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Shield Town
Leo
The day was beautiful for hiking. The birds were singing, the trees were green, it was actually sunny for once, and...
"It's still raining?" Ember asked the sky for the hundredth time. I looked at her and smiled. Though it was bright and sunny today, it was still pouring rain. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't been walking through it. The day was still young and the large dome that protected Shield Town could be seen just above the trees.
"Come on," I told Ember, "brighten up, we're almost there." I smiled wide, trying my best to be encouraging. Ember, with her fur matted against her body, and some of it over her face, looked like The Grudge. It was especially creepy because when she turned to stare at me, she only moved her head, giving the effect that it wasn't even attached to her body. I shuddered and turned back to the path. Trying to get that disturbing picture out of my mind, I looked around, taking in the serene beauty of nature.
The path we were walking was covered in a carpet of lush, green grass. The trees were filled with singing bird pokemon, each with its own song. The forest floor had shaking bushes, the only sign of life. I tried tracking the movements, but their sporadic nature made it impossible. The clouds above my head were fluffy, white, and perfect. It was the best day I had seen ever. Even the rain wasn't able to bother me. There was something, though. I just couldn't put my finger on it. There was something wrong with my perfect world. I looked at Terra and saw Bell floating just over her shoulder, facing the trees to our right. And she was ringing.
"Bell, could you cut that out?" She didn't even acknowledge me. I turned back to the scenery, deciding to return the treatment. I was able to keep it up for five minutes, and then it just became unbearable. She kept getting louder and louder. I glared at Bell again, intending to yell at her. She was still ringing, louder, but now she was looking behind us. My curiosity got the better of me and I looked back as well. What I saw left me dazed and confused.
"Interesting." A man was using a tape measure on Aditi's arms, occasionally he would make a note on a clipboard he had. Aditi had her mouth taped shut and was looking pleadingly at me. I could do nothing about it. I was stunned motionless. He scuttled around her, much like a lizard, muttering unintelligible words. The man was wearing a gray business suit with a black tie, and over his shoulder he had a solid black guitar case. The multicolored strap was decorated with surprisingly accurate pictures of legendary pokemon He was tall and angular; his calculating eyes were slanted and wood brown. He had full lips, and his skin was ruddy. His fine, wavy, ebony hair was worn in a style that reminded me of the petals of a vileplume. Several overlapping brown petals, formed in a circle. He also had wide feet. He was the second strangest man I had ever seen, next to Professor Redwood.
"Interesting," He said again, "very interesting, a pikachu half-breed. Shapely, tall, a rather perfect specimen if I do say so myself." He smirked and pushed a pair of black wire frame glasses up his nose. I noticed that they didn't have lenses. By now I had gathered enough composure to alert our group.
"What the fuck?" I heard them all turn, then Scar shouted.
"Hey, what are you doing to Aditi?" He ran past me and headed straight for the strange man. Just before he reached, the strange man, who was measuring Aditi's leg, stood up straight. He took a step back and tripped Scar as he ran by. Scar sprawled out when he hit the ground. XiD started laughing. The man shook his head and pulled the clipboard in front of his face.
"Very interesting." By now Aditi had regained herself and was ripping the tape off of her mouth. After a pained scream she turned to the strange man who was leaning over Scar.
"Who are you?" He turned back and bowed.
"Monique Lynem: Guitar specialist, and researcher of the interesting." He turned back to Scar, who by now had stood back up. He pulled out his tape measure again and began measuring Scar's scar. "Interesting, this must have hurt." Scar took a swing at his flowered head, but Monique stepped away, allowing Scar's momentum to carry through and send him to the ground. XiD had to hold his sides because he was laughing too much. Monique walked to Raina and immediately grabbed hold of her breasts, one in each hand. She yelped and shot a flamethrower into his face. When the flames cleared Monique was perfectly fine, if not a little singed. XiD was rolling on the ground, gasping for air.
"What?" Raina asked as her chest was fondled. Monique stopped and scribbled something on his clipboard, all the time muttering to himself.
"If the space... Skyscrapers... Big Bang... Mutant tauros..." These were just tiny snatches of Monique's private conversation I was able to collect. Terra, Ember, Bell and I just stood dumb struck as the rest of our party was growing increasingly angry at the man. Except XiD, he was dying from laughter. His black face was swirling purple, the closest he could get to blue in the face. He had been holding his breath too long. Monique avoided everything thrown at him, and that which he couldn't, he just took it and shook it off. I watched for a while until the madness could no longer be taken.
