The Road to Indigo (Pokemon RP (Closed): Chapter 7: Dead Living On The Radio...)

[NeoAC]

Don't go? What's she meaning by that? Jordan was a bit confused. He walked over to where Fary was holding her injured fox. "Hey, here Fary," he said after rummaging through his pockets. He pulled out a Potion. "My dad said these were supposed to be for healing Pokemon, right? You can have it if you want. Your fox probably needs it more than Vince bro." He sprayed the Potion onto Zorua's injuries and they started to heal immediately.

 

[Lizmichi]

Fary nodded. "Yea thanks Jordan. I know it heals them it's just.... seeing that brought back something that happened years ago. I lost my head really." fary said not looking up still crying. "God Sara I'm sorry." Fary said talking about her Umbreon she named Sara.

"I lost a Pokemon before back home in Black City when I was a kid, an Umbreon I had for as long as I can remember but when I was 11 she started coughing up blood and died a few hours later, no potion could save her. I still have no idea why she died or even what made her sick. She was my best friend and seeing Zorua get hurt just brought all that back. I was going to leave to become a trainer at age 12 but losing Sara made me lose my will to go." Fary said talking to only Jordan could hear her. She got up and brushed her self off and looked at Jordan and sighed hugging him tightly.

"Anyway, thanks again and sorry about well kissing you." she said feeling bad that she took things to fast.

 

[NeoAC]

Jordan listened to Fary's story with what little compassion he had the ability to muster. He hadn't had a Pokemon die on him. Yeah his cousin had a fish that croaked on him but that was as close as it got to tragedy in his life so far. The hug helped though.

"Hey, don't worry about it," he told the older girl. "I enjoyed it. And yeah, that's really sad what happened. I dunno, I haven't lost anyone yet, so I know I don't know, but you know, you got people here for you, OK? Like, we'll look after you and support you and stuff, and...I'm sorry, Fary. I'm not so good at the stuff, you know?"

 

[LunaSocks]

"Ugh. You people care to much about your little creatures. So when are we going to move on? I'd like to get to Pewter, or where ever we're going today." Terinth said, looking over at the horizon and saw that the sun was slowly beginning to sink. It wouldn't be long before it was nightfall, and she didn't want to be stuck out here at night. She got a little worried, and brought out her Mankey for protection. She decided to scan it with her pokedex to find out what it was like. *Insert RBMidnight's PokeDex entry here*

"So you're the angry type, eh? You might be useful then." Teritnh said to her pokemon, as it poked around the brush where it's home used to be. "I'd take a good look, because it's the last one you're going to get." Terinth said, with as little a caring or sympathetic voice as possible, showing the pokemon that it no longer had it's own free will.

 

[Lizmichi]

Fary's attitude changed when she heard that that ***** talk about Pokemon as things to own and not something you take care of. It sent her into a rage she hadn't felt since she saw a man beat his poor little Minccino for dropping something on his shoes. "Excuse me for a bit Jordan." Fary said calmly to him then turned on her heels to face.. her.

"What the fuck is your problem?" Fary said her anger showing to the disrespectful trainer. "Pokemon aren't things you own, you need to take care of them, not treat them like you do." Fary said holding the weak Rogue in her arms. "I've lived around Pokemon for all of my life and never have I seen someone treat them like you do, well next to beating them but something tells me you're not far from that." Fary said walking to her stopping short of being in her face. Fary couldn't believe someone would even think that about a Pokemon. Fary couldn't help but punch her hard in the face for that.

"Pokemon are living things you need to take care of and care for. They're not slaves to do your bidding as you seem to think they are. People like you remind me of Team Rocket, Pokemon are only good for personal gain. Like to see how far you get with that attitude. "Now if you excuse me I have really people to get back to." Fary said

Fary walked back to Jordan fuming and crossed her arms not wanting to be around that that thing any longer. She tried to change her focus from what had just happened to Jordan. "Thanks again for helping my Pokemon and for well giving some comfort to losing a Pokemon. It's not easy and not something I want to see happen again. As for the kiss if you enjoyed it you might get another." Fary said smirking at Jordan.

