Pokemon Virus Version Chapter 76: It Doesn't Have To Make Sense

Location: The Town of Eggseter

Yumi's POV

It was a little painful to watch, the few other trainers that were able to find eggs heading back in the direction of camp.

I sighed.

I've lead Justice and Umbreon to the edge of town and back, basically. We were right in front of what looked to be a Day-Care for Pokemon. It was where Seth and I met up with the elderly man before. After addressing the formalities, the elderly man even invited us inside.

"I apologize for not introducing myself before. Please call me, Mr. Shelby," the elderly man said.

"Well Mr. Shelby, thank you for inviting us in," I said as I bowed my head in gratitude.

The four of us sat at one of the Day-Care's tables. Mr Shelby offered us some water, but we both generously declined, having eaten at a noodle restaurant earlier this evening.

"Oh, I've been meaning to ask you two," Mr. Shelby started, "What happened to that other friend that was with you? If I remember correctly, Seth was his name?"

Even the mention of Seth's name was enough for Justice to sigh in annoyance. Though he's made peace with Seth on the outside. it meant nothing because I could tell he still had a deep hatred for him on the inside. I wasn't going to leave the subject alone, not yet...

"He decided to call it quits for the night." I answered.

"Please pardon me for minding your business, but I saw the little scuffle between you and him," Mr. Shelby said to Justice, "I've been in this world long enough to figure out how other people feel, and I think letting out the rests of your pent up frustration will make you feel better. How about you tell us why you hate Seth so much?"

Justice sighed again, not even opening his mouth as he crossed his arms.

"Please Justice?" I asked as I put a hand on his shoulder. He and I both looked each other in the eyes before he opened his mouth.

"...I don't hate Seth, "Justice started, "I just hate what he did to force Neo Snagem's hand. In a way, I think I might just resent him BECAUSE of Neo Snagem. Team Neo Snagem...Not too long ago, they seized control of my hometown, Marion City. I was already depressed as it. As a Chikorita, Bayleef and I once set out to become something great, something greater than we ever thought possible: A Pokemon Master. You should've seen us in the beginning. We were on top of the world. We won EVERY battle, and my Chikorita even evolved into Bayleef before making it to the third gym. But I'm afraid, that was the climax of our journey. I don't know why, but we started to lose more and more battles. I NEVER made it past the third gym. At around that time, Neo Snagem had made it's first appearance, taking Goldenrod City by surprise. With the exception of Bayleef, all my Pokemon were 'snagged' away from me, never to be seen again as I whited out. My dreams of becoming a Pokemon Master came crashing down around me. As the new reality of trainers either having to win EVERY battle or risk yet another casualty of Neo Snagem set in, I eventually decided to go back home. You know, to get away from constant disappointment. And whaddya know? Five years later, they've come to take over Marion City!"

This must have been after Seth and I passed through there...

"...My family never made it out of the city, they were killed by a mysterious cloaked man who's aura looked a lot like Seth's."

Commander 10...

"So I've taken the road again, because it seems like 'the road' is the only place that doesn't have Neo Snagem."

"Do you think you and Seth will always hate each other?" I asked.

I could see in his eyes, the intensity beginning to calm down. He wishes to escape from Neo Snagem, just like the rest of us. But unlike us, he won't resort to violence, unless it was in self defense.

"Yumi, I like you very much," Justice said. Of course, I was thinking about how him and I would work out... "And I can honestly admit that seeing you with Seth, makes me jealous. I don't hate Seth, but I don't like him either. However, at the end of the day, even after all the conflicts between the two of us, if he's willing to destroy Neo Snagem once and for all, then he has my full support." Justice then suddenly got up from the table, and looked Mr. Shelby in the eye, "Mr. Shelby, I sincerely thank you for inviting us in. Now I have absolutely no regrets. I certainly feel a lot better now."

"It was a pleasure," Mr. Shelby said cheerfully.

"Yumi," Justice said as he started toward the door, "We should head back to camp now. Who knows, your Pokemon may have had better luck finding an egg."

...

Chikorita's POV

Okay, so there was a very uncomfortable situation at hand.

"Yeah, this evil witch is gonna do something evil to you alright!" Braixen said as she kicked on a downed Snivy, "Give me my little sister, or else!"

So much for trying to run away. We weren't too far away from actually making it back to camp, but Snivy just HAD to screw himself over. Braixen had caught up to us, and she was using Snivy's vines and some sort of leash to control him like a dog. It was hilarious! I know it was cruel to think Snivy's predicament was funny, but I couldn't help it! I laughed out loud, and even Braixen let out a few chuckled as dragged Snivy across the ground.

"NEVEEER!" Snivy shouted.