"Stop!" Everyone froze when I shouted. Everyone, except Monique and XiD. XiD was laughing even harder, which I didn't believe was possible, and Monique scurried around for a bit before settling himself in front of a small beetle on the ground. The group around me was silent. I calmly looked at Terra, noting the shock on her face.
"We're leaving." I said with authority. I changed into a pikachu and jumped on Terra's shoulder. Behind me I heard Monique scurrying around a bit, but I ignored it. Terra had taken a single step before I was grabbed around the waist and yanked from my position.
"Interesting," I heard Monique say as I was turned every direction, "I have yet to see any creature with shape changing abilities. Tell me, what else can you be?" I change back into my natural state, forcing Monique to drop me and to go back to scribbling on his clipboard.
"I can change into whatever the fuck I want." This man was really starting to irritate me. He nodded, wrote something down, and pulled out a pokeball.
"Sneak, meet my new test subject." He said, releasing the pokemon. From the light appeared a human. He was slightly shorter than most, but not a midget. He wore red camouflage pants designed to look like lava, a gray undershirt, and a red, short-sleeved jacket. The jacket covered his mouth and nose, and his hair and forehead were covered by a silver headband. All I could see of him was his tanned arms, and cool, emotionless eyes. He took one look at me and turned to Monique.
"I don't see anything special about him." His voice was a droning monotone. Monique grinned and patted Sneak on the head.
"He can change shape. And no, he isn't a ditto like yourself." Terra stared at Monique with disbelief.
"I have never heard of a ditto that can take on a human's shape." Sneak turned to her, still completely deadpan.
"I have never met a human that was so ignorant." Terra fumed and was about to start shouting when I shushed her. I wanted to see what these two had for me.
"Well?" Sneak barely questioned, the only indication being a raised eyebrow. I smirked and began to change.
I went through all different species. Everything you could imagine, from the legendaries, to rattata. I even took on several different human shapes just to show off. When I finished I just stared at Sneak. He made a noise and turned to Monique, who was furiously writing a hole in his clipboard.
"He's different, all right. What do you want with him?" Monique looked up and smiled, adding a totally new dimension to his face.
"Like I said, he will be my test subject for the next few weeks." I glared at him. I didn't want yet another lunatic following us around for a few weeks.
"I say hell no. I don't want someone with such a girly name hanging with us. What will it do to our reputation?" Monique frowned, adding yet another unknown dimension to his face.
"Now why on earth would you call my name girly?" I smirked, happy to finally have rattled him.
"Cause it is. I know of one male named Monique, and that's you. I did know three others, but they all got sex changes. I suggest you do the same." His frowned turned up into a vicious smile; it radiated evil like nothing else. He stalked forward and punched me square in the jaw. I could feel the power behind it, and anyone else probably have been flat on their back. But I'm not anyone else. While his fist was still touching my face I released a powerful thunderbolt in hopes of knocking him unconscious. When the light faded, and he was still standing, I was more than a little surprised. He took a step back and cracked his neck. Just so you know, XiD was laughing through all of it.
"Oh yes," He said, "he will be an interesting test subject." He cracked his knuckles and made to step up to me again, but he was held back by Sneak.
"Now is not the time," he muttered, "I'd rather not get into the middle of a fire fight between you two." I growled and turned away.
"I don't give a rat's ass. I'm going, come on everybody. And XiD, shut up. You're forgetting to breath again." XiD took a huge breath and stood, still giggling. I started walking. Behind me I heard the scuttling that was Monique. I walked faster, he scuttled faster. We continued until I was in a dead run and he was scuttling after me on all fours. I kept running until I hit the Shield Town barrier, and fell unconscious. Again. I assumed my teammates caught up, because when I awoke I was in a Pokemon Center.
I walked out into the lobby and growled when I saw Monique, casually leaning over the counter and examining a very uncomfortable Nurse Joy.
"I truly must know why you and your sisters all look identical. It is very interesting." I grabbed him by the collar of his business suit and dragged him across the floor. I motioned for everyone else, including Sneak, to follow. They all got up from their seats and did as they were told. When I was outside I looked up, expecting rain, but only saw the barrier. Dismissing it I pulled Monique around to face me.
