Maxwell Leggingsteele
Academy Grounds
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Maxwell smiled when Genevieve took his hand in hers. She was smiling as well, but there was something that wasn't right... Her smile wasn't like it had been on previous days, this time, it was sad. Maxwell also recognized the sadness in her eyes, had something happened to her? Whatever it was, he felt obliged to help her sort this out. What kind of boyfriend would he be if he didn't help her ut? Not a very good one, that's for sure.
He lowered his head and gently whispered in Genevieve's ear,
"I know that something is wrong. You can tell me about it later, because I will try to help you with it. You do know that I want you to feel better, right?"
He then raised his head while reaching for the Weedle, who had managed to squirm out of Maxwell's grip. Now it instead tried to sting the human who had, oh so ruthlessly, tried to hold it against its will. However, Maxwell's grip once again enclosed the Weedle around its second segment as he lifted it up.
"This little guy?" He asked and held the Weedle in front of Genevieve, "His name is Shinobi, and he's a pretty sneaky bug. He managed to steal my money, thinking it was food, right on front of my nose!"
"Weedle, wee, dle!"[I wasn't thinking that it was food!] the Weedle, now dubbed Shinobi, shouted.
"Sla, koth, koth, sla?"[Then why did you try to steal my trainer's money?] Slackey responded. The Normal-type had gotten up on his feet after the fall, and now he trotted towards Shinobi.
"Dle."[Because.] Shinobi answered. He tried to squirm out of Maxwell's grip again, but to no avail. Sigh, what was he gonna do now? Well, the Weedle did the only sensible thing that he could think of. Attacking. The smaller stinger on the tip of Shinobi's tail started to glow with a purple-ish color before he quickly stabbed it in Maxwell's hand. The teen let an "OUCH!" escape his lips as the grip aroud Shinobi loosened enough for the Weedle to jump out. The bug landed promptly on the ground and ran a few feet away from them. He then started to speak,
[I am... I am...] He cut himself off, [Dangit! I don't have a good name! I guess that 'Shinobi'-suggestion will do for now.] The Weedle said under his breath. [ERHM! I am Shinobi! The most fearsome Weedle on this island, no, in the whole universe!] he shouted, [You will back away now, or you will perish under the sharpness of my mighty stinger!]
"Lava, qui, qui!"[Most fearsome Weedle in the universe? Wow, what an accomplishment!] Quillie said sarcastically as he had seen everything that had been going on.
[Wait... That was sarcasm right? I didn't think you were able to comprehend such complexity!] Slackey said teasingly and looked at Quillie.
[Shut it.] The Quilava responded.
[Who do you think you are, mouthing off to me like that?!] Shinobi shouted at Quillie. How dared this idiot mock him? Ooohh he was gonna teach him one thing or two about respect!
[You wanna fight? Sure bring it on!] Quillie retaliated. He assumed a battle stance in front of the Weedle, ready to strike at any moment.
[You bet I want to! You're going down!]
Faster than one would imagine, Shinobi had set off towards Quillie. The stinger on his head glowed with a purple light again as he hit the Fire-type square in the face. Quillie tumbled back a bit, holding his paws in front of his face. That attack had really stung him. The Quilava quickly got back up on his feet, he wasn't gonna let a stupid bug best him like this! His front paws now started to glow in a white light, the Quilava took off towards Shinobi. He raised his paw high up in the air before he quickly slammed it against the Weedle's forehead. The bug tumbled around and remained on the ground, gasping for air. The battle had clearly taken a lot out of him.
[Dangit! Why can't I beat anybody?! I just want to get stronger!] Shinobi said. Quillie went silent for a moment. Then he did something unexpected, he reached out his paw towards the bug.
[If you want to get stronger, you should come with us.] He said. Shinobi just looked at the Quilava for a moment, then he latched onto the Pokémon's paw.
[If you say that I will get stronger, I see no problem joining up with you guys. After all, your trainer already gave me a name...] Shinobi said.
Maxwell could instantly see what was happening, and it made him a bit surprised. He didn't very often see Quillie being so friendly to a Pokémon from the get go. But that didn't matter, looks like he had a new team-member on his hands. But as Maxwell reached into his pocket for an empty Pokéball, he realized that there was none. He checked the other pocket, nope, no Pokéballs there either... Well that was just splendid, he knew that he forgot something. But then he thought that you would probably be able to purchase Pokéballs in Oak Town. Or rather, you had to be able to purchase Pokéballs in Oak Town. So the teen just whistled the twoPokémon over to his side, waiting to advance.