Braixen looked as me while triumphantly setting her foot on top of Snivy's body. I was the one with the egg, and I was just a few feet away from the two.

"So, Chikorita, what's it gonna be?" Braixen asked, "I'll release your boyfriend if you hand over my little sister."

"Hmm, I don't know," I answered with a smile, "Personally, I find the two of you hilarious!"

"WHAT?!" Snivy's eyes widened as he struggled desperately in a failed attempt to free himself, "Hey, i know I don't wanna give up the egg and all, but how can you just leave me to die?! I-"

"Hey!" Braixen interrupted as she pulled the vines she was still holding, Snivy being yanked back as a result. Snivy was laying on his back, and Braixen once again set her foot triumphantly on top of Snivy, "Keep down and be a good boy!"

My eyes were watering! I had to force myself to stop laughing just so I could speak! "Maybe I could just give this egg to MY trainer! I really like the two of you in that position!" I chuckled.

"Hey!" Snivy started, "I'm starting to like this position myself. Braixen, I didn't know you had a second set of lips 'down there'."

At that moment, WE ALL paused. It was as if all of time itself paused. Being a girl, I already knew what was in store for Snivy. First, Braixen's eyes went wide, and slowly, she looked down at a Snivy who was looking 'up there'.

"Aaaaaaahhhhhhh!" Braixen shrieked in a tone of voice that was so high, glass may have been cracked in the distance, "Ugh, you little pervert!" Braixen closed her legs, and proceeded to send the little grass type flying, using the vines she was still holding. I swear, Snivy flew so high, he could pass as a shooting star. It took quite a few moments for Snivy to finally come crashing down, where he lied on the ground unconscious.

"I've been violated..." Braixen whimpered to herself as she slipped down to her knees, her legs closed and her hands covering that 'area' of hers. Her blushing face was about as red as her eyes.

"Ow," Snivy said to himself as he regained consciousness, "What did I do wrong..."

Poor thing...I guess this was Snivy's first time 'truly seeing' what a girl looks like...

"Well then..."It appeared that the both of them lost sight of what was important, in the heat of the moment. I guess now was the perfect time to make my retreat with the egg...

...

I was on my way back to camp, but I didn't get too far away when I ran into-

"Huh?" I stopped in front of my long time friend in Umbreon, who was leading Yumi and that Justice guy.

"Chikorita..." Umbreon said. In a stark contrast to Snivy and Braixen, Umbreon was cool, calm, and collected. While not as entertaining as his 'brother or sister', I've gotten along better with Umbreon, probably because I've known him since day one of this journey...

"Chikorita?" Yumi said confused as she looked at me, "What are you doing here? I thought you and Snivy were at camp with Seth. And-" It took a moment, but Yumi suddenly stopped talking as she slowly looked at what I had in my vines, "An egg? Chikorita, you really found an egg?"

"Chikorita, where did you find it?" Umbreon asked.

"Um-" Honestly, I wasn't the one who found it. It w as Braixen, but I didn't get a chance to explain myself, for Yumi just went right back in to talking.

"Oh, Chikorita, you've just gotta let me have it!" Umbreon's trainer the proceeded to drop to her knees and beg me to my face, "PLEEAASE?!"

Umbreon sighed in a slight embarrassment, while Justice simply chuckled.

"Well..." I smiled. I decided I was going to have some more fun for tonight. Because I knew Yumi wouldn't understand the words coming from the mouth of a Pokemon, I decided to treat to a long explanation, "Well, I COULD give it to you. But I was thinking of giving it to my trainer. He seems more mature than you. AND if he gets another new Pokemon, there's a better chance he'll deposit that Murkrow I've always hated. Yeah, then it's settled, I'm keeping this little sister for myself!" I chuckled a little. All she and Justice heard was 'Chico chico chi chico', so then I actually said "Chico chico chi chico," just to mess around with them.

"Well, she's smiling?" Yumi said confused. She never was the brightest person in the world.

"Er!" It was Justice groaning. We looked back to see that he had grown impatient, "Ur, that's it!" He caught the both of us by surprise when he suddenly ran up and grabbed the egg.

"Hey!" Though justice could only hear 'Chico', that didn't stop me from trying to ask him, "What did you do that for?!"

My eyes were wide and glaring at Justice. Oh please, not now! I can't let my temper get the best of me! Otherwise I'd get one of my famous tantrums.

"Haha! It's mine! I mean, it's yours, Yumi!" Justice cheered as he held the egg up to the sky in victory.

"What?! But it's mine!" I whined as I stuck my bottom lip out.

"Times chance..." Umbreon snickered.

"Er..." It was so unlike Umbreon to joke around. Hmph. Who knows, maybe my trainer will actually smile sometime soon, given how 'abnormal' everyone's been acting lately.