"Listen creep, if you insist on following us around I have to lay down some ground rules. First, no 'testing' us without permission. Second, no random examinations of complete strangers. Third, you will listen to us. If we tell you to do something, do it, and don't ask questions. Fourth, and finally, don't let your ditto steal our things." I turned a glare to Sneak, he shrugged and emptied his pockets of our money, pokedex's, and general items.
"I can't help it," he droned, "It's in my nature." Lightning quick he grabbed Terra's breasts, then, just as quickly, he pushed his pokeball on Monique's belt and disappeared. Crafty bastard. I sighed and just started walking.
"I'll get him when he gets out, let's go beat the gym leader." Terra nodded, not so easily flustered. The gym was centered in the town, probably to equally project the barrier around the it. It was built just like any other. It had a receptionist, and a door leading to the gym. The receptionist, a bored looking guy, just kinda nodded as we walked in. With out paying him much attention, we walked through the door and out onto the gym floor.
It was built as solid, seamless steel. There were no rivets, and no welding, the room looked as if it was made from a single piece of steel, molded into the square shape. On the opposite end of the white arena lines was Jessica Moulderes, she was wearing a long tan trench coat, and was currently floating five feet off the ground, sitting crossed legged. Her eyes were closed, but when Terra was about to call out, they snapped open. She said nothing, simply straightened her legs and dropped to the ground. The moment she touched, a referee entered the room. He stood in his appointed spot and raised his flags.
"This battle will be three on three. No substitutions, no items. The challenger may start first. Begin!" Terra grabbed Ember and threw her onto the field.
"Ember, go!" Ember flipped mid-air and landed on her feet. She did a little dance, then stood still, patiently. Jessica didn't say a word. A pokeball floated behind her and flew out to the field. It opened and released a slowpoke. Terra growled at the type disadvantage, but didn't let it faze her.
"Use pound, Ember!" Ember ran at the slowpoke, who just sat there dumbly. Without warning, it opened its mouth and a ring of water appeared. I immediately noticed the water pulse, but Terra didn't. Ember kept running and was hit dead on when the attack was released. As Ember flew backwards, the slowpoke closed its eyes. Its body began to glow. Once again, I recognized the move, calm mind, but Terra was confused. Ember was already out, so Terra kept up the assault.
"Run around it Ember, and use ember!" Ember started running a wide circle around the slowpoke, spiraling in slightly for an easier target. She fired her little flames at slowpoke, hardly doing anything. When her circle got a little too close, she jumped back a foot, still firing embers. "Next time, when you get close, use pound." Terra called. Ember didn't respond, but when she got close again she jumped high in the air and brought a pound down on the slowpokes back. He didn't even flinch. Ember was surrounded by a light blue aura. She flailed in the air a moment as she was held by confusion, but it didn't last long before she was hurled back at us. She landed at Terra's feet, out cold.
"The challenger is unable to battle, Slowpoke wins." The referee called. Terra grabbed me by the shoulder and shoved me into the field.
"Show no mercy." She growled as she picked Ember up. I nodded at her.
"Jessica is using telekinesis to direct her pokemon," I told Terra, only recently coming to this realization, "Don't say a word to me, let me fight. If anyone asks, you were doing the same as her." Terra nodded grimly. I stepped out into the field and growled at the slowpoke. I was in my half-breed form, and it left the referee a little flustered, but he ignored it.
"Begin round two!" I dashed at the slowpoke, faster than the human eye could see. I stopped behind it, already charging electricity. It tried to turn around, but it is, after all, called a slowpoke for a reason. I unleashed a thunderbolt , taking it out with one hit. I stepped away and the same pokeball floated up to recaptured slowpoke. The referee shouted, but I cut him off.
"Would you shut up? We know what to do, for Arceus' sake, just stand there and tell me when I won." The man shut up and glared at me, which I returned with gusto. Another pokeball floated out into the field. It opened to reveal a mime jr. It did a little spin and bowed, making an entrance. I waited until it looked up again and fired a thundershock. A light blue aura surrounded the pokemon, and my attack was sent , the most annoying attack next to confuse ray. I felt its effects trying to move me, but I resisted, using my own mental power and physical strength. I ran at the mime jr., intending to punch it since I couldn't hit it with electricity. I saw light yellow lines beginning to swirl around its fist, but I dismissed it. Never dismiss it. When I reached it I punched him in the stomach, but not before it hit me in the forehead with dizzy punch. Mime jr. was knocked out, but now I was so confused I thought I was my own enemy. I started punching myself in the face, and banging my head on the steel floor, determined to defeat myself. I didn't notice another pokemon enter the arena, or myself getting thrown out.
