James ran up to Crystal, utterly shocked at how powerful Crystal and her Quilava have become, progressing from the very first battle he witnessed Jay rescuing Crystal from. He looked across the destroyed field and raised Crystals head on his lap. Why did she call Quilava, Phoenix? What were those attacks they didn't know? How powerful is Enteis influence on these two? James' stared down at Quilavas knocked out form, confused, as Tsuki made her way up to them
Tsuki returned her Typhlosion and murmured something about having gone too far being on a boat. She picked up a struggling Quilava, and laid him in her arms. "We need to get these Pokémon some help"
He balled Crytals hair into his fist, "What about Crystal?!" he almost yelled at her, but she simply laughed. "Why are you laughing?" he starred up at her shinning blue eyes
"Calm down there, hot shot, this was all supposed to happen" She gave the Quilava an Oran Berry and Quilava noticeably calmed down enough to knock out.
He just stared up at her
"You see, right after the Pokémon does the whole ritual, the trainer and the Pokémon have the ability to obtain the strength needed to fight whenever they absolutely need to... but they need to see if their chosen human has the ability to control the power and use it for what they desire and nothing evil. Or so that's what we're assuming at the moment. She needs to figure out a way to obtain the power only when necessary not randomly, assumed to be another test." She looked down at Crystal and smiled. James followed and looked down as well, her chest slowly rising and falling on his lap. "She did really well for it being her first time"
James stared and absently nodded along
"I need to ask you something" Tsuki started before she heard footsteps coming up to the field, crew members filling in. They observed the field and turned to them, furious..
James uncomfortably felt through Crystal's pockets, found Quilavas pokeball and returned him before they came closer.
An authoritative looking figure with a cap of a captain stomped up to the two, "May I ask what the hell went on here?"
"Well it is a battle field so there was a battle" Tsuki remarked, smirking at hi
He glared at her. He then scanned the field and exactly noticed how much damage there was. There was a gaping hope in the middle of the field, probably almost going through to the floor beneath. There were scorch marks across the the field, everywhere.
"That so called battle could have put all the people on this boat in danger. This is your first warning. If I see any of your faces again, you will never be allowed to ride this ship again!" He spat and then turned away. As he stormed away, they heard him mumble something about dealing with another kid who got beat up in a bar the other night. He turned back to them for an instant but shook it off before insisting and pointed to two crew member's. He muttered something to them, then pointed at Tsuki and James. The two low ranked looking crew members then marched over to the two kids and sternly looked them up and down.
The smaller one propped up his glasses and said, "We will need to get your names," looked down at a clipboard.
The two exchanged worried faces but did as told. The bigger one then pointed to the girl in James' lap and he hesitated before he responded "Crystal Aurael"
One of the members widened his eyes but tried to cover it up by unnecessary propping up his glasses and sniffing. They both noticed the odd behaviour. After a few questions the two finally offered them to walk with them to the doctor on board. James insisted on carrying Crystal himself down the stairs and through a few hallways.
On their way, Tsuki whispered something to James about not wanting Nurse Joy to examine Crystal so the two convinced the crew members to bring her to her room and rest instead. After a long debate, the crew members allowed them to do so. Although, Tsuki went with them to Nurse Joy to heal Pikachu, Quilava and her own Typhlosion.
On James' way back to her room, he let our Crystal's Eevee. Eevee hesitantly walked alongside, after witnessing everything from her pokeball, but still stayed close to James' feet. Quite a few people gave him weird looks but nobody questioned anything. He figured he could handle the stares until he ran into the only person he forgot about. Brown curly hair. Green eyes. Blue jeans, white top. Bruised eye. He ran up to them when he noticed Crystal in his arms.
"Why haven't I seen her since last night? -What did you do to her?!" Jay ran up to James
Eevee wasn't sure if she needed to defend Crystal or not, not having seen this friend for the past couple of days.
"Don't" James glared at him, referring to the hand that was approaching Crystal, "First of all, she's okay now. Second, it is not because of me. Third, it is none of your business. Fourth, get out of my face right now" James spat and tried to walk away, but Jay stood his ground and blocked their path, glaring.
He felt Crystals head move further into his chest as her hands slightly tugged on his shirt, encouraging his heart to beat faster.