"Yumi..." Justice called silently as the two met in the eyes.

"Justice..." Yumi replied. All of a sudden, the pace of the night began to slow as Yumi slowly rose back to her feet, "For me?" Now here eyes were on the egg.

"Yes. I hope you like my gift to you...And I hoped you enjoyed our night together even more..." Justice said. I couldn't believe it, the same guy who verbally attacked my trainer earlier, was acting like some romantic. His face even started to turn the slightest of red as he held out the egg for Yumi to take.

Yumi's eyes glistened. The empty hands of Yumi and the the full hands of Justice coming together, Umbreon cracked a smile, for soon he was going to be a big brother...again.

"Nooo!" It was sudden, and it was a distant, incoming voice that cried, causing Justice to pause with the egg still in his hands. Of course, he only looked so confused because he was a human, and humans couldn't understand Pokemon. "No way!" said the Snivy as he suddenly snatched the egg out of Justice's hands using his Vine Whip.

"Huh?" Initially, Justice, Yumi, and Umbreon were all unaware that it was Sinvy who launched Vine Whip, and all turned to me. "Why you!" Justice glared at me.

"SHE doesn't have to." Oh, Snivy got their attention alright. The three on them, mainly Yumi, watched as the grass snake walked up and stopped right next to me. His arms were crossed, his eyes were closed, and his chin was held up high as he was purposely trying to ignore Yumi. Well, this WAS Yumi we were all talknig about, and we've all tried and failed to ignore that mouth of hers at least once before.

"Well, are you gonna give it to me?" Yumi asked expectantly.

"Hmph, peasant. This egg's for Chikorita." Snivy scolded his trainer, and then looked at me with a smile.

"You spoiled little brat...GIVE IT TO ME NOW!" I swear, the abundance of energy in this girl...Not only did she have enough energy to yell in all capital letters in the middle of the night, she even rushed in a diving attempt to capture the egg by force. "Ah!" And a lot of good that did. She missed and went diving onto the dirt ground. Justice rushed to comfort her, while Umbreon and Snivy both cracked a chuckle.

"Hey!" Snivy opened his eyes and tugged on me a she said, "Let's get going."

"Where?"

"To your trainer," Snivy answered, "We ARE giving him the egg, right?"

"Uh..." I nodded, "Right!"

However, getting back to camp wasn't going to be some casual walk. Before Snivy and I was a distance away...

"Yumi..." Justice whispered as he held her hand.

"Er..." Slowly, Yumi began to get her face off the ground. She looked at the two of us, her sky blue eyes burning a flame as bright as Braixen's. Then, she looked at Umbreon, "After them!"

"Okay, you!"

"No!" Both Snivy and I looked back to see Umbreon. Him and those legs of his...they were really fast, and they were closing in on us, with the humans slowly falling behind.

"Run all you want! You can't outrun me!" For someone so calm, Umbreon was getting very competitive in this 'race' of ours'. His eyes narrowed, and her smirked as victory was just about his.

"Snivy!" I called with a concerned face, "We can't beat him!"

Even Snivy had a look of concern on his face for a split second. A single sweat that glistened under the moonlight made it's way down Snivy's face, whether it was from anxiety or from the running was up to him as he began to tire and slow.

"I..." Snivy stopped, which prompted me to stop as well.

"Snivy?" I quickly walked back up to him to see if he was alright. More than likely. He probably just knew as well that Umbreon would catch up to us no matter what. Speaking of Umbreon, as soon as he and his trainer caught up to us, I took a battle stance in front of a Snivy holding the egg, "Don't come any closer..."

I knew full well that I wasn't supposed to be battling right now. My body was in no condition, but still...

"Hand over the egg first." Umbreon answered a she took a single step closer.

"Do you wanna fight for it?" Yumi asked me

I knew she wouldn't be able to understand the words coming from my mouth, so I simply nodded.

"Fine then," Yumi replied, "Umbreon, let's go!"

"Yes!" Now it was Umbreon's turn to enter a battle stance.

The two of us stared each other down. Snivy and Justice were getting situated behind me and Yumi respectively. No trainer, and no fight left. To say I was the underdog would be an understatement.

"Oh no you don't!"

?!" It was an incoming voice as Umbreon was suddenly struck by a Flamethrower attack that came from up in the air.

"Ah!" Umbreon tried to get up, but was stricken by a burn.

"A Flamethrower?" Yumi said confused as she looked up into the air.

"Up in the air?" Justice added as he too looked.

"Zero? Charizard?" They were guesses that was far out, but those were the only two who made enough sense to me.

"You!" Snivy yelled, "You evil witch!"