"Leo, stop, it's over." I looked up, my confusion passed, and stared at Terra, who I had conveniently landed next too. She smiled and threw Bell's pokeball into the arena. I sat up to watch the battle. Bell was facing a kirlia. I thought this is how the battle should have started since Bell was naturally resistant against everything, almost. The kirlia attacked first, a light pink aura, signifying psychic, surrounded Bell. Bell moved slightly, but was not affected by the attack. Bell charged, getting in close. The kirlia side-stepped, and when Bell was in front of her, used headbutt. Again it barely fazed Bell, she just turned and used take down. It was all it took to finish the kirlia. That is the down side to psychics. They have brilliant offense, but their defense is lacking.
"The challenger wins!" The referee called before walking back to his room. Again, Terra was about to call out to Jessica, but she simply started floating again. The Shield Town badge floated towards us. Terra snatched it out of the air and examined it, I looked too. It was a brain, surrounded in an orange aura. Terra said nothing else. Only when we were back outside did she jump in the air and give a little shout.
"Yahoo! Let's go get everyone healed, then we can move on." We ended up at the Pokemon Center, waiting for Ember to wake up. I glared at Monique, who was passing his hand through the space between XiD's head and shoulders. XiD was laughing his ass off.
"Would you cut that out?" I growled, "If you keep that up, XiD will die from lack of oxygen." XiD just laughed some more.
"Dijo dijo dijo, ghost pokemon can't die, dijo dijo dijo." Monique scribbled something on his clipboard. I sighed.
"What exactly do you write on that?" Monique looked up. He thought for a moment, then turned the clipboard to face me. All I could see on it were tiny, squiggled lines. I shook my head. "What is that? How do you write so small, and how do you read it?" He shrugged.
"They're haiku's, three-lined poems. They are a good way for me to keep my notes. Reading them is normal for me; it is how I've always written." I sighed and turned away, not wanting to talk to the lunatic any more.
When Ember was awake, I got up and left without a word. I hoped everyone followed, because I just didn't want to deal with the lunatic. But which one?Chapter End Notes:Thanks for reading, tell me what you think of Monique. The next chapter will be posted when it's posted. Review
The day was beautiful for hiking. The birds were singing, the trees were green, it was actually sunny for once, and...
"It's still raining?" Ember asked the sky for the hundredth time. I looked at her and smiled. Though it was bright and sunny today, it was still pouring rain. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't been walking through it. The day was still young and the large dome that protected Shield Town could be seen just above the trees.
"Come on," I told Ember, "brighten up, we're almost there." I smiled wide, trying my best to be encouraging. Ember, with her fur matted against her body, and some of it over her face, looked like The Grudge. It was especially creepy because when she turned to stare at me, she only moved her head, giving the effect that it wasn't even attached to her body. I shuddered and turned back to the path. Trying to get that disturbing picture out of my mind, I looked around, taking in the serene beauty of nature.
The path we were walking was covered in a carpet of lush, green grass. The trees were filled with singing bird pokemon, each with its own song. The forest floor had shaking bushes, the only sign of life. I tried tracking the movements, but their sporadic nature made it impossible. The clouds above my head were fluffy, white, and perfect. It was the best day I had seen ever. Even the rain wasn't able to bother me. There was something, though. I just couldn't put my finger on it. There was something wrong with my perfect world. I looked at Terra and saw Bell floating just over her shoulder, facing the trees to our right. And she was ringing.
"Bell, could you cut that out?" She didn't even acknowledge me. I turned back to the scenery, deciding to return the treatment. I was able to keep it up for five minutes, and then it just became unbearable. She kept getting louder and louder. I glared at Bell again, intending to yell at her. She was still ringing, louder, but now she was looking behind us. My curiosity got the better of me and I looked back as well. What I saw left me dazed and confused.
"Interesting." A man was using a tape measure on Aditi's arms, occasionally he would make a note on a clipboard he had. Aditi had her mouth taped shut and was looking pleadingly at me. I could do nothing about it. I was stunned motionless. He scuttled around her, much like a lizard, muttering unintelligible words. The man was wearing a gray business suit with a black tie, and over his shoulder he had a solid black guitar case. The multicolored strap was decorated with surprisingly accurate pictures of legendary pokemon He was tall and angular; his calculating eyes were slanted and wood brown. He had full lips, and his skin was ruddy. His fine, wavy, ebony hair was worn in a style that reminded me of the petals of a vileplume. Several overlapping brown petals, formed in a circle. He also had wide feet. He was the second strangest man I had ever seen, next to Professor Redwood.
