped as she crossed her little arms. Black's smile grew wider before pulling her into a hug.
"You know me too well kiddo…." He remarked as he gave her a short squeeze. "Listen, something big is going to happen soon and, as the champion, I've gotta go handle it. I might not be back for a while but I need you to promise me that you'll stay strong and wait for your brother."
The youngster sniffled and held her brother tightly. "But Black, I don't want you to go. Cheren says that your missions are always too dangerous and you might never come back one day…"
"Well I'll just have to prove mister-glasses wrong now, won't I?" he replied faking Cheren's voice and smiling when he heard a cute giggle. "I love you White and I promise I'll be back. Tell Mom not to worry alright?"
"O-Okay…" she replied stifling a yawn. She fought to keep her eyelids up as Black's Unfezant silently flew them both to her bedside window. As Black gently placed his sister on her bed, she held up the stuffed Trubbish.
"Sir Stinky wants a kiss goodbye," she murmured. Black smiled once more and gave both her and the doll a light peck on the forehead each. Hopping onto his awaiting Unfezant, he gave his signature Victini peace-sign and zoomed off into the dark blue sky.
A month later, White held Sir Stinky close as a funeral was taking place on that same Route 1. As Bianca sobbed uncontrollably into Professor Juniper's arms and Cheren comforted Black's grieving mother, White stepped up to the Champion's gravestone and whispered,
"Liar…."
Pinwheel forest, Unova Region.
A Scolipede reached for an Oran berry on a tall tree. In the bushes nearby were a Jolteon and his red-haired partner lying dead-still.
"First time seeing a Scolipede before," Scarlet whispered as he whipped out a pokedex set to text-mode. "It says here that they're not found in Pinwheel forest. I think it's our lucky day buddy. Maybe if we catch it, we'll get some major bucks off the bug-maniac market."
Jolteon rolled his black eyes at the last comment. Couldn't his master take money less seriously? They were supposed to be resting after that six-hour flight and Jolteon wasn't in good shape to battle as he was still sore from that 10000 foot drop into the lake nearby .(Apparently, someone had jumped out of the plane when asked for his passport and Jolteon, being the faithful fool that he was, followed suit. Scarlet apologised profusely after that death-defying ordeal.)
"Don't worry Jolt! We'll head off to Castelia City after this and I'll treat you to all the ice-cream you can eat," the hunter whispered noticing his partner's displeasure. Taking out his trusty stun-gun, (the one he used against the Tyrannitar), he aimed for the tiny opening in the Megapede Pokémon's neck. If he missed this shot, the chances of both he and his pokemon being mauled would skyrocket.
Just a little more and you're mine, baby, he thought to himself. He was just about to press the trigger and wish himself a job well done when suddenly-
"ALRIGHT! PIGNITE, USE ARM THRUST!"
It was loud, it was clear and from nowhere, a rotund pig pokemon shot out and started hammering its stubby arms into the startled Scolipede. Scarlet unintentionally let out an angry groan. What idiot would come into a ranger-protected zone, ruin his hunt and use a fighting move on a Scolipede with the ability poison point?
To say the Scolipede was mad would have been the biggest understatement of the year. With a savage cry, it tackled the Pignite and charged straight for the bushes not too far away. Seeing death on all fours, the "bushes" scattered to reveal a female trainer of about 14 wearing a white baseball hat with a pink pokeball design at the front. Scarlet didn't get to see her other features as she took off in a mad run for a tall tree nearby, screaming all the way. With the agility of a brick, she tried and failed to scamper up the tree and could only look in horror as the angered Scolipede bulldozed all in its path towards her.
Scarlet had watched in slight amusement as the Scolipede chased after the girl and held back a laugh when he saw her failed attempt at climbing to safety. He had seen some foolish trainers but this one topped them all. He wasn't going to save her though. That was a fact. Let the poor girl save herself, he thought as he nudged Jolteon and picked up his bag pack.
