Chapter 10
A Handsome Young Man and Pokémon who Refused to Fight.
"Stop you thieves!" I screamed as I was hot on their tail. They continued to snicker as they ran, holding my bag in the air. Running back down those huge piers south of Lavender Town, I felt my feet slipping on the wet surface, and the faster I ran, the more it felt like I was going to trip and face plant. "When I get ahold of you three..!"
A man was walking up in the opposite direction, I didn't pay much attention to him, except for the fact that he was wearing black clothing, and walking with his hands in his pockets.
He seemed to notice Team Rocket coming towards him, and he stepped to the side to let them pass. Dammit! Why didn't he stop them? He could clearly tell they were criminals!
As it was my turn to run past him, I heard him mutter something about Team Rocket. "You, girl."
"Eh?" I stopped running and looked at him from over my shoulder. "What?!"
"They stole your bag?"
"Yes! And I'm trying to catch them!" I turned around to continue my chase, when he pulled out a Pokéball from his pocket.
"I highly dislike Team Rocket.." He continued to speak in a somewhat low, monotoned voice. "Allow me to lend some assistance." He threw it, and out came a Mightyena. "Stop them, and retrieve that bag."
"Harr!" The Mightyena snarled, before giving chase to the three criminals. It was fast. I stared in amazement.
"A Mightyena? Those originate from-"
"Hoenn, yes."
I turned to the man. He had a young, slim and handsome face. His black hair parted to the right, just covering his right eye, and the length reached down to the back of his neck. He wore a black cloth loosely wrapped around his head like a headband, a black scarf which covered his chin somewhat, a long black jacket which covered a black or dark navy shirt beneath it, and his long black jeans flared out at the ankles, covering black leather shoes. His light blue eye contrasted from all the dark colours, and it was stunning. This guy, was sexy.
I didn't notice the katana strapped to his back until after he turned around. What is a guy doing carrying around a weapon like that?
"Woah.." I breathed, admiring this guy.
"Hn?"
"Nothing! Uh, what's your name?"
"It's polite to say your own before asking another's.." His expression didn't seem to change.
"Oh! Right, sorry! Uh, I'm Florence! Nice to meet you!" I said, tripping over myself. He finally looked at me.
"Florence..?"
"Yes. That's right. I know it's kind of an uncommon name and all.. uh.."
He shook his head. "I knew someone by that name once.. once."
"Oh.."
"... My name is.. Keith.." He said, staring at me. I blinked.
"Haha! How awesome, I had a friend called Keith many years ago! … Had.." I emphasised.
"Had?"
I nodded. "He.. died when we were little.." I lowered my head, remembering my sadness.
"... My condolences." He averted his eyes.
"It's alright."
"Harr!" I almost jumped and screamed at the sudden noise. The Mightyena had returned. Keith extended his hand and smacked it on the nozzle. I was stunned. The Mightyena whined and lowered its head fearfully.
"You failed.. I am disappointed." He bluntly spoke, before returning it to the Pokéball. I'd never seen anyone ever hit a Pokémon before. I looked over to where Team Rocket were. They were gone.
"Where did they go.." I thought aloud. I did see my bag laying on the pier though, a Pokéball rolled out of it, and kept rolling towards the edge. "Ack!" I ran to catch it, but missed. "Nooo!"
Water could probably damage the Pokéball. Just then, something huge splashed into the water and zoomed down. It swam too quickly, identifying it was impossible. Keith stood near me.
"My Sharpedo will retrieve it. At least I know it wont fail me."
I looked up at him, his eyes were fixed on the water. "Your.. uh.. Mightyena.."
"It's in training. Don't mind the punishment, it needs to learn through heavy discipline, otherwise it will not grow strong enough to fight alongside me."
It sounded so harsh. "Oh.. well it could be stronger than it looks!" I said. "Why don't we have a battle?"
"No, you're too weak."
"I'm not weak!"
A Sharpedo burst up from the water, my Pokéball in its mouth. "Shar!" It's incredible demeanour made it seem very powerful. I hesitated in deciding to grab it or not.
"It's fine."
"Shar!"