"Interesting," He said again, "very interesting, a pikachu half-breed. Shapely, tall, a rather perfect specimen if I do say so myself." He smirked and pushed a pair of black wire frame glasses up his nose. I noticed that they didn't have lenses. By now I had gathered enough composure to alert our group.
"What the fuck?" I heard them all turn, then Scar shouted.
"Hey, what are you doing to Aditi?" He ran past me and headed straight for the strange man. Just before he reached, the strange man, who was measuring Aditi's leg, stood up straight. He took a step back and tripped Scar as he ran by. Scar sprawled out when he hit the ground. XiD started laughing. The man shook his head and pulled the clipboard in front of his face.
"Very interesting." By now Aditi had regained herself and was ripping the tape off of her mouth. After a pained scream she turned to the strange man who was leaning over Scar.
"Who are you?" He turned back and bowed.
"Monique Lynem: Guitar specialist, and researcher of the interesting." He turned back to Scar, who by now had stood back up. He pulled out his tape measure again and began measuring Scar's scar. "Interesting, this must have hurt." Scar took a swing at his flowered head, but Monique stepped away, allowing Scar's momentum to carry through and send him to the ground. XiD had to hold his sides because he was laughing too much. Monique walked to Raina and immediately grabbed hold of her breasts, one in each hand. She yelped and shot a flamethrower into his face. When the flames cleared Monique was perfectly fine, if not a little singed. XiD was rolling on the ground, gasping for air.
"What?" Raina asked as her chest was fondled. Monique stopped and scribbled something on his clipboard, all the time muttering to himself.
"If the space... Skyscrapers... Big Bang... Mutant tauros..." These were just tiny snatches of Monique's private conversation I was able to collect. Terra, Ember, Bell and I just stood dumb struck as the rest of our party was growing increasingly angry at the man. Except XiD, he was dying from laughter. His black face was swirling purple, the closest he could get to blue in the face. He had been holding his breath too long. Monique avoided everything thrown at him, and that which he couldn't, he just took it and shook it off. I watched for a while until the madness could no longer be taken.
"Stop!" Everyone froze when I shouted. Everyone, except Monique and XiD. XiD was laughing even harder, which I didn't believe was possible, and Monique scurried around for a bit before settling himself in front of a small beetle on the ground. The group around me was silent. I calmly looked at Terra, noting the shock on her face.
"We're leaving." I said with authority. I changed into a pikachu and jumped on Terra's shoulder. Behind me I heard Monique scurrying around a bit, but I ignored it. Terra had taken a single step before I was grabbed around the waist and yanked from my position.
"Interesting," I heard Monique say as I was turned every direction, "I have yet to see any creature with shape changing abilities. Tell me, what else can you be?" I change back into my natural state, forcing Monique to drop me and to go back to scribbling on his clipboard.
"I can change into whatever the fuck I want." This man was really starting to irritate me. He nodded, wrote something down, and pulled out a pokeball.
"Sneak, meet my new test subject." He said, releasing the pokemon. From the light appeared a human. He was slightly shorter than most, but not a midget. He wore red camouflage pants designed to look like lava, a gray undershirt, and a red, short-sleeved jacket. The jacket covered his mouth and nose, and his hair and forehead were covered by a silver headband. All I could see of him was his tanned arms, and cool, emotionless eyes. He took one look at me and turned to Monique.
"I don't see anything special about him." His voice was a droning monotone. Monique grinned and patted Sneak on the head.
"He can change shape. And no, he isn't a ditto like yourself." Terra stared at Monique with disbelief.
"I have never heard of a ditto that can take on a human's shape." Sneak turned to her, still completely deadpan.
"I have never met a human that was so ignorant." Terra fumed and was about to start shouting when I shushed her. I wanted to see what these two had for me.
"Well?" Sneak barely questioned, the only indication being a raised eyebrow. I smirked and began to change.
I went through all different species. Everything you could imagine, from the legendaries, to rattata. I even took on several different human shapes just to show off. When I finished I just stared at Sneak. He made a noise and turned to Monique, who was furiously writing a hole in his clipboard.
"He's different, all right. What do you want with him?" Monique looked up and smiled, adding a totally new dimension to his face.