"Haha! Yes, this beautiful 'evil witch' is back and with a vengeance!" said Braixen, who smirked at Snivy specifically. She was...in the air...floating on a broomstick.

"Braixen, you can fly?" Yumi asked.

"But how?" Snivy added.

"I don't know. Blame the writer. He's telling me to tell the readers that this chapter doesn't have to make sense. For example, how I'm flying on a broomstick, or how I suddenly have the eggs now, just because the writer said so."

"Wha?" Snivy and I both checked his vine to see that it was empty. But how? 'Because the writer said so?1 Ugh!

"Haha?!" Sitting on the broomstick casually, Braixen held the lilac colored egg to the moon, "My little sister, at last you're mine!"

"Good job, Braixen!" Yumi cheered as sshe waved to the airborne magician, "Now give me the egg!"

"Uh, you may be my trainer, but I still say no!" Braixen cried, even though Yumi couldn't understand, "If I give you my sister, she could be a bust like Gligar. Or even worse, she could somehow be a peeper, like a certain little green pervert I know.

Snivy cracked a comedic smile, "Oh, so now I'm a pervert. Well then!" This prompted Snivy to launch himself onto Braixen's broomstick using his Vine Whip, much to Braixen's shock as she almost dropped the egg, "You know, because humans can't understand us, I can get away with being something FAR worse than a pervert..."

Not even two hours ago, Snivy didn't even know what Braixen's 'lips' were. Oh right: Because the writer said so.'

"So, Snivy reached 'down there'. You know, 'there'...

"AAAAHHHH!" Braixen shrieked as she violently pushed Snivy using just one arm.

"HA, gotcha!" That was the perfect opportunity for Snivy to snatch the egg from Braixen's other arm, but Braixen's reaction was fast. Hands on the egg, they struggled and struggled in a game of' 'Winner Take All-Tug Of War' The broomstick they were fighting on was beginning to lose control, and it wasn't until it was too late that they began to notice, they were falling from the sky, and away from us.

"Oh no!"

We were all shocked to say the least when we heard the sound of something crashing into the distant ground.

"They're at the campsite..." said an Umbreon who stepped up. Still dealing with the burn dealt by Braixen and her Flamethrower, he was fighting through the pain just to stand up. He started walking, which turned into running toward the campsite as Yumi, Justice, and I followed...

Location: Eggseter Campsite

So here we were, in a rush to discover the scuffle's end result. Many trainers returned from the scavenger hunt, eggs in the hands of not too many. The campfire was so dim, the only thing keeping Eggseter lit up at this time of night was the moon.

"Braixen! Snivy?" Yumi called, her face full of worry.

"Snivy?" I called, "Please Snivy, just say something if you can hear me."

"Chikorita?"

"Snivy?" I said confused as I looked around. It was kid of too dark for me to see. That was, until Umbreon, Yumi, Justice, and I all caught sight of a nearby flash of light. That flash of light was where Snivy's voice was coming from.

"Oh Snivy! Braixen!" Yumi called. It was Snivy and Braixen, they were sitting together, watching the lilac colored egg flash.

"No way..." Justice whispered as we all saw who was holding the egg.

My trainer...My trainer was holding the flashing egg. And we weren't the only ones who noticed. Trainers from around the camp were gathering, wondering what was going on with the egg.

"It's hatching..." Justice said.

"HATCHING?!" Everyone's eye grew wide. So now, a child was being born? Even Seth's face had curiosity written all over it, his mouth hanging slightly open as the egg began to change shape.

Yumi approached my trainer to where she was watching the egg hatch, side by side with him, Braixen, and Snivy.

It was beautiful...It was a sight unlike any other. In the moonlight, at the stroke of midnight, was my little sister or brother in the arms of my awestruck trainer. Snivy and Braixen even seem to have set aside their differences in observance of this magical moment. A new life begins here, the life of a baby who's glow was beginning to fade. What was revealed to the blue eyed trainer was a small, lilac colored creature. It looked so out of this world. "Nyaahh..." cried the cat who opened it's wide eyes for the very first time, looking up to the two trainers with an abundance of innocence, "Nya..."

To Be Continued...

Don't know if I went over the top with the brand of humor I put in, as far as a T Rating in concerned. At least it was subtle, because I can't do comedy for crap, unless it's dark.

So, there was a lot of things I had to fit into this chapter, mainly Justice's backstory. And also, this won't be the last arc dedicated to the Pokemon. These kind of arcs are something I came up with to give the Pokemon more screen time. Who knows? Maybe next time I'll do Seth's party, it'll probably be in an upcoming where many of the returning rivals and protagonists are OOC. But first, it's next chapter, where we introduce the newest Pokemon and exit the Eggseter Arc. Then...I don't want to spoil THAT arc...