I gulped, reached down and grabbed the Pokéball. "Oh, why thank you sweetie." I said to it, and briefly petted it. It's skin was so rough, like sharp sandpaper or something.
"I wouldn't pet it." Keith spoke.
"Eh.. I noticed." My hand was red, just from those short few seconds of softly touching it.
"I'm leaving now." He returned Sharpedo, before turning away.
"No, wait!" I stood up. "Let me battle you! If you're as strong as you say you are, then you shouldn't have any problems challenging me, right?"
"Hn, precisely. It'd be a waste of time."
"So you're too scared to battle, huh?" I smirked. He narrowed his eyes towards me.
"Fine, but make it quick, then." He turned around, and sent out Mightyena again. "Do not fail me a second time." He spoke to it. It nodded hesitantly.
"Harr!"
I tossed the ball in my hand, not recognising which Pokémon it was. Atropine.
"Muuuuuk."
"Atropine, Gunk Shot!"
"Dodge it.."
"Harrgh!" Mightyena jumped up high, then lunged at Muk with a Crunch attack.
"Ice Punch, upwards, now!" Atropine froze his hand and punched directly up, smashing it's fist right into the Mightyena's jaw. It yelped and landed on the ground pretty harshly.
"Tch.." Keith seemed disappointed.
"Finish it with Mud Bomb!"
Atropine spat out a huge ball of mud at Mightyena, it tried to dodge but couldn't get up quick enough. It yelped again, before laying there in too much pain to continue.
"Pathetic.." Keith muttered under his breath, before returning Mightyena.
"Muuuk!" Atropine cheered, he seemed eager for more battling.
"Go, Sharpedo."
"Shar!" Sharpedo landed in the water after coming out of it's ball, before disappearing from sight.
"Aqua Jet."
"Shar... pedo!" Sharpedo shot up out of the water like a jet, and crashed into Atropine at a tremendous force.
"M-Muk!"
"Crunch."
Atropine didn't look like he could take much more.
"Atropine, r-"
"Ice Beam."
Sharpedo froze him solid. I returned Atropine, and sent out Ampharos.
"Quickly, Ampharos, use Discharge!"
"Aaamph!" It shocked Sharpedo, but it still survived. Sharpedo flipped backwards, into the water.
"Sharpedo.. Take Down."
Again, it shot out of the water like a bullet.
"Slow it down with Power Gem!"
But the Sharpedo took it and endured it, before tackling Ampharos.
"Grab it, Ampharos! Don't let it get back in the water!"
Ampharos wrapped its arms around Sharpedo as best as it could, and winced.
"Discharge, one more time!"
The Sharpedo looked weak after that.
"Sh..Shar.."
"Crunch." Keith showed no sympathy for his Pokémon.
Sharpedo bit down hard on Ampharos, causing her to cry out loudly. She zapped it again, finishing the battle.
"Kuh." Keith returned Sharpedo without another word.
"You fought well, Ampharos. I'm proud!" I said, she smiled at me before I returned her as well.
"... You are impressive.. only one person has defeated my Sharpedo before.. but my next Pokémon, remains undefeated."
"Then, I'll also use my strongest! Come on out, Calida!"
"Dragonite, defeat them."
We said at the same time.
His Dragonite roared and stretched it's wings, Calida reared up, ready to go.
"Dragonite, Hyper Beam."
"Calida! Bounce attack!"
But something was wrong. Neither Pokémon obeyed. They just stood there, staring at each other. After a short moment, both Pokémon turned their heads back to look at us.
"Draargh.."
"Hiin..."
"Why wont you attack?!" Keith hissed. The Dragonite lowered its head, as if it was ashamed.
"Calida.. what's wrong?" She snorted, before returning to her Pokéball. "Huh..?!"
"I said, Hyper Beam!" Keith looked agitated.
The Dragonite shook it's head, and looked down at me. "Maaargh!"
I stared back at it, confused. It seemed disappointed at my clueless expression, before also, returning to it's Pokéball.
[Authors Note: Sorry for the long wait guys! . Just recently graduated from school, and bought Pokémon Y, so it's all been time consuming ~ I promise to try and release more chapters more frequently now! Hope you guys enjoy this chapter! And remember, feedback motivates me to keep writing! w)