(TW: mentioned Drug use, not much but it's still there. And very VERY TEENY TINY SilverxJax)
Okay.. you shiny little shit...
The SHINY charmander looks at me with bright green eyes as it cooed at me, it's goddamn adorable! Gray, I'll let it slide this time.
Snapping myself out from my baby fever, I set him back inside my ball, I can't send him off to battle the Gym right away. The challenge road is just up ahead. To shorten this, Shiny here(placeholder nickname) is a BEAST.
Oh right, I may or may not have stolen that stat scanner when the Professor was rummaging though his junk.
Anyways, Shiny's stats are goddamn GOOD, there's no way this would be a coincidence, what kind of demon did he breed to make this monstrosity. Not questioning anything further I concluded our training, he was merciless against those trainers and beat them as fast as flash(with Nova and Spheal's occasional help) despite being just a hatchling.
As I trekked through the grassy area nearby, trying to find some 'training' material, when I sensed a unusual presence following me, and it's certainly not human.
When I turned, I saw nothing...apart from the blue tail sticking out of the bush, you're caught now, I took a ball from my waist and threw it forward.
"CHAR!" Shiny called as he looked at me, his aqua green sparkling, the stalker sqeaked in fear as it jumped high, revealing itself
《Western Borrious Dex: Riolu The Emanation Pokemon》
{The aura that emanates from it's body intensifies to alert others if it's afraid or sad}
Oh, a Riolu pretty common in these parts, but I don't recall them following other people for fun. The small canine-like pokemon squeked as it delivered a force palm on Shiny on instinct(mostly fear) as Shiny was blown quite far away, as more me..my mouth was so wide that I bet a Zubat would fit.
Holy shit, that was some good shit, my greed took over my body as Shiny stood up seemingly okay but slightly scartched. I ordered him to do a scratch attack as the poor little Riolu was caught off gaurd and I threw a ball.
It shook once. My throat turned dry
Twice, my chest tightened
It stopped, and blinked the bright flash of red, that meant victory for me.
"Yes!" I have caught countless pokemon for the Professor in the past, but this always places a giddy feeling on my chest. It's such a great feeling!
Nonetheless, I went to pick up my prize and return Shiny to his ball, thanking him for his efforts and released the newcomer, it's fairly small for a Riolu and he's a damn coward, strong? Yes, bravery.. that's another fucking story.
Well, he won't be that needed for the gym, for the time being, so that'll give me some time to build up his strength, and courage.
I made a quick stop for the center and was greeted by a familiar face, a good friend of mine.
"So yer challenging the gym then lassie?" He said as he sat at one of the benchesat the center a sly grin forming on his face.
"Uh-huh." I answered causally as I made myself comfortable on one of the couches
"Don't get too cozy with him, he's a real loco in the coco!" He said with a laugh following afterwards
"And what he does in his spare time, ain't fer good lads and lasses like you right?" He said laughing again once more, I smiled as I know real well what that cuckoo does.
I thank him for his 'advice' and went to the counter to collect my partners,
Alright no more running around, straight to business. I'm not going anywhere till I get that badge, I rushed towards the gym(knowing I can't get in Arthur's place, since that old man treasures his naps, and if you disturb him you'll get a brave bird down your ass, courtesy of Jax)
When I entered I was greeted by a large fog, made out of... smoked weed.
I should have seen this coming, I accidentally inhaled a good amount of the smoke making me cough for a good 10 seconds.
"Hey there kid-" The gym guys, that's what I call them since I have no Idea what their jobs are really called, before violently coughing for a while, due to the smoke in the air.
He continued once he regained himself."Welcome to your first gym challenge, let me start off with a small gift" he said as he tossed me a bottle of water, while wheezing once more.
"The gym leader Mirskle prefers flowery pokemon, if you came prepared with fire and/or flying pokemon you should be able to take him out, no sweat!" He said, as he coughed, again.
As for me, I took out a handkerchief that mom packed and made a makeshift mask with it, no more weezing for me.
"Also be aware, Mirskle likes to fill his gym with fog from time to time, and this may have an effect on your battling." And my physical health.
"Though, you can dodge attacks easily, but this also means you can't hit attacks. I suggest to remove the fog using the move sandstorm, or defog. Goodluck out there!" He said, before wheezing once again, I thanked him for the advice as I walked through the fog with MUCH difficulty.
It's either me falling on the lake in the middle of the gym, or having my face slammed against a tree branch.
Anyways, after hours of GRUELING AGONY. I finally meet the drug de- I mean Gym leader, Mirskle.