Jay felt a sting of jealousy at the small action and let his voice drop, "How did you get to be her boyfriend so fast…? I mean you haven't seen each other in years"
I haven't… She doesn't even know who I am yet.
James closed his eyes and sighed defiantly as he walked past him "I didn't leave her alone defenceless at a bar," he spat
"You don't even know everything I've done for her though!" Jay ran up to him, his voice cracking.
"I don't care. You left her vulnerable. That's enough reason," James walked past the room, not wanting him to know where he was staying and headed for Tsuki's cabin instead, where Crystal was the night before.
"I was fucking drunk" Jay grabbed his arm, pulling James to face him. Crystal moved uncomfortably in his arms from the action. James knew with her in his arms, he couldn't punch the guy again, no matter how much he wanted to.
"Don't. Touch me" James spat before he moved out of the grip and walked on.
Jay stood where he was as James walked, "she really should have mentioned how much of an overprotective asshole you are," he spat back, angrily reaching for his pokeball.
"You should probably get your face fixed before you pick another fight you can't handle," James kept walking, with his back facing the boy. Jay gritted his teach and put his hand back down.
"At least let me talk to her when she wakes up" Jay furrowed his eyes and pleaded
James turned around to face him "She'll do what she wants when she wakes up and if she wants to talk to you then she will"
Jay sighed, "She left her bag in the room. It has her clothes" Jay held up her bag to him. James stood there and looked down to Eevee, pleadingly. Eevee ran up to him and grabbed the bag with her mouth and ran back to James.
James muttered a thanks as he started walking again careful of walking over Eevee. He made his way to Tsukis room and used the door card she gave him and walked in, hearing the television on. Hiro was on the opposite bed, watching some Pokemon sport. He looked over to James and saw Crystal in the same tattered dress
"Oh." He laughed, "don't tell me that big thump was you guys"
James simply smiled as he laid Crystal on Tsukis bed again, starring at the tattered dress she was wearing from yesterday.
Hiro starred at James. "What?" James spoke up, curious of the expression Hiro was wearing, "The girls battled" he laughed, leaning on the wall. "Crystal's incredibly strong" He removed his button up and threw it beside him as he watched Eevee climb on top the bed and curl into crystals neck
After some conversing with Hiro about the girl's battle, careful not to reveal too much about Crystal, they moved on to talking about what kind of Pokémon James wanted on his journey and ultimately talking about Jay in the end. After a little while Tsuki came back into the room with only Pikachu at her feet. As soon as Pikachu saw James, he greeted him by jumping into his chest and nuzzling James.
"You know we have a couch over there" Tsuki pointed to the couch on the opposite end of Hiros bed.
"I like where I am" I looked over at Crystal softly waking up
"ahhhmmmpphhhhhh flamethrowwwwrr… hhmmmm" Crystal sleepily sprawled herself on the bed
"How adorable" Tsuki laughed, earning a blush from James, starring at the sleeping figure
"Guess who hot shot over there met comin' here" Hiro laughed at Tsuki
After thinking about it for a couple seconds, she broke out into a heavy laughter "No way!" She exclaimed, leaning against the balcony window, facing James.
James spoke up first, "She actually told me a lot about this guy in some mail she sent. When she finds out how much we hate each other she's going to need to choose which one she wants to go with when we get off this boat" he sighed into his Pikachu playing with his fingers on his lap. "I really don't want to put her in that situation"
"She was so set on travelling with the both of you," Tsuki sighed at him, "If you want to make her happy you just may need to make up with that guy" Tsuki spoke up
Hiro spoke up this time, "It's true and trust me dude, everyone can be a little unthoughtful sometimes" Hiro added stuffing his face with some chips, looking back at the television. James sighed again and starred at Crystal sleeping all sprawled out in her little tattered dress.
"You should probably help her get out of that thing" James cued Tsuki to the dress she's been wearing for a day now.
She smiled down at crystal once again. She cracked her knuckles and chuckled. "I'll wake her up and get her outa that dress but James don't be too jealous"
"Ha. Ha. Tooooo funny" James got up, fighting the flush, "Hey Eevee wanna help me dress shop?" James stared down at her. She looked worried for Crystal, snuggling into her neck. "I wouldn't worry too much, she's so much stronger than anyone I've met. Plus she's just sleeping now cuz she can" James winked at her which seemed to relieve her a little bit.