The girl had a good eye though and spotted the hunter leaving. Doing what any human would have done, she screamed "HEY MISTER! COULD YA GIVE ME A HAND HERE?"
Two words. BIG MISTAKE.
Scarlet froze in horror as he heard the Scolipede crack a look in his direction. He stole a glance at the pokemon and swallowed the heart threatening to leap out of his mouth. This Scolipede must have had a scary sense of justice as its yellow eyes instantly went bloodshot and a visible tick mark formed on its forehead. Giving a bloodthirsty roar the bug pokemon charged towards him as he dropped his bag, pulled out his gun and zoomed off in a direction away from his tired partner. Deciding that now would be a good time to heal Jolteon, he called out to the girl who was trying to wake her dazed Pignite.
"Hey lady! There's a bag in that bush over there and a Jolteon too! Take some max potions and heal that Jolteon…. and your pokemon too if you can!"
The girl nodded and made to stand up before stopping. "What's a Jolteon?" she called out to him. It took Scarlet half his willpower not to face-palm.
"JUST GO ALREADY!" he yelled as he turned to face the rampaging Scolipede. The target was nimble so he would have to get close enough to the pokemon to get a clear, split-second shot. As Scolipede was a poison type, it would take multiple shots from his stun-gun before it felt weary.
"Geez, this is gonna be a pain!" he remarked as he dodged a swift megahorn and side-stepped an oncoming poison tail. Sliding underneath the Scolipede, he let loose six swift shots on its underbelly. Crying out in annoyance, the pokemon tried a steamroller attack and nearly barrelled into the redhead if not for his sharp reflexes. Making a nine-out-of-ten cartwheel, he expertly dodged the attack and let it smash itself into a boulder instantly shattering it.
Meanwhile, the girl had found the bag and a yellow, tuckered out, dog-like pokemon nearby. Guessing that it was the Jolteon the boy was talking about, she pulled out a bottle labelled "MAX POTION" and sprayed its contents on the tell-tale bruise on the Jolteon's side. Feeling more than revitalized, Jolteon sprang up and tore his way towards his master leaving the girl in a cloud of dust. Hurrying towards her injured Pignite, she proceeded to spray another bottle before a thought flashed through her head. Why spray it when you can DRINK IT? And like the genius she was, Pignite was made to swallow every single drop of max potion.
Let's go back to Scarlet. He was trapped. He had nowhere to run. He had a stiffie the size of Mt. Chimney(it's from the adrenaline I swear!) but that could wait. He'd had one too many cartwheels and thanks to that, his leg had been hooked in a couple of overgrown aerial roots and he cursed the day he bought those plimsolls from Sinnoh. The Scolipede dragged its right foreleg across the ground like a bull before charging towards him. At that moment though, a searing bolt of lightning tore across the grassy ground before enveloping the surprised Scolipede. Both hunter and hunted turned in the direction of the bolt and Scarlet was relieved to see his partner growling at the bug pokemon.
"Took her long enough," Scarlet sighed as he started to twist his leg out of the roots. Jolteon rushed forward coating itself in electricity before slamming into the Scolipede. The bug pokemon stumbled backwards before unleashing an X-scissor in the hunter's direction.
"This thing's not coming down easy, is it?" Scarlet groaned as he freed himself and dodged the attack. 'Well if you had healed me sooner, this would have been over a long time ago,' Jolteon grumbled as it dodged a steamroller attack.
Scarlet was about to order an attack when a large stream of fire from behind them swamped the Scolipede. The duo turned to see a red-eyed Pignite looking absolutely murderous. It was glowing red, panting heavily and billowing steam endlessly from its nostrils. It seemed to be holding a very dishevelled girl above its head.
"Hey, are you alright?" she asked as she let herself off her pokemon.
"What did you do to your Pokemon and what happened to you?" Scarlet gasped. It looked like it was gonna blow up at any second.
"Oh! Pignite went a little berserk when I made her drink the max potion but don't worry though. I kept her under control after a while," she replied looking like she didn't have a care in the world.