 

[Lambi]

Aeris felt relieved when Kirsten was back in her Pokeball, but ashamed that she felt relieved about it. "I'm thankful that you two are trying to help me get over my fear. It'll take time, if it will ever go away, that is. Maybe some day I can pet Kirsten without thinking she'll drown me somehow." She smiled towards them, then looked over at Blaze. "Blaze! What happened to you? Are you alright?" She knelt down beside her Charmander. Blaze just looked at her with a victorious look on her face, since she had defeated many Pokemon by now. She only had a few injuries. Nothing to go back to the Pokecenter for just yet, but it could be fixed by a Potion. "Charmander!" she said. "That's good to hear. Now stand still." She took her backpack off of her back, opened it and rummaged through it. She found one of her Potions quickly and sprayed Blaze with is, her injuries started to heal. "There you go. Good as new." Blaze was thankful for the Potion and hugged Aeris who hugged her back. "You're welcome."

Aeris stood up and looked around. "Hmm. There are a few new Pokemon here. Maybe I should get data on them..." She took her Pokedex out of her pocket and aimed it at the various Pokemon around in the grass. She got data on Pidgey, Rattata, Sentret, Mankey, female Nidoran, male Nidoran and Spearow. All of which Blaze fought while Aeris was gathering the data. "There we go. If I see someone new, I'll be sure to get data on them as well. Good job, Blaze." Aeris gave her a thumbs up, which cheered the Charmander even more.

 

[CounterAttack]

"I'm happy to help," Rochelle answered Aeris with a smile. "If you ever feel up for another try, just say the word." She looked around, noting that the others seemed to have moved a little further down the path. "We should probably catch up to the rest of the team," she noted. "Maybe we can talk later." She hefted her pack and hurried up a little, wondering if she should get out a Potion or two to take care of the injuries her Pokémon had sustained during the battle. She only had two; she needed to use them sparingly.

Rochelle returned to the larger group in time to see Fary storming away from Terinth. Evidently something had happened, and she wasn't sure who to ask to get an idea of the situation. Deciding to leave it alone for now, she simply began to observe the others, standing about halfway between Jordan and Fary who stood together and Terinth. A small part of her mind noted that she should give her Spearow a name. Something that suited him... she didn't really know.

 

[RBMidknight]

"Hey there. Fancy seeing you out here," Tyler said in greeting. "What took you so far from the path?"

"Hello again." Simon replied. He pointed down toward Shadow. "A certain tracker lead me most of the way." he explained. "I think I found what he was looking for though. You may have passed a Mankey on your way here." he said. Shadow yipped quietly at Tyler and walked over to him. A foot away from the trainer the Poochyena sat down on the ground. The freshly named Pennant, or 'Pen' for short, was a bit more timid. She remained near Simon's foot and warbled a greeting. "How is the rest of the group?" Simon asked Tyler. He bent down to pick up his Pidgey. In his free hand he held the Pidgey's Pokéball. "We were about to head back toward them."

 

[NeoAC]

"Umm, uh yeah, totally. No prob, you know?" Jordan was still in a little disbelief over what he just saw. On the beach there wasn't any fisticuffs or anything like that. When you had a beef with someone, you settled it in a duel. Either out on the waves or in some other competition that you agree upon, that was how things got done. Seeing the girl who was clinging all over him just punch out another, younger girl, well that was a bit of an eye opener.

He looked up, the sun was starting to hang low in the sky, and Jordan wasn't looking forward to camping in the shade of a forest, he wanted to either be in a city, or on the beach, another neither of those options appeared available in the nearby area. "Uh, you know, maybe we should try to get to this place, what's it called? Porter City? Yeah, we should go there and not out here."

 

[socialtangent]

When Simon's Poochyena approached him, Tyler cautiously held out his hand to the small hound-like creature. He knew that Poochyenas were famed for their fierce bites, so he didn't want to risk losing his fingers. The Pokemon sniffed his hand and seemed to be satisfied. Carefully, Tyler reached out and scratched the Poochyena behind the ear.

"How is the rest of the group?"

"Uh..." he started.

Where to begin?

