Chapter Two: The First Encounter
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Rina tries to pull away from the man that has latched onto her arm. His grip stays concrete on her arm. She continues to struggle but to no avail. Vicky flares up and jumps out of Rina's arms landing on the man's face. She scratches his face and jumps back into Rina's arms as he lets go. He places his hands on his face and lets out a yell.
"Good job, Vixy-chan. Let's go." She turns to run and bumps into a woman. Rina and Vixy fall backwards onto the ground landing with a soft thud.
"Didn't I tell you that you need to stop flirting with women? It always ends badly for you." She says as she laughs.
He glares at her and responds in a stern voice, his hands still on his scratched face. "Stop laughing and get her."
Rina jumps up quickly but not quick enough. The woman grabs her by the hair that had fallen out of its clips during the fall. Rina winces and groans as she gets pulled back by her hair.
"That is such a cheap move. Let me go." She struggles but the grip on her hair gets tighter.
"You and your Pokémon are coming with us. The boss is really looking forward to you." The woman says smiling.
"Boss? For what?" She says as she sees a small blur in the corner of her eyes.
"For Team Rocket of course. You're a very valuable commodity."
Vixy runs behind the woman and jumps onto her slightly bent over back. She digs her claws into her scratching her and ripping her top. She jumps on top of her head using it to springboard back down to Rina.
"Bitch!" She lets go of Rina's hair as she jumps up to grab her back that is now bleeding.
Rina moves back and looks around the area frantically thinking about what all she has with her. She looks over the props and gets an idea. She runs over to them and grabs a hoop from the pile.
"Vixy-chan use Ember." She says as she holds it up in front of her.
The Vulpix uses Ember on the hoop and the rods on it start to light up in flames. Part of the crowd stops running and stops to turn and look at them. Seiji and Daisuke continue trying to push their way through the crowd to get to her. Scyther and Eevee duck through the crowd and head towards Rina slowly trying their best not to get stepped on or pushed back.
"Vixy-chan," Rina says, "Be on your guard." She holds the flaming hoop in front of her as if she was holding out a shield.
"I don't understand." The man says as he brings his bloody hands down from his face. "She isn't supposed to be a trainer." He pulls out a Poké ball. It grows in size in his hand.
"Guess we'll have to actually fight this one." The woman says as she pulls out a Poké ball from her bra.
"Come forth, Arcanine." The man says as the Pokémon comes forth from the Poké ball.
"Come join the party, Victreebel." The woman says as hers comes out as well.
"Two against one, huh? Figures. Slime balls like you can't possibly play fair." Rina says as she looks over the Pokémon. She knows that she's very inexperienced, and she has no chance of winning normally. 'Think Rina, think. How can you defeat two Pokémon that are stronger than your one? If I had some help this wouldn't be such an issue. Dammit.'
"We're villains," she laughs. "What villains ever play fair? Now, we can do this the hard way or we can do this the easy way. Your choice. You're outnumbered and outmatched."
"Not anymore, she isn't." A man's voice is heard from the darkness, and he walks over the rope towards Rina. The voice sounded very familiar to her. She hasn't heard that voice in over a year.
"Michio-kun!" She says as her face brightens up.
The teenage boy stands tall next to her. His medium length purple hair is pulled back into a ponytail keeping it out of his face. His black pants hug his long, slender legs while his black shirt contours to his slight muscular build. He pulls his pocket watch out of the rich purple vest over his shirt. He clicks it open and smiles saying as he looks down at it, "Wow. I have amazing timing as always it seems."
"Who the hell is this kid?" The man says with a skeptical look on his face.
"It doesn't matter. He's just some punk kid from this rink dink town. He can't do anything. Go forth, Victreebel! Use bind on them!"
"Dodge it, Vixy-chan!" She says as she fights it back with the flames on her hoop. "Not a big fan of fire, are you?" She says to the Pokémon trying to grab her.
