"I hope I don't meet that kid again...sore loser..." Shaun growled under her breath, while Shinx walked beside her, looking elated. "You were great, Shinx!" Shaun exclaimed, suddenly brightening, "did you see that trainer's face when we won, he thinks he's so great! Good shove you gave him!" She added, remembering when Shinx had tackled the trainer, and she fought a small laugh creeping up inside her, not really wanting to laugh at the trainer, all trainers get a little down when they lose a battle, but not laughing at the trainer was hard, he took it all too seriously. Suddenly, as she kicked at the road, a red and white ball flew into the air. Shinx leaped into the air and knocked it farther down the road. It was a pokeball, Shaun observed in confusion. Which trainer would just leave a pokeball in the middle of the road?
"Shinx! Let me take a look at that!" Shinx heard, and pushed it towards Shaun rather than away, looking excited. "Well, we might as well see if its empty or not," she decided, once Shinx had reached her with the pokeball, "thanks Shinx," Shaun picked up the pokeball, as it expanded, she turned it around, it was just a regular pokeball, nothing special about it, then she opened it, empty. It was still weird, however, to find a pokeball in the middle of the street, though it made a bit more sense to find an empty pokeball rather than one containing a pokemon. What should I do with this? It could be extremely difficult to find whoever dropped the pokeball, but I'd feel odd just taking it. Then again, if I don't take it, what am I supposed to do with it? Someone tell me the answer to that first? Just then, a trainer came running through the trees. Shaun looked around, spotted the trainer, who was about her age, and waved.
"Hello, have you lost a pokeball?" She asked, when he waved back. The trained looked confused, and approached her.
"A pokeball? No, I don't think I have at least, I'm looking for a zigzagoon, have you seen one around here? I love those pokemon and I was hoping I could catch one. That's why I was running around back here." He gestured in the direction of the trees, and Shaun nodded.
"Oh, okay. I was just checking, 'cause I found a pokeball on the road, sorry about that. And no, I haven't seen a zigzagoon, though someone told me a while ago that zigzagoon are frequently seen somewhere in that direction," she gestured to the right of her, where the trees and undergrowth were denser, but there seemed to be more food, she could spot a berry bush from where she was standing.
"A pokeball, that's weird. But thanks about telling me about where I could find a zigzagoon, and its okay about the pokeball thing, 'cause I found out where I might finally be able to catch a zigzagoon. Well, I'll be going now, see ya!" The trainer ran off in the direction that Shaun had pointed out, leaving Shaun and Shinx standing there.
"Well, if its not him, then do you think the trainer who lost this pokeball will be back looking for it?" She asked Shinx, who gave her a look that clearly said, I don't know. Shaun nodded, and was about to continued walking when yet another trainer ran up to her. Gosh, adventurous day, isn't it? Trainers finding me left and right, I just hope she's not asking for a battle, I'm not up to it right now. She nodded at the trainer, a girl younger than her by maybe a year, with her long blond hair in a ponytail that reached halfway down her back, and sparkling brown eyes.
"Hi, have you found a pokeball by any chance?" She asked, "I know you probably haven't, but I was just wondering, because I haven't really got the money to replace it right now." She explained, as Shaun was thinking well, I found the trainer, that simplifies matters a tiny bit. I am quite sarcastic, aren't I?
"Yeah, I found a pokeball around the spot where I'm standing right now. I guess it must be yours. Good thing that you came back for it, because I didn't have a clue what I was supposed to do with it." She told the trainer, handing her the pokeball, which she took.
"Thanks a bunch," the girl said, stowing the pokeball away, "I don't know how I could possibly have lost it, but its a good thing that you found it anyway. I think I had better be going now, I met a guy with a cyndaquil and he beat me, but now by a lot. I need to get to the next town to rest my pokemon, its in its pokeball, but I figure it'll be better for it to rest in the Pokemon Center, and it'll take a shorter time anyway. Hey, is that your Shinx? Its adorable!" The girl exclaimed, spotting Shaun's Shinx.
"Yeah, it is, you met a guy with a cyndaquil? I think I battled him a short while ago, I beat him with Shinx, and he got all mean and bad tempered, and started insulting Shinx, so Shinx tackled him." Shaun told the girl, who laughed.
"Really? He got really full of himself when he won, but I told him I'd beat him next time. Thanks for the pokeball back, bye, and by the way, your pokemon's adorable!" The girl ran off with a small wave over her shoulder, Shaun smiled and waved back, Shinx tried to, but it wasn't used to balancing on three paws, and wobbled.
"Now that we've got that sorted out, let's keep on going!"