"Most of them are battling some wild Pokemon, I think. Jordan and Flirty Chick's Pokemon went at it for a bit while they went at it, if you get what I'm saying," Tyler explained, distaste evident in his tone. "You know your priorities are a bit jumbled when you're making out with a guy you barely know while your Zorua is getting beaten on by a Scyther," he added with a disgruntled sigh. "But I digress".

 

[Lizmichi]

Fary looked at her hand and clenched it checking to see how much pain it was in. She moved each finger one at a time to see if anything was wrong, thankfully nothing was. "Damn that hurt like hell but nothing seems to be broken." Fary said then looked at Jordan.

"Sorry I lose my temper when I hear or see people treating Pokemon like that. I saw someone abuse a Minccino for something so small. I don't put up with shit like that but normally I'm laid back about allot of things but mistreating Pokemon send me in a rage." she said wrapping her hand to reduce the swelling.

Fary pulled out her map to check and see how far till the next city and sighed. "As for getting to Pewter I'm not sure we can tonight. We still have to get through Viridian Forest and that will be a ***** will all the wild Pokemon. As I said, my tent is still open to you if you so wish and I can cook a hot meal for all of us in the mean time." she said kissing his cheek and walked off. Rogue jumped out of Fary's arm and ran over to Jordan and yipped licking the leg she bit. Zooruuua! I'm sorry

 

[RBMidknight]

Shadow sighed happily and leaned his head toward Tyler's hand. Shadow's trainer was not as happy.

"I'm sorry. They what?" Simon blinked in surprise. He started to adjust his glasses then realized with Pidgey in his hand he couldn't. It was a brief but appreciated distraction. Simon held up the Pokéball and spoke to his Pokémon. "Pen, I need you to go back into the Pokéball, okay?" he requested. The Pidgey made a soft cooing noise as it disappeared. After sliding the minimized Pokéball into his pocket Simon removed his glasses. He began cleaning the lenses with the edge of his shirt.

'Jordan and one of the girls were making out? But they've only just met! And why were their Pokémon battling each other?' Simon assumed the Zorua belonged to the unnamed girl. He shook his head slowly. 'Maybe this group wasn't such a good idea.' Simon held up his glasses and squinted at his handiwork. He hadn't interacted with the group much so his opinion of the members wasn't fully formed. But this report from Tyler certainly had an impact. 'It doesn't seem like he's making anything up.' Simon shook his head again. This journey was turning out to be very different from his 'normal' life.

Simon donned his glasses before addressing Tyler. "I may continue to stray away from the group. At least for a little while." Surely there would be multiple trails in the Viridian forest that lead to its end.

 

[socialtangent]

Tyler couldn't help but share Simon's sentiments regarding the group. Perhaps after a while, the melodrama would hopefully clear up. In any case, they could always catch up to them later before heading into the forest. The idea of entering the Viridian Forest alone didn't sound like a good idea. He turned his attention back to Simon's Poochyena, who seemed to be enjoying the scratching behind its ear. Tyler smiled and stroked along the back of its neck. "Good boy," he said to the Pokemon.

"Um...it is a boy, right?" he asked Simon, asking for clarification. "What's its name anyway?"

 

[RBMidknight]

"Yes, he's a boy. His name is Shadow." Simon replied. At the sound of his name the Poochyena's left ear twitched. Shadow look at his trainer but was reluctant to leave the attention he was getting. Simon grinned. 'You're getting spoiled.' he thought. He looked for Tyler's Abra but didn't see it anywhere nearby. Simon remembered then that he had yet to scan Geist. 'I'll ask later.' he decided. "Have you caught any new Pokémon here?" he asked Tyler.

 

[socialtangent]

"Shadow, huh? That's a nice name, buddy," Tyler said to Shadow. The fact that the Poochyena seemed to like him already was an encouraging sign. Maybe I should catch one of these for myself one day.

"Have you caught any new Pokémon here?"

Tyler looked up at Simon again and processed his question. "Uh...yeah. I caught a male Nidoran not too long ago, actually," he replied. "I always thought they were pretty cool, especially their evolved forms". Tyler grinned slightly. "Of course, I'm still looking to see if there's any other interesting Pokemon out here".