"Like I said, he will be my test subject for the next few weeks." I glared at him. I didn't want yet another lunatic following us around for a few weeks.
"I say hell no. I don't want someone with such a girly name hanging with us. What will it do to our reputation?" Monique frowned, adding yet another unknown dimension to his face.
"Now why on earth would you call my name girly?" I smirked, happy to finally have rattled him.
"Cause it is. I know of one male named Monique, and that's you. I did know three others, but they all got sex changes. I suggest you do the same." His frowned turned up into a vicious smile; it radiated evil like nothing else. He stalked forward and punched me square in the jaw. I could feel the power behind it, and anyone else probably have been flat on their back. But I'm not anyone else. While his fist was still touching my face I released a powerful thunderbolt in hopes of knocking him unconscious. When the light faded, and he was still standing, I was more than a little surprised. He took a step back and cracked his neck. Just so you know, XiD was laughing through all of it.
"Oh yes," He said, "he will be an interesting test subject." He cracked his knuckles and made to step up to me again, but he was held back by Sneak.
"Now is not the time," he muttered, "I'd rather not get into the middle of a fire fight between you two." I growled and turned away.
"I don't give a rat's ass. I'm going, come on everybody. And XiD, shut up. You're forgetting to breath again." XiD took a huge breath and stood, still giggling. I started walking. Behind me I heard the scuttling that was Monique. I walked faster, he scuttled faster. We continued until I was in a dead run and he was scuttling after me on all fours. I kept running until I hit the Shield Town barrier, and fell unconscious. Again. I assumed my teammates caught up, because when I awoke I was in a Pokemon Center.
I walked out into the lobby and growled when I saw Monique, casually leaning over the counter and examining a very uncomfortable Nurse Joy.
"I truly must know why you and your sisters all look identical. It is very interesting." I grabbed him by the collar of his business suit and dragged him across the floor. I motioned for everyone else, including Sneak, to follow. They all got up from their seats and did as they were told. When I was outside I looked up, expecting rain, but only saw the barrier. Dismissing it I pulled Monique around to face me.
"Listen creep, if you insist on following us around I have to lay down some ground rules. First, no 'testing' us without permission. Second, no random examinations of complete strangers. Third, you will listen to us. If we tell you to do something, do it, and don't ask questions. Fourth, and finally, don't let your ditto steal our things." I turned a glare to Sneak, he shrugged and emptied his pockets of our money, pokedex's, and general items.
"I can't help it," he droned, "It's in my nature." Lightning quick he grabbed Terra's breasts, then, just as quickly, he pushed his pokeball on Monique's belt and disappeared. Crafty bastard. I sighed and just started walking.
"I'll get him when he gets out, let's go beat the gym leader." Terra nodded, not so easily flustered. The gym was centered in the town, probably to equally project the barrier around the it. It was built just like any other. It had a receptionist, and a door leading to the gym. The receptionist, a bored looking guy, just kinda nodded as we walked in. With out paying him much attention, we walked through the door and out onto the gym floor.
It was built as solid, seamless steel. There were no rivets, and no welding, the room looked as if it was made from a single piece of steel, molded into the square shape. On the opposite end of the white arena lines was Jessica Moulderes, she was wearing a long tan trench coat, and was currently floating five feet off the ground, sitting crossed legged. Her eyes were closed, but when Terra was about to call out, they snapped open. She said nothing, simply straightened her legs and dropped to the ground. The moment she touched, a referee entered the room. He stood in his appointed spot and raised his flags.
"This battle will be three on three. No substitutions, no items. The challenger may start first. Begin!" Terra grabbed Ember and threw her onto the field.
"Ember, go!" Ember flipped mid-air and landed on her feet. She did a little dance, then stood still, patiently. Jessica didn't say a word. A pokeball floated behind her and flew out to the field. It opened and released a slowpoke. Terra growled at the type disadvantage, but didn't let it faze her.
"Use pound, Ember!" Ember ran at the slowpoke, who just sat there dumbly. Without warning, it opened its mouth and a ring of water appeared. I immediately noticed the water pulse, but Terra didn't. Ember kept running and was hit dead on when the attack was released. As Ember flew backwards, the slowpoke closed its eyes. Its body began to glow. Once again, I recognized the move, calm mind, but Terra was confused. Ember was already out, so Terra kept up the assault.