Michio jumps back dodging the vines coming towards him. He pulls out two Poké balls clicking both of them open to release two Pokémon. A Vaporeon and a Sandslash come out of the Poké balls. Michio looks at his Pokémon with a serious look.
"Vapor-kun! Slash-kun! Dodge the vines!"
Both Pokémon nod and jump out of the way of the vines coming from Victreebel.
"Hmph. Don't think that your sad, little Pokémon can help you. We are trained professionals. You can't defeat us." The woman says as she pushes her hair behind her ear and out of her face.
Michio smiles a toothy smile. "Vapor-kun use Quick Attack on Arcanine! Slash-kun dig underground!"
The Vaporeon moves quickly and slams its feet into the Arcanine. Arcanine slides back some almost bumping into the man right behind him. Vapor flips back after using Arcanine's face as leverage landing softly on his feet. Vapor runs back to Michio and holds its ground awaiting the next command from its trainer. He starts to growl at his opponents whom he gets a strange vibe from that he didn't like. Sandslash, with rapid speed, digs and disappears underground.
The man looks over at his companion. "Kyoko-san! Put them to sleep!"
He takes a couple of steps back and covers his face with his arm.
"What does he mean by put us to sleep?" Rina says as she steps back holding the flaming hoop even tighter in her hands.
Kyoko points towards Rina and Michio. "Use Sleep Powder on them!"
The Victreebel flaps its leaves as a sparkling, blue powder comes out of its mouth. The small amount of wind from it flapping its leaf limbs pushes the powder towards them. Rina and Michio cover their mouths as they try not to breathe it in.
Kyoko laughs, "Great idea, Takeshi-kun! She will be ours now!"
"Vapor-kun!" Michio yells through his jacket sleeve. "Use Rain Dance!"
The Vaporeon starts to move in a graceful way as if dancing. The night sky gets darker as clouds begin to form blocking out the moon and the stars. A few drops of rain start to fall. Rina tosses her hoop at them while they are distracted by the incoming rain. It hits Victreebel in the head, the flames slightly burning it. The rain starts to pour down harder and the flames on the hoop are extinguished. The rain washes away the sleep powder in the air making it breathable again. Rina picks up Vulpix and holds her tightly in her arms trying to shield her from the rain.
A scowl forms on Takeshi's face as he looks up at the sky steadily releasing more rain. "Arcanine! Use Agility!" The Arcanine starts to relax, its body becoming lighter and faster.
"Defensive moves, I see?" Michio says in a condescending tone. "Vapor-kun! Use Water Gun!"
A stream of water shoots out of Vapor's mouth towards Arcanine.
"Arcanine, dodge it!"
Arcanine shifts to the side dodging the stream of water.
"Now, Arcanine, use Thunder Fang!"
The Arcanine quickly moves as lightning flashes through the sky followed by loud crackling. Rina catches the blur of the Pokémon pass by.
"Vapor-kun, dodge it!"
Vaporeon shifts to move out of the way but doesn't move fast enough. The Arcanine's mouth begins to glow yellow as his fangs dig into Vapor's tail. A yellow light shines as electricity flows through the Vaporeon from Arcanine's fangs. Vaporeon falls down and struggles to get up stumbling around. Arcanine lets go of the Vaporeon's tail as the Pokémon continues to struggle to stand up.
"Looks like your Vaporeon is paralyzed. What a shame." Takeshi says in a sly tone.
"Dammit! Vapor-kun! You can do it! Fight through it!" Michio says as he thinks. 'Dammit. What am I going to do? Slash-kun is still underground but the rain will hurt him a little bit. If the Rain Dance stops then the powder from Victreebel will become an issue again. Plus, Arcanine is a lot faster right now.'
He looks down at the ground starting to form muddy water puddles from all of the rain. He notices his feet starting to sink into the ground. 'That's it!'
Michio yells out. "Slash-kun! Use Defense Curl!"
The Sandslash underground curls itself into a ball, its outer hide toughening.
"Now, who's the one using defensive moves? You won't even let your Pokémon surface." Takeshi says grinning mischievously at Michio.
