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Cries From the Other Side Reboot (Pokemon) PG-16

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Name: Rina Hendrix
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Appearance:
— Skin: Caucasian
— Head: Rina has dyed her hair light pink. It falls just above her shoulders and is held back by hairclips on either side of her head. Her eyes are a soft hazel colour.
— Height: 5'5"
— Body: Her activity level is enough to keep her slim and fit. She's kind of muscular, not so much that it shows, but enough that she can exhibit a decent amount of strength when necessary.
— Upper: She always rotates between her many designs of graphic tees. She doesn't really own any other kind of shirt... She also wears a charm bracelet on her left wrist all the time.
— Lower: She usually wears a pair of jeans or shorts. She also has about five pair of coloured Converse sneakers that she rotates through. Her favourite ones are purple.

History: Rina grew up in a nice little house with her parents and her two older brothers. Having two brothers, she was always more into sports than dolls. Not that she was a tomboy or anything (she still likes to wear a dress every once in a while) but she certainly wasn't a girly-girl. She has always loved to try new things, so she's already been rock climbing, zip-lining, and white-water rafting. Her adventurous nature sometimes made school seem a bit boring. The same routine every day got old pretty quickly. She sometimes skipped school to hang out with friends at an amusement park or something. Even though her parents scolded her for doing so, she still continues to sneak out sometimes. She does have a good relationship with her family, but her desire for an adventurous life sometimes causes arguments between her and her parents.

Personality: Rina is a bright girl who absolutely adores a challenge. Give her any excuse to try something new or push her limits even further and she will take it. Her hair seems to reflect her lifestyle; she often dyes it different colours or cuts it in different ways just to see if she can pull it off. She is very energetic and doesn't like to laze around doing nothing. She is very open and social when it comes to meeting new people and tries to make everyone feel comfortable. However, if she is nervous, Rina will begin to talk nonstop. She is a forgiving person, but if you do get on her bad side, she will likely stop speaking to you.

Color(s) of Soul: Red

Legendary: Raikou

Weapons: None

Pokemon: Azurill

Pokemon Nickname: Minni
Gender: Female
Personality: Minni is a shy little pokemon, liking to hide amongst all the pillows on Rina's bed.
Moves: Splash, Charm, Slam

Legendary: Raikou
Nickname: Tiger
Gender: Male
Personality: Like the thunderstorms he represents, Raikou has one heck of a temper. If he gets angry, expect to see dark clouds rolling in. He doesn't like humans very much, except for Rina, who is the only one he trusts.

RP Sample: It was Saturday, and Rina and her brothers had just arrived at the amusement park. It was going to be a full day of adrenaline and excitement. As soon as they got in to the park, she ran straight for the biggest roller coaster she could find. "So guys, how's about we go on this one? Looks cool, right?" Even her older brothers looked a bit unnerved by this ride. "Oh, come on. You're not scared, are you?" she teased. After that comment, they both suddenly became very eager to ride this coaster. "Works every time." thought Rina. They got into their seats and the roller coaster took off. Rina had never been on a ride that went so fast! The feeling was amazing. Unfortunately, the ride was over almost as soon as it had started, and they all walked towards the exit with slightly wobbly legs. The two boys looked a bit pale, but once they stepped off the exit ramp, Rina spoke up. "So... wanna go again?"

((Not my best SU, but I'm having some writers block for some reason))
 
Rina had been pretty bored all day long. School had been cancelled because of the intense thunderstorm happening right where she lived, and she hadn't been able to leave the house for the same reason. The storm had been going nonstop all day and only stopped about half an hour ago. Rina decided to head outside and breathe in that fresh rain-scented air. For some reason, air always smelled better after it had just rained. It sounded weird, but it was true.

The sky was beautiful that night. All the rainclouds had finally disappeared and lots of stars were visible. There was one star in particular that was brighter than the rest. Strange, it actually seemed to be moving. Rina squinted in order to get a better look at the star. Maybe it was a meteorite? Whatever it was, it was moving fast... Really fast. And it was getting larger. "Oh my god... It's heading straight for my house." she whispered to herself. She wanted to run inside and tell her family, but she found herself unable to move out of fear. She simply stood there as the bright light got closer and closer until it was about to crash, right in front of her. She closed her eyes and braced herself, but nothing happened. The light behind her closed eyelids became dim and faded away completely. Rina slowly opened her eyes and couldn't believe what she was seeing.