"Run around it Ember, and use ember!" Ember started running a wide circle around the slowpoke, spiraling in slightly for an easier target. She fired her little flames at slowpoke, hardly doing anything. When her circle got a little too close, she jumped back a foot, still firing embers. "Next time, when you get close, use pound." Terra called. Ember didn't respond, but when she got close again she jumped high in the air and brought a pound down on the slowpokes back. He didn't even flinch. Ember was surrounded by a light blue aura. She flailed in the air a moment as she was held by confusion, but it didn't last long before she was hurled back at us. She landed at Terra's feet, out cold.
"The challenger is unable to battle, Slowpoke wins." The referee called. Terra grabbed me by the shoulder and shoved me into the field.
"Show no mercy." She growled as she picked Ember up. I nodded at her.
"Jessica is using telekinesis to direct her pokemon," I told Terra, only recently coming to this realization, "Don't say a word to me, let me fight. If anyone asks, you were doing the same as her." Terra nodded grimly. I stepped out into the field and growled at the slowpoke. I was in my half-breed form, and it left the referee a little flustered, but he ignored it.
"Begin round two!" I dashed at the slowpoke, faster than the human eye could see. I stopped behind it, already charging electricity. It tried to turn around, but it is, after all, called a slowpoke for a reason. I unleashed a thunderbolt , taking it out with one hit. I stepped away and the same pokeball floated up to recaptured slowpoke. The referee shouted, but I cut him off.
"Would you shut up? We know what to do, for Arceus' sake, just stand there and tell me when I won." The man shut up and glared at me, which I returned with gusto. Another pokeball floated out into the field. It opened to reveal a mime jr. It did a little spin and bowed, making an entrance. I waited until it looked up again and fired a thundershock. A light blue aura surrounded the pokemon, and my attack was sent , the most annoying attack next to confuse ray. I felt its effects trying to move me, but I resisted, using my own mental power and physical strength. I ran at the mime jr., intending to punch it since I couldn't hit it with electricity. I saw light yellow lines beginning to swirl around its fist, but I dismissed it. Never dismiss it. When I reached it I punched him in the stomach, but not before it hit me in the forehead with dizzy punch. Mime jr. was knocked out, but now I was so confused I thought I was my own enemy. I started punching myself in the face, and banging my head on the steel floor, determined to defeat myself. I didn't notice another pokemon enter the arena, or myself getting thrown out.
"Leo, stop, it's over." I looked up, my confusion passed, and stared at Terra, who I had conveniently landed next too. She smiled and threw Bell's pokeball into the arena. I sat up to watch the battle. Bell was facing a kirlia. I thought this is how the battle should have started since Bell was naturally resistant against everything, almost. The kirlia attacked first, a light pink aura, signifying psychic, surrounded Bell. Bell moved slightly, but was not affected by the attack. Bell charged, getting in close. The kirlia side-stepped, and when Bell was in front of her, used headbutt. Again it barely fazed Bell, she just turned and used take down. It was all it took to finish the kirlia. That is the down side to psychics. They have brilliant offense, but their defense is lacking.
"The challenger wins!" The referee called before walking back to his room. Again, Terra was about to call out to Jessica, but she simply started floating again. The Shield Town badge floated towards us. Terra snatched it out of the air and examined it, I looked too. It was a brain, surrounded in an orange aura. Terra said nothing else. Only when we were back outside did she jump in the air and give a little shout.
"Yahoo! Let's go get everyone healed, then we can move on." We ended up at the Pokemon Center, waiting for Ember to wake up. I glared at Monique, who was passing his hand through the space between XiD's head and shoulders. XiD was laughing his ass off.
"Would you cut that out?" I growled, "If you keep that up, XiD will die from lack of oxygen." XiD just laughed some more.
"Dijo dijo dijo, ghost pokemon can't die, dijo dijo dijo." Monique scribbled something on his clipboard. I sighed.
"What exactly do you write on that?" Monique looked up. He thought for a moment, then turned the clipboard to face me. All I could see on it were tiny, squiggled lines. I shook my head. "What is that? How do you write so small, and how do you read it?" He shrugged.
"They're haiku's, three-lined poems. They are a good way for me to keep my notes. Reading them is normal for me; it is how I've always written." I sighed and turned away, not wanting to talk to the lunatic any more.
When Ember was awake, I got up and left without a word. I hoped everyone followed, because I just didn't want to deal with the lunatic. But which one?Chapter End Notes:Thanks for reading, tell me what you think of Monique. The next chapter will be posted when it's posted. Review