Michio smiles and says, "Don't worry. He will soon enough. Fire types are weak against ground types."
"Arcanine get ready to dodge!"
"Slash-kun, use rapid spin on Victreebel!"
Kyoko opens her mouth but before words can even come out, Slash pops out of the ground, still curled in a ball, spinning rapidly knocking into Victreebel causing it to fall over.
"Now, use Fury Cutter!"
Slash opens up from its defensive position. His claws start to glow a light tan color and his arms move back and forth quickly cutting into Victreebel. Slash lands on the ground in front of Victreebel glowing tan marks forming all over Victreebel's body. He jumps back underground through its tunnel and pops back up next to Michio.
"Good job! Now, use Swift on them all!"
Slash stands back on his hind legs and white and yellow stars form around him. He brings his arms towards his body and then pushes them back out causing the stars to shoot out in front of him spreading and hitting Arcanine and Victreebel before they can react. Arcanine and Victreebel begin sinking into the muddy ground unable to keep their footing.
"This is impossible!" Takeshi says as he bites down on his lower lip in anger. "We have to get the girl!"
The rain continues to fall hitting Vapor and causing him to glow light blue. He stands up as the rain washes away the paralysis. He barks happily and has a determined look on his face. Michio looks down to see Vapor stand up.
"Feeling better, Vapor-kun?" The Vaporeon barks happily again in response. "Good. Now, lets try this again, use Water Gun on Arcanine!"
Vaporeon opens his mouth and water spirals out in a stream and heads towards Arcanine.
"Dodge it again!" Takeshi yells in a stern tone.
Arcanine tries to dodge but when he tries to move, his foot falls through a hole in the slick ground. The mud around his leg suctions it down into the ground. The Arcanine struggles to pull his leg out and lets out a yelp.
"What the hell?" Takeshi says as he looks down baffled. "Pull your leg out! It's just mud."
"That's where you're wrong." He looks over at Rina. "Rina-chan, step back." Rina nods and steps back putting distance between herself and Michio.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Kyoko asks as she tries to get her Victreebel to stand back up.
"You know what ground type Pokémon love to do?" Michio says smiling.
"Is that even a question?!" She responds in anger. "Get up, Victreebel!"
Takeshi stares at Michio with a blank look and then his face changes to a serious look when things click in his brain. "Dig." He says. "They love to dig."
"Bingo. Slash-kun! Magnitude!"
Slash jumps into the air, curling into a ball, spinning fast, and glowing completely in a light tan color. He slams back down to the ground landing on his feet and one paw into the ground. The ground starts to shake all around them and the ground beneath Team Rocket and their Pokémon starts to crumble.
"Arcanine! Get out and get us out of here."
The Pokémon struggles to pull his leg out and can't. Arcanine, Takeshi, and Kyoko all sink into the ground falling into a large hole under the surface ground. Both members of Team Rocket yell out as they hit the ground. Takeshi falls on top of Arcanine and softens his fall a little. They look around trying to adjust their vision to newly darkness. Victreebel sinks its roots into the ground to hold on and not fall.
"Vapor-kun, Aurora Beam on him!"
Vapor opens his mouth again a blue-ish green light forming from within. He lets out a beautiful, rainbow colored beam that hits Victreebel head on. The beam freezes the rain falling around it and starts freezing Victreebel knocking it unconscious. Victreebel loses its grip on the already soft soil and falls into the hole landing on top of Kyoko and Takeshi. Both of them let out grunts and groans as he rests on top of them.
"Get off of me, you fat ass." Kyoko starts yelling at the Pokémon. "When we get out of here, you're going on a diet!"
"Will you shut up and stop yelling every two seconds?" He says in a muffled voice.
"Make me!" She yells at him struggling to get out from under Victreebel.
They both continue arguing as the crowd starts cheering. Scyther and Eevee emerge from the crowd and dash towards Rina. They both nuzzle up to her and start making concerned sounds. She smiles and pets them.
