I'm sorry, my procrastination got the better of me. Consider it bi-weekly updates with on always on Saturday at this point...
"Good morning sleep butt, it's eleven in the morning."
"Five more minutes..."
"I have food."
"WHERE?" I yell as I jump up from the covers of the bed to a sitting position.
"Here," Violet answers as she holds up a bag with takeout. Then I realize something.
"Violet, did you seriously carry me when I was asleep just to put me in the bed?" I ask.
"Well, I woke up at seven and I think you fell off the couch last night, so I moved you to the bed when I went to get food," Violet answers as she gives me the bag of food and walks to the bathroom.
"Okay, then I don't feel so bad... unless you're lying to me for that reason!" I say as a joke.
Violet lets out a small laugh before I see her shake her head as she comes out of the bathroom with a hairbrush and says, "No, I'm not that good."
"What did you buy anyway?" I ask as I open the plastic bag to find two styrofoam boxes inside and a strong scent of breakfast food.
"Typical breakfast food," Violet responds as she throws the hairbrush she was holding at me, which I clumsily catch.
"Right, what did you need from your parents that you called them using the call booths?" I ask as I start brushing a part of my hair.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you? Sorry, I got her!" Violet says happily as she takes out a Pokeball.
"Rather bold of you to get her before you know I could even battle without Aria, hm?" I say teasingly.
"The curtains of the call booth don't block out sound at all, I heard your whole conversation with your parents," Violet say as she lets out Alicia.
Oh, wait.
"Shit, I forgot!" I yell the second I see the Ralts appear, not that I see it anymore because I'm hiding under the bed sheets.
"But look at her! Look how cute she is! Why are you hiding?" Violet says in the jerkiest voice that has ever come out of her mouth.
"Because she's scary!" I whine as I pull the covers around me.
"Honestly, it's like whenever you see a fairy type you degenerate into the mindset of a two-year-old who's afraid of the dark," Violet say as she pulls on the covers to try to shove Alicia to me.
"Ughhh, fine, just stop!" I say as I push Alicia away and move to sit on top of the sheets, still staying at least a foot away from Alicia and continue brushing my hair.
"See? She's cute!" Violet says as she sits down across from me while playing with Alicia's arms, who looked incredibly unhappy.
"She looks pissed," I say bluntly as I watch the Ralts try to get their arms away from Violet.
"Yeah... She doesn't like me much... At all really... I hope that she likes you enough to fight under your command, though," Violet says as she lets go of Alicia's arms after noticing that Alicia really didn't like Violet playing with them.
"Okay, well. Let's make a deal. You stay a meter away from me at all times, let me win the Gym Battle, and I'll make sure Violet stays a meter away from you, deal?" I say. Alicia nods, much to Violet's disappointment, and runs away from the both of us to sit on the couch.
"Aw... All I wanted to do was hug her because she's really cute and... Okay...," Violet stops her tangent once she sees the look on my face.
"Let's appreciate her personal space, hm? Anyway, we should meet up with Hilda now, although I bet she'll be late, she's the kind of person to do that," I say annoyed as I hand back her hairbrush. One of the things I know I still have from my past life is a hatred of being late. Of course, I don't care that much if you're five minutes late, ten will have me annoyed but I won't say or do anything, and fifteen is the dead zone. I won't actually say anything, I'll just give horrible death glares.
"I'm sure it won't be more than ten minutes after what happened with that full school project," Violet says as she returns Alicia to her Pokeball and gets up from the bed, me doing the same after I grab Aria's Pokeball from the bedside table.
"What are you talking about?" I ask as I open the door of the room and offer for Violet to go first, which is an offer she takes.
"You know, the school project?" Violet says as she waits for me to close the door.
"No, I don't know, what are you talking about?" I ask as I follow her to the stairs.
"In our junior year of high school, our school had us do a project where we all had to film a video about diversity and one student from every year was put into a group of four with students from other years? Remember that?" Violet says as we open the door to enter the main floor of the Pokemon center.
"Oh yeah, she didn't turn up until an hour after the set time every single time we set a date for filming," I reply as I start to remember what she means.
