Chapter two a Pikachu problem
Misaka awoke to her alarm clock, being annihilated by the little ball of yellow fur that had been sleeping in her bed but was now growling at the former alarm clock.
"Did Onee-sama have a nightmare?" asked Kuroko sleepily, "maybe if Kuroko slept with you then -."
Misaka flicked a spark at Kuroko to remind her best friend and psycho lesbian that she didn't bend that way.
"Pika," said Pikachu, before zapping Kuroko.
Misaka grabbed her pet and redirected the electricity into her body; it was not as powerful as last night but was more than sufficient to stun Kuroko. When Pikachu had stopped trying to electrocute her roommate, Misaka flicked it on the nose and said "no," sternly.
Pikachu looked annoyed at her reprimand, so did something Misaka should have expected at some point, but had not given much thought when she took in the little yellow mouse, Pikachu answered the call of nature right on Misaka's bed, and so started Misaka 's day.
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Pikachu's new food source and night-time electricity supply cleaned up the mess Pikachu had used to mark her territory, and to show this girl who was boss. Electrocution was not an option as the girl's power matched her own.
Pikachu didn't understand what a pet was, but she knew what a family was, and she must be at the head of this one, after all she was being pampered by this other creature. The girl looked exactly like the girls she had fought last night, but this girl's EM signature was much larger, and she didn't sleep in bad tasting water.
After cleaning up the mess, the girl put some food out in a bowl for Pikachu, reinforcing the fact that Pikachu was now the head of this family. She dived in with the objective of getting as much food in her mouth as possible, and if any fell on the floor she could get it later. The food the girl gave her was much better than the lab's dry and tasteless stuff, or what that boy had given her; who ate metal round things?
As Pikachu hunted round for the bits that were not in her mouth, and therefore in the wrong place, the girl stroked Pikachu's head, her fingers were wet. Looking up, Pikachu saw she had changed her fur to match the other silly girls from the lab, and the girl's hair was wet; was it raining? The girl was also talking to Pikachu in that weird non-Pika language she used; at least the others like her had used HTML, C++, and Java, even if most of their chatter had revolved around cats.
"Pika?" asked Pikachu, which in English would translate as 'don't you speak Pika?' which the girl obviously didn't, as she gave Pikachu a rub on the head, picked up her bag and walked to the door. Curious about where she was going, Pikachu followed. On the other side of the door Pikachu asked 'where are we going?' which came out as "Pikachu?"
The girl whirled round and looked down at Pikachu.
"What?" asked Pikachu which came out as 'Pi?' with her head tilted to the side and one ear folding over.
The girl smiled and picked up Pikachu, then went back into the room. Pikachu liked being carried by the girl, as she could recharge her electricity supply. Unfortunately this time it was only a short trip, as she was put down on the girl's bed.
The girl said something and ruffled Pikachu's head; then went back through the door and closed it before Pikachu could bound through it, leaving her scrabbling at the closed door. Pikachu looked around for someone to open the door, but the want-to-be-mate was in the other room with the sound of rain.
With no other option, Pikachu jumped up and grabbed the handle. It moved, but the door didn't open; however, Pikachu's electromagnetic censor noted two bits of ferrous metal moving. With a flash of inspiration, Pikachu used her electromagnetic ability to move the two bits of metal; with a click the door swung open. Pikachu was through it in a flash, bounding down the corridor after the girl, startling several other girls with fur similar to her girl's.
Pikachu saw her girl go through a big door that lead outside, but it closed before she could get through. This one however, was simpler to open, as it talked in C++ so it understood her.
"Pikachu?" asked Pikachu on the other side of the door. The outside was different than last night; the sky was blue not black, and there were lots of people getting into big metal things that moved.
The girl whirled round and looked down at Pikachu.
Pikachu asked the question again, but the girl spoke in her weird language and lent down to pick up Pikachu. Pikachu dived out the way, she was not going to be coped up indoors like she was in the lab when her girl could go out as she please, and what if she didn't come back with food? Pikachu also didn't want to admit that she was scared of the new outdoors with all the bustle, so didn't want to leave the side of the girl encase something attacked her.
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"No, you can't come to school with me," said Misaka to the yellow electro-mouse in front of her, as she tried to herd her pet back into the dorms. This was not an easy task when the pet in question could fry the door control.
"Pikachu!" cried Pikachu as she let out a thundershock; it would not harm Misaka, but got the childish intent over nicely. Unfortunately some guy on a bike, along with two security robots, also got zapped by Pikachu.
Misaka shot Pikachu an angry glare before running over to help the older boy.
"How is this even physically possible? I know I have bad luck, but getting struck by lightning, again, when there's not even a cloud in the sky! I have such rotten luck. Ah! My bike, I just got this yesterday too. I have such rotten luck!"
"Are you ok?" asked Misaka wincing at the damage to the boy's bike.
"Just my rotten luck," said the boy dismissively. The guy should count himself lucky to have got off so lightly.
"Pikachu?" said Pikachu.
The boy blinked.
Pikachu blinked back.
The guy leant forward, pointed and asked "what is that?" only for Pikachu to jump back and zap him, or try to. The thunderbolt hit the boy's outstretched hand, and was neutralised to the sound of breaking glass.