"If you're gonna go shopping for a dress you should know her size" Tsuki pointed out and hinted at her body's outline in her dress.
James crossed hisarms and fought back another blush. Tsuki giggled at him as she walked over to crystal and pushed her on her side.
"Isn't that a bit… rough" He put his hands up, defensively
"You can't have all the fun now can you" Tsuki smirked again.
Hiro spit out his chips and snorted, laughing. James just looked away, stubbornly.
"Would you knock it off" he grumbled into his yellow and purple scarf.
James watched Pikachu pick up his button up from the corner and tie it around his shoulders. Tsuki took her eyes off Crystal and noticed Pikachu swaying beside the dress, using the shirt as a cape. Her eyes balled and she let our a squeal exclaiming how cute he was. Pikachu simply tilted his head, curiously. She continued to stare as Pikachu jumped on the bed, crawled up to her and booped her nose with his paw, earning a louder squeal.
James looked down at him and scratched his little chin earning a little purr. Tsuki couldn't help but stare in awe. When James finally noticed, he flushed from embarrassment and looked to the door.
After a while James got Tsuki to tell him crystals dress size and he headed out with Pikachu and Eevee on opposing shoulders. James headed over to the shops on the ship and had to walk around for a while before he encountered a dress shop. He walked in and looked around. There are so many different kinds and colours, how do girls do this?
An employee walked up to him and waved, "Hello there sir, is there anything I could help you with?" She cheekily grinned
"Err yeah…" James awkwardly started "I'm looking for a dress for my friend and I have absolutely no idea where to start"
She let out a relived breath, for some reason "Does your friend have a certain style for preference when looking for this kind of thing?"
"Well I haven't seen her in a couple years and I'm just trying to replace on that got a little ripped" James laughed
Her face turned red as a tomato. "Oh." She looked away from James
James put his hands up in defence, "Wait -wait no nothing like that!" after realizing what she thought, his face got red as well "Something completely different happened and it just got wrecked!"
She laughed at James for panicking so much "it's okay, don't even worry about it" she laughed as she started to walk around. "Does the dress she had look like anything in this store?"
Crystal awoke after a pleasant dream of battling her fathers friend, Lance, the dragon master. She moved around trying to find a comfortable position but then thumped on the ground, abruptly, opening her eyes and taking in the feel of the carpet on her hands and bare feet.
"WHAT WHERE AM I" she pushed herself off the floor and looked around the room. The lights were dimmed but she noticed darkness coming form outside, I slept for that long?
"You have a serious problem with getting knocked up" Hiro chuckled at his own joke, from across the room.
"Hiro?" her face flustered as she looked down at her clothes. "Why is my dress all burned up... Why am I still wearing this?" she tried to cover herself up with the blanket. She looked around the room for her bag and saw Tsuki had it, standing accross from her, still smiling from Hiros joke.
She widened her eyes, "Where's Jay?" She realized she haven't seen him since last night. Was that even last night? All of a sudden she remembered her battle with James earlier and felt her body heat up. "What about James?" She tried to sound nonchalant, but her voice cracked from excitement.
"Enough about your boy toys you really need a shower" Tsuki pointed out, looking at her dress and the dirt around her body.
Crystal finally felt the dirt on her body and the oily from her hair to her face. "Can I use your shower?" she asked
"Go for it" Tsuki laughed. "We got to catch you up when you're done so don't take too long," Tsuki grinned holding her bag out
"Thanks!" Crystal smiled as she took it, but her smiled quickly faltered, "I have so many questions" she mumbled as she took the few steps to the bathroom, closing the door behind her.
...
She stared at herself in the mirror and noticed how absolutely ruined her dress actually looked and how it barely managed to stay intact on her body although it was intact enough to not reveal anything unnecessary. Her long roughly tangled, bedhead-like hair drapped over her shoulders and curved over her ears and shoulder blades. Red highlights starting to show.
She removed her dress and stepped in the steaming shower.
As she showered she remembered everything that has happened in the previous few days and how she really has no idea was the hell was going on or why she kept getting knocked out. Of course she remembered what it was that made her get knocked out, but she didn't understand it. She remembered her dreams with Entei and realized something important was going to happy, really soon.