"Yeah, you complained about it... A lot... As in at least ten minutes everytime I say you," Violet says as she looks to the side, probably looking for Hilda.
"Oh really, did I? I completely forgot, hey do you have the room key?" I ask Violet as we approach the desk.
"No, I thought you had it."
"I thought you had it since you went to go get food!"
"And I put it on the bedside table- oh..."
"Welcome, fair trainer, as you have made it this far it is our duty to battle you! Now we will introduce ourselves to you!" Cress says flamboyantly as he sweeps his hair back, and I swear I see shojo sparkles.
"I am the hot and firey gym leader, the youngest brother and the strongest, Chili!" the brother with red hair says arrogantly.
It's probably just a personality, though. I doubt that's the real him.
"My name is Cilan, I'm the middle child of the three of us and I like grass Pokemon!" the green haired brother says politely.
He's real but too docile. He wouldn't be here without his brothers.
"And I am the water-type specialist of the gym. My name is Cress, and I am the eldest of the trio. I am pleased to make your acquaintance, young miss," the brother with blue hair says overly politely.
He probably dislikes this job, wants more. He seems ambitious.
"Which one of us will you be fighting, I hope it's me!" Chili says overly loud.
"That's the question, I don't know," I answer as I try my best to play off of the child card they gave me. I look twelve, so they assume I am, which would usually be right, but not in this case. Not that I care.
Always keep your cards hidden,
"Who did you chose as a starter? Since you managed to avoid the trainers, we don't know," Cilan says kindly.
"An untraditional one that's fine battling against water or fire," I say, as that's what the man I was told to talk to at the start said.
"Chili, I believe it is your turn to battle, I am at a three to two ratio with you in the number of untraditional battles fought," Cress says to his brother, sounding a tiny bit irked by the fact he just stated.
"Aw, fine, you better be prepared to face the heat, though!" Chili says as he points at me before running to one side of the battlefield, me going to the other.
I swear, that pun, though. It isn't punny.
Yeah, I'll stop.
"The Striaton City Gym battle will now take place between the gym leader Chili and the challenger from Nuvema town. Each trainer can use two Pokemon, but only the challenger may substitute Pokemon and the battle will be over when both of one trainer's Pokemon are unable to continue. That is all. Battle begin!" The referee calls.
"Alright, I'll go first! Pansear, let's turn up the heat!" Chili says as he throws out his Pansear's Pokeball. I swear to god, the heat puns.
"Okay... Um... Aria, go!" I say as I fumble for Aria's Pokeball before I press the release button and Aria comes flying out.
"You may have the first move! Let me feel the heat of battle!" Chili calls to me.
"Uh, okay... Um, Aria! You know what to do! ...I think," I call out meekly.
"Pansear, use work up so our opponent can feel the heat of our passion!" Chili calls out.
Aria, of course, understands what I mean and flies to the Pansear and fades out to appear behind Pansear and try to use Hypnosis. During this, Pansear is using work up, and I'm going to be completely honest, it looks constipated. Pansear turns around to attack Aria, but much to its surprise, it gets a face full of hypnosis before it falls to the ground, a snot bubble coming out of its nose, which, by the way, is actually really disgusting in real life.
Chili's face is full of surprise before he looks at me. I try my best to look embarrassed and point to Aria who is currently furiously licking the Pansear. Chili seems to finally realize what was happening as an intense look appears on his face.
"Pansear, if you can hear me, use Lick back!" Chili calls to his Pansear. Said Pansear's eyes start to flicker underneath its eyelids before it opens its eyes and sticks out its tongue, which comes out to a ridiculous length, surprising Aria, who runs away. Okay, I didn't expect that.
Think, what can I do? What about Aria's body itself? Can I do anything with that? Nah probably not, Gastly's bodies are ninety-five percent poisonous- yes. Yes.
"Aria, surround Pansear!" I call to Aria. She looks at me with confusion while I'm making weird circle motions with my arms to try to show what I mean. She makes a nodding motion and an O shape with her mouth once she gets what I mean.