"Huh?" The man said, slurring.. Oh fuck, he's high
"Oh... hey there, dude...eeette~"
Dudette? I had to hold my laughter at that weird ass nickname.
"How'z it hangin'?" He ased causally, slurring
"Your pokemon wanna sniff some uh..." He began to think hardly
"Rose incense?" I declined as fast as light, no damn way I'm letting my pokemon snort that stuff.
"Oh you want a battle? My bad. I'm the gym leader, so I guess I'm in the right mood to indulge you.." The sentence sent shivers down my spine
"See, I'm a guy who's into flowers. You get me." I sweat dropped
"The most beautiful part of nature, dudeeeette.. You'll be trippin just watchin them all. Let's get funky!"
I'm losing my sanity so let's make this quick
A sandstorm and a few embers and firefangs later...
(A/N: No joke, In vanilla[with the right grinding and moves] Mirskle is really easy to handle, so why bother a battle scene.)
"Whoa man.. That battle was somethin else."He said as he withdrew his fallen Flabèbè
The battle lasted literal seconds, due to Nova using Sandstorm and Shiny having those goggles(which looked absolutely adorable) they were down in no time. It wasn't this easy last time since Nova didn't know Firefang in the past(future).
"That's deep dudeeeette." He said making exaggerated shocked movements
"Dunno if it's the fog talkin'...but I felt it man, body and soul." Quit dwadling and hand over the badge
"Take this fine, fine Badge for beatin' Mirskle, Gym Leader of dem flowers." Finally
He handed me a...weed shaped badge, seriously. But nah badge is badge.
He then went on about the benifits of that badge nd how it'll make traded Pokemon follow your commands and gave me a tm Grassknot and told a story about a guy who kept falling overwhich turns out to be Mirskle kept using grassknot on that guy making him fall over all the time.
Then suddenly two men, obviously from black ferrothorn entered, Mirskle aswell as the other people from the gym dived straight in towards the pond. The ferrothorns them rambled about how Mirskle ripped them off, and how terror granbull is no kicked out of Antitis
Mirskle has no shame in ripping people out of their money. Man has no morals, or shame.
They were gone, and the gym guy gave me a grass gem then congratulated me. As I exited I saw a blackish brown flash zoom through the sky, a smile unconsciously slipped through my lips as I gaze into the sky seeing black down feathers slowly falling gracefully down the sky as I caught one, caressing the Staravia feather gently.
"Jax..." I mutter softly remembering fond memories of him, my head wandered into the past, where my older self first met him.
-flashback-
(Note: Still Silver's POV, but this is before her regression)
"Huh? What do you mean." I said as I faced against a young boy, aeound my age, maybe even older than me. There was nothing really outstanding about him, brown hair, green eyes, wearing a black sleeveless vest and a orange jumpsuit(sleeves tied against his waist)
"Grandpa is having his nap now, he gets grouchy whenever he gets disturbed." He replied, I groaned audibly in annoyance and boredom as he sighed exasperated
"You can pass time by challenging the gym, it's a fun challenge." He said, probably trying to lift my spirits, that was nice...
But.. I recently just became a trainer, and I don't know if I can take on such a challenge...
"But I.." I cut myself off, I don't really like showing weakness, It frustrates me to my core. He raised his brow in confusion.
"But what?"
I bit my lip and shook my head, "Nevermind.. thank you." I said as I turned around and walked away, I probably should try to train my partners, I want to make them grow to therir potential, and probably even more than that. But I may not be able to do that..
I sighed softly as I left, doubting my ability..
-Flashback end-
I shook my head at the memory, I couldn't help remember who I used to be. Doubting, Scared..
I am no longer that, I grown stronger than ever, With a long exhale I began my walk to Arthur's place.
This time, what I'll face is no joke.
TBC
I AM TIRED- I'm gonna take a Sliiight break and I'll go on and make the other chapters.
Now more of Silvers personality has been slightly fleshed out, as well as a VERY minor ship that will never appear at the next chapters (lie)
I'll try to make the next chapters slighty shorter than the previous 3, cause I can't manage to write 2k words per chapter and I estimate that this fic(the sidestories) will have atleast 50 chapters-
I cut out the battle scene, who wants to see Mirskle's pokemon getting thrashed around like a ragdoll helpless by Shiny and Nova.
So please RR or not. Constructive criticism is VERY VERY much welcome, I have 0 sleep doing this not to mention that I am offline writing this so there may be a lot of mistakes (even tho I review the game every now and then) Flames? Please don't- if you hate this fic you can leave, I'll even hold the door open for you