"I'm okay. No worries. Are you okay, Vixy-chan?" She says as she looks down at Vixy. Vixy nods and barks happily jumping out of her arms onto the ground to nuzzle up to Trixie. Rina shifts her vision over to Michio who has pulled out his Pokégear.
"Yes, Suiren Police Department? We have some members of Team Rocket here captured."
The operator on the other end replies, "Roger that. We have fixed in on your Pokégear location. An officer will be there right away."
"Thank you." He hangs up his Pokégear and turns to look at Rina with a concerned look. "Are you okay?"
"Hai." She nods. "I'm okay. My arm hurts a little from being grabbed but that's not important right now." She hugs him tightly. "I missed you. Thank you for coming today."
He hugs her back tightly and places his hands on her shoulders pushing her back after a few moments. He pushes back her soaked hair sticking to her face behind her ear. "I missed you too. I didn't think I would make it back in time." His green eyes look deep into her pools of blue. The rain starts to subside as Seiji and Daisuke run up to them. They stop to catch their breath when they reach them.
"Are you okay, Rina-chan?" Seiji asks as he starts to catch his breath.
"I'm okay." She says pulling away completely from Michio turning towards them. "No thanks to you two." She says as she crosses her arms.
"We couldn't get through the crowd." Daisuke says in their defense.
"Whatever." Rina says. "It doesn't matter now. All that matters is those two going to jail for a long time."
Rina slowly makes her way over to the hole to look down it. The sounds of arguing and Kyoko yelling keep coming from the hole. She stops before getting too close as the sound of sirens and a motorcycle sound.
A Growlithe hops out of the sidecar and barks. A woman takes off her helmet letting out her medium length green hair. She reaches into her side pouch pulling out her officer cap placing it back on her head. Daisuke stares at her with a mesmerized look. She stands tall in navy heels that didn't look fit to be worn by an officer. His gaze runs up her long, slender legs that were fitted tightly in her navy mini skirt. Her shirt hugged all of her curves in all of the right places making her breasts seem fuller than her frame suggested.
"She's beautiful." Daisuke says as stars and hearts form in his eyes.
The officer walks over to them, Growlithe following suit. "Don't worry everyone! I have the situation under control!" Her heel catches in the soft ground and she stumbles.
Rina's face turns skeptical. 'Under control? Riiiiight.' She pats Daisuke on the back. "She is all yours."
The officer steps over the safety rope now lying on the ground, the posts that were holding it up, unearthed. She looks at the large hole in the ground and shines her flashlight down it to see Team Rocket and their Pokémon.
"So, how do you know they are Team Rocket?" She says as she shines the light in their faces. "How do I know that you guys aren't Team Rocket?"
'Is she really serious?' Rina thinks to herself.
"Junsar-san, you know I'm not Team Rocket. You know I despise them." Michio says.
"Hmm." She looks over at Michio and recognizes him. "Oh! Ryusaki-kun! I'm sorry that I didn't recognize you before. I guess you all check out then." She clicks off the flash light.
"My name is Watanabe Daisuke." Daisuke says in a dazed voice.
The officer stands there with a blank look on her face and ignores him causing Seiji to hold back a snicker. The sound of more sirens are heard as police cars arrive. More officers come out of the cars and head over to the site of the hole. After a few minutes, they manage to get Team Rocket and their Pokémon out of the hole. They promptly cuff them and start to cart them off.
"Wait!" Rina says as she runs up to the police car as they push Takeshi's head down to get him into the car.
He looks up at her the scratches still on his face. Dried blood slowly turning brown streaked across his face.
"Why were you after me?" She questions him.
He smiles and says in a creepy tone. "Don't worry. I'll be back for you. You'll find out then." He laughs and they shut the car door.
Michio walks up to her from behind. "So, why were they after you?"
Rina shakes her head at the cop cars drive away. 'I don't know. He said he would be back and that's when I would find out. Earlier they said that I was a commodity. What did he mean by that?"
They hear a voice call out from behind them. "I think I may have an answer for that."