The boy jumped back in shock with a yelp, looked at his hand, and pointed again, "I didn't get struck by lightning did I?" he accused.
"It was not Pikachu's fault," said Misaka defensively. She knew what happened to pets that attacked people, and she didn't want her new, and only pet to be 'put to sleep' because she had accidently shocked someone.
"Sure," said the boy, not sounding convinced, "my bike startled it, in the midst of a busy street with buses and cars. How can it even use espier powers? It's a big mouse; you can't tell me some child's pet's even stronger than a level zero like me."
"A child's pet," said Misaka softly; that had done it! "I AM NOT A CHILD!" she yelled, blasting the boy with enough force to disable a ground-type power user.
The boy somehow blocked the shot with his hand, then did the only sensible thing when facing a level five whom he had had the nerve to call a child; he ran. Misaka and Pikachu gave chase.
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"Looks like team Misaka's blasted off again,' states Misaka mournfully," said a Misaka crawling out of a security robot.
"'Remember the plan,' reminds Misaka" said a second Misaka crawling out of another robot.
"'Yes screw up enough that Misaka gets assigned a cat to catch Pikachu,' Misaka announces the plan to the readers," said the first one.
"'What did Misaka just say?' asks Misaka" asked the second Misaka.
"Misaka asked Misaka what Misaka said, replies Misaka," replied the first Misaka. Things can get confusing when there are 2000 clones called Misaka who all talk in the third person.
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Toma ran as fast as he could away from the crazy electro-mouse and its equally crazy owner, who, for lack of a better name, he was calling 'the Bug Zapper'. He had worked out that the kid chasing him was a high level electromaster, and she was fast.
"Hey prick!" was the only warning Toma got, as a metal pipe intersected the space occupied by his head moments before.
Touma looked up at the older boy who had just tried to decapitate him, in exsasperation; how bad could his day get? Sure, he had been on edge ever since he got a bike, but to get it blown up by an electric-espier-mouse, then to be attacked by its owner, and now he had just stumbled into a gang of delinquents. "I have such rotten luck" he lamented.
"Yeah, and you're all out of it now pal; hand over your wallet and we might let you go," said another voice from behind him.
This threat jerked Toma into action, not to comply with it, but because he was not sure if he had remembered his wallet, or his phone, or his keys. Coming up empty other than a pack of gum, Toma realised that his day could only get worse if he got on the bad side of a level five.
"There you are!" came a cry of triumph from behind the thugs, followed by a loud "Pikachu!"
"Well if you don't have any money, then we will just have to take your girl friend," said the one who appeared to be their leader.
Toma was unlucky; not particularly smart compared to his peers, he had never got a girlfrend, but there was one thing he did excel at. He would always help people in need, no matter what. In this case however, the little girl and her pet mouse were not the ones needing protection.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING? THAT'S RAILGUN!" screamed the one with the pipe.
"HE IS NOT MY BOYFRIEND," yelled the girl as she started to spark.
"I HAVE SUCH ROTTEN LUCK!" yelled Toma as 'the Bug Zapper' infuriated by the multiple perceived slights, pulled a coin out of her pocket and prepared to fire it at the group.
Toma reacted on instinct, which should have got him killed. He reached forward and grabbed the railgun slug out of the air. He was only saved, as the girl had misjudged the length of barrel needed for the shot. She had stretched her AIM field out to almost touch the group, allowing him to neutralise all powers being exerted on the coin, stopping it dead in the palm of his hand.
"What are you waiting for? RUN!" said Toma, as he barged past the stunned delinquents.
Toma didn't look back to see if the others had taken flight; he had done his best. It was just their rotten luck that the girl chasing him had been a level five. He took several random turns before diving behind a bin, to the sound of electricity hitting things' and mouse yells of "Pikachu!" as the thing joined its master in battle.
Then the chaos was suddenly all around him. One of the delinquents got zapped right next to him; the boy's 'friends' didn't stop to help their fallen colleague, rather continued running down the alley and around the next bend. The Bug Zapper ran past him, followed by the mouse, which stopped at the fallen delinquent, sniffed him, bit him, and then jumped back with a look of disgust, as if it didn't like the taste of human flesh. Another zap from its master had it chasing after her, with an enthusiastic "Pika!"
Toma let out a sigh of relief, and looked at his right hand; he was still grasping the coin that had been fired at him, or rather the arcade token. If it had been a coin, it would have come in useful, as he had not taken out insurance on his bike.
Toma flung the token away in disgust, knocking over a bucket, which caused a bird's nest concealed within to fall out, along with a large egg with a multi-coloured triangle pattern adorning its shell.
One word came to mind, "omelette!"
A/N well I didn't plan to write anymore but it was just such fun to write the last one, possibly because this story lends itself to short chapters better than One Foolish Man. That does not mean I have to do less research and plotting, such as trying to get my head inside a real world version of Pikachu. I don't know if more will come out as it's not a priority, but you never know.
In case I keep this going, I have thought which PokeMon to give to most of the main cast, but I want to hear what other people think. Please note I am only now getting through Gold (after nicking my little bros old GBA) so I only know the generation 1 and my squad of 4 new PokeMon from Gold in any great detail so don't expect me to know more than 151 of the cute little critters, plus the Omelette and the Giver of 128 Level Uppers... I may break the net with this one.