 

[Mookie_Magnus]

Bones was busy having fun battling some of the wild Pokemon, with Mika giving commands every now and then... But for the most part, he was standing close to Aeris and keeping her comforted as they walked. He smiled softly and held her hand, feeling lightly protective of her as they walked.

"Blaze battled quite beautifully, Aeris." Mika said with a smile to the girl. He sighed lightly, still with a somewhat infatuated grin on his face, unable to shake the feelings he had. This pretty older girl was holding his hand... Most boys would react the way he was now, but he still felt somewhat embarrassed.

You smell funny, Mika... But I recognize that scent. You're infatuated with the girl, are you not? Aren't you being a little hypocritical, by telling me not to get any ideas?

Mika ignored Bones' comment and paid attention to the conversation going on.

 

[Lambi]

"Ah, thank you." Aeris said to Mika, slightly blushing for some reason. Blaze jumped up and down at what Mika said. Aeris giggled at it. "Seems she thanks you too." Aeris squeezed Mika's hand and smiled towards him. She felt at ease when she was with him like this, not as afraid of being near Rochelle as she had been earlier. She was still careful, but not as careful as before.

"Thank you." she said to Mika out of the blue. "For being with me like this. You and Rochelle are doing the same thing that everyone else has been trying to do for me since that incident." She was about to think about it again, but feeling her hand in Mika's made her mind brush away the thoughts, for a moment at least. "I appreciate it a lot. I think I can safely say that you two are my friends now. Rochelle, I hope that with the help of Kirsten I can overcome my fear, at least some of it. Enough so I can pet her. Mika, it may have been a coincidence that you were there when I had a panic attack, but I'm glad that you were there." She leaned towards him and gave him a small kiss on the cheek. She blushed a little, but still had a smile on her face. Blaze chuckled at it, but Aeris didn't pay attention to her at the moment.

 

[LunaSocks]

After what Terinth had just said, Fary became very angry at her. She just didn't realize that her anger would extend to the point of blasting her in the nose with a rock solid fist. Terinth stumbled backwards, clutching her nose, which began dripping blood. Fary almost immediatly calmed down, which got Terinth almost as mad. She threw out as many curse words as she could in her head, not wanting to lose her calm demeanor. Seeing everyone not even pay attention to the fact that one of their team mates had just punched Terinth made her angrier, and before she went into the forest, she said one last thing to Fary.

"I am NO Team Rocket fan. All they do is extort, rob, and harm other people. And pokemon may be living things, but that doesen't give you the right to go around punching people about them." She said, wiping some of the blood off of her face, and going into the forest.

 

[NeoAC]

"It's OK," Jordan said. Mental note, don't piss Fary off. "I mean, I heard a couple of horror stories from my dad at work, not much, my mom was against any discussion of them at home, but he told me about what some people do. It sounded pretty bad."

Jordan looked down at the little Dark type, lapping at the wrap job that Fary had done. "Huh, like me now don't ya little sis? Now that I gave ya that?" He bend down and petted the little Pokemon, much like a puppy. "There you go," He made sure not to pet her too hard, he didn't need it pissed off again. The group seemed to be moving towards the forest. "We should probably follow after them, right?"

[HEADING=1]END OF CHAPTER ONE![/HEADING]

[HEADING=1]CHAPTER TWO: NOTHING BUT ROCKS AND TREES...[/HEADING]

Slowly but surely the group had made it into the deep and forbidding Viridian Forest. The natural tree canopy already made things dark, but with night falling fast, it looked even more ominous. How far the group would go in tonight would depend on how much courage they could collectively muster, and how foolhardy they planned on being.

Spoiler: OOC

Catching list will come later.

 

[CounterAttack]

Rochelle looked around, a little afraid of walking through the dark woods. On her way to Pallet Town she had stopped at the northern edge close to Pewter, and waited until morning to travel through the forest. She had also gotten lost a couple of times on her way through, but knew the right way now that she had gone through it once. Memory was the key in that regard; the map she possessed didn't detail the forest paths.

Sticking close to a few of the others, Jordan and Fary among them, she said quietly, "Um... are we just gonna charge on through? Or do we take it slow and wait till morning to reach Pewter? I favour the second option myself. Who knows who or what could be lurking deeper into the woods."