"YOU DID WHAT?"
"Pignite looks like it's gonna blow though."
"YOU THINK?"
"OOOOOOOOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINK!"
"HEY! WATCH OUT!"
BOOOOOOOOOOM!
2 silent minutes later…
The smoke cleared to reveal a scene that one could otherwise term 'utter destruction'. Fallen trees, fainted grass pokemon and fire all contributed to make a rather tasteful backdrop. Yep, Scarlet was definitely here. From beneath a fallen tree trunk came a low groan. Moments later, the trunk was kicked off and a Jolteon emerged from the woody debris. Coughing out the dust in his throat and shaking off the leaves in his fur, he looked around for his red-haired master. Hearing a moan, he ran up to another pile of logs and began to push each trunk off. Not long after, he sighed in relief as his master was safe and sound in the arms of the weird girl they had met. Both had passed out however but they looked like they were coming to.
The girl's hat had been knocked off in the explosion and long, white, wispy hair sprawled around her head which intrigued the lightning pokemon. 'How old was she?' he pondered. Another moan escaped her lips and Jolteon decided to check for injuries. The girl helped him so it was the least he could do. Finding none however, he was quite puzzled. Scarlet couldn't have been that heavy could he? Looking at the girl's face, he didn't see the look of pain though. Rather, she had a light blush on her face. Tracing down her neck, his black eyes settled on her chest and he instantly sweatdropped. For lo and behold, Scarlet's hand was settled on her chest and was squeezing. Hard.
Master did always have a tight grip in his sleep anyway, Jolteon sighed as he nudged Scarlet. A second later, the redhead's eyes snapped open and he instinctively jumped into a defensive stance. Seeing the fainted Scolipede nearby, he relaxed and realized that he was standing on someone. Jumping off, he took out his cube, captured the Scolipede and grabbed his bag.
"Let's get outta here, Jolt. I think I've had enough for one day…" he murmured as he rubbed his pounding head. Jolteon disagreed however and gestured towards the sleeping girl.
"Oh right! Witnesses!" he said and aimed his gun at her. Jolteon electrocuted him and shook his head.
"Okay, Okay, I'll take her to a Pokemon Center. Happy now?" he sighed as he tucked his gun away and picked her up. Spotting her Pignite passed out on a tree branch nearby, he ordered Jolteon to retrieve her and follow him. Within minutes, they were gone.
"It was terrible sir! The entire zone was destroyed and the rare Scolipede residing there had disappeared!" a ranger spluttered as a man in his early twenties with light blue hair took a look at the scene. He wasn't paying much attention to the ranger though. He was more interested in the black tuft of hair dangling on a tree banch.
"A Pignite...huh? Scarlet never had one before..." he said to no one in particular.
"Sir?" the bewildered ranger stuttered. Top ranger Rain had this weird habit of talking to himself when he was investigating a scene and frankly, it creeped every ranger out. Stupid thing was... he always solved the case after 20 minutes of observing the scene.
Spotting a wispy strand of white hair,Rain strode over to the woody debris. He picked it up and eyed it curiously. "Doesn't look dyed. Maybe he had an accomplice. No... this was obviously done by accident. So the Pignite must have belonged to a rookie trainer with white hair as old people don't stroll through this area..." he deduced as he pocketed the strand. Casting a dull, red-eyed look in the ranger's direction, he smiled eerily instantly freaking the poor ranger out.
"Johnny, I think I just found a challenge..." he murmured in a dead, mysterious tone and the ranger wondered how he knew his name.
Author's corner.
Slybill: Wow! That was fun. *Dodges a sledgehammer*
Scarlet: Explain 'fun' you psychotic little lecher!
White: Yay! Fan service!
Scarlet: Shut Up! You're ruining my moment!
Boss: But you enjoyed it, didn't you Ginger?
Scarlet: That's IT! I'M GONNA RAGE NOW!