Aria flies back to the Pansear and thins out her body to the point where she completely surrounds Pansear. Pansear, already weak from the furious licking from before, falls over from the poison gas of Aria's body. Aria collects the gas of her body together as she flies away and looks at me with a triumphant smile, which I return.
"Pansear is unable to battle, Gastly wins!" the referee calls
Chili sighs before he returns his Pansear and says, "You did good, buddy. Don't worry."
"You dun good!" I say to Aria, who laughs and flies over to me to switch out.
"Alright, let's go Lillipup! Let's make the flames of battle burn brighter!" Chili calls out as he throws out his other Pokemon.
"Return Aria... no? You want to stay out? Okay, go ahead. Go Alicia!" I call out as I release Alicia while Aria float behind me.
"Switching out I see? Great, I can feel the heat of battle intensifying! You may have the first move again!" Chili says as Alicia lands and looks around before she realizes what's going on.
"Uh, I think you know Confusion, so use that!" I call out. Alicia nods and moves her hands to her head and focuses as I wait for the move to work.
And nothing happens.
Alicia grumbles and kicks the ground and it's at this point I ask, while pity for her floods my body, "Are you unable to do anything because Violet never had you battle?"
Alicia turns and looks at me and nods, obviously embarrassed. Chili is watching this about as intently as his Lilipup. The Lilipup looks to Chili and lets out a small yip before Chili nods.
"Lilipup, use Work Up!" Chili calls out. The Lilipup obeys and starts to look constipated, all the while Aria, Alica, and I are staring at each other trying to figure out what to do.
"Can you use Double Team?" I ask.
Alicia nods.
"Anything else? Can you use Disarming Voice?"
She nods for both questions.
"Okay, listen closely because I'm going to be quiet. When the Lilipup is done using work up, use Double Team and then Disarming Voice on loop until I say otherwise. Got it?" I whisper.
When I notice the skeptical look on Alicia's face I say with a smile, "Just trust me, there's no penalty for losing besides a nice stay in the Pokemon Center."
"Lilipup, use bite!" Chili calls out.
"You still have a type advantage for that move, don't worry! Just trust me!" I yell to reassure Alicia.
"Raltsss!" Alicia says with newfound confidence as multiple copies of her appear everywhere. Without hesitation, the Lilipup runs to attack the various copies before it stops in pain from Disarming Voice.
"Lilipup, use Oder Sleuth!" Chili calls. Shit- that ruins everything! Okay, what do I do? Think Alishia, THINK! THINK!
I swallow before I call out, "Just keep doing the same thing! You'll win eventually!"
Really, that's the best thing you can come up with? Disgusting.
All I can do is stand and watch Alicia do the same thing over and over again. I close me eyes and try to relax before I might start panicking and ruin any progress I made in the battle. I feel something pulling at my hair and open my eyes to see Aria giving me an assuring smile, which actually helps a tad. I still close my eyes again and try to regulate my breathing.
I hear the referee about to speak after I know what happened. There's no way Alicia could possibly take a hit after Work Up, not to mention she naturally has low defense-
"Lilipup is unable to battle, Ralts wins!"
What?
I open my eyes to see Alicia proudly looking at me while Chili recalls his Lilipup. I zone out and barely notice the Gym Badge that Cress places in my hand and the crappy heat puns that Chili says to me. It's not until I feel a hug from Violet that I actually pay attention to what's happening. It's rather surreal, I guess, that I actually won.
"You won! I know you could do it! Now you better go make a name for yourself!" Violet says to me, which I nod in response to.
"Yeah, good job! You were far more creative than me! I just slammed them until it worked!" Hilda says to me, which I also nod to while I look at a proud Alicia.
I think I'm starting to like her
"Hey, Alicia, do you want to work on that Confusion?" I ask, still in a minor stupor.
"Ralts!" she replies with a smile and a nod.
And without even realizing it, I pick her up and walk with Violet and Hilda to the Pokemon Center, Aria following, gym Bage in hand.
You're screaming out
Well, I guess that was a cute ending. Not really. Meh. I'm panicking at this point because I procrastinated until 10:50 on a Wednesday to upload since I have a goal up uploading bi-weekly on Saturday and either Tuesday or Wednesday.