In the place of where a crater or a meteorite would have been, there was a big yellow tiger. Or at least something that looked like a tiger. The creature had a grey mask on its face, a long purple mane, and deep red eyes... eyes that were looking straight at her. It dropped a piece of paper it had been carrying onto the ground and looked from it to her. "You... want me to take it?" The tiger nodded, apparently understanding her. Rina picked up the piece of paper, not sure what else to do. She was talking to a space tiger. Obviously she was going crazy, so why not play along and see what happens?

I write these letters... in hopes that anyone can answer my plea. My world... it is dying. The sky has forgotten sunrise. The inhabitants are falling, falling to this strange song and slipping into the most bloodstained of madness. My world is tearing itself apart. If this goes on... both our worlds will die. I cannot stop her any longer. By the time you read this I am certain she will have captured or killed me. The creature who carried this to you is a Pokemon. In that egg with it is also a Pokemon. Please, with these two, please fight to protect our worlds. Please... end my sister's life before the Gods raise her up to immortality.

Child of Wishes, Aiko

This must be some kind of joke. What the heck is a Pokemon? She'd never heard the word before. She turned her gaze back to the tiger. "Are you, like, a robot or something? Or a hologram?" She looked around to see if anyone else was around. "Come on, who's there? Who did this?"

"I am unfamiliar with the things you speak of. I am a Pokemon, as indicated in your letter. My name is Raikou.

"Woah! What the heck just happened?" Rina exclaimed. "Did you just talk to me?"

"I can communicate with you telepathically, yes. But now is not the time for this. You must take this egg and raise it. We must all become ready for the events that are to come."

The girl looked down and saw a light blue egg resting on the ground between her and the tiger-pokemon-thing. She knelt down to pick it up. It was soft and cool to the touch. "Oh my god. This is real. This is actually happening right now." She stood back up, the egg in her arms. She looked into the pokemons red eyes. "So... have I just been chosen to be some sort of world guardian or something?" she said in disbelief.

Raikou seemed to smirk. "In essence, yes."
 
Sierra Silverstein
Sierra's House
Tonguemail

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Meteors and conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories and meteors. So, apparently just because a bunch of strange meteors fell recently, the government is attempting to take over the world or something? Really? How fascinating. Karalienda came as one of those meteors... and the letter did say letters, so maybe those other meteors were also other Pokemon? Well, it was possible.

At first I didn't even want to go to school, because I didn't want to leave the egg at home. I eventually put it out of my mind, as both my mom and Karalienda could take care of it while I was gone. I was so excited when it had hatched. Cracks had started to suddenly appear all over it, and it had started glowing. Once it had stopped glowing, there was a little white seal in its place. A seel whose name was apparently Seel. How creative.

The Seel was a girl, so I had named her Dewdrop. She had seemed content with the name, but she also just seemed content all around, so I just assumed she was okay with it.

I was currently sitting at my desk, surfing the internet on my computer. Dewdrop was sitting in my lap, her tongue half way out of her mouth. I pushed it back in, she stuck it back out. I pushed it in again, she stuck it out again. We repeated this for a little while, somehow I still managed to use the computer while I was doing it. After a while I just ignored it, Dewdrop had won.

Soon after the tongue war had ended, I got this weird email that asked if I wanted to "Play a game" and nothing else. I mean, ew? What if it was some weird hooker, or just a really dumb game, or maybe it would turn out to be something like Saw, which I wasn't interested in. I clicked No, and I desperately wished I could have bolded the No button and increased its size by a thousand.

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OOC: Sorry it was a bit late... and short. :|
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OOC: And here I thought this was dead.

Chapter 1.2:

School cancelled, due to heat.

"God-freaking-dammit." I grumbled to myself, reading the sign in front of the school. The mercury rises to an inane 45 degrees and those heat strokes cancelled school. My bag was heavy enough and for some reason that confuses the hell out of me, I felt compelled to bring the egg with me. Insecurity, I guess. At least I brought an umbrella, or this would be unbearable. I find myself sipping on my water more and more and trying to make some form of air circulation by flapping the solid blue polo I had changed to. The heat made it too hard to open my eyelids much so I wasn't really paying much attention to my surroundings. All I could hear was the sound of cars trying to leave this frying pan place and the buzzing of cicadas.

I had planned on re-reading the note today when I had the chance. Well, may as well read it now on the way back home. I reached into my pocket and grabbed the note. I only half read it last night. Luckily there's been almost 0 wind these past few days, so it didn't go far.

I write these letters...

It says letters, plural. If she's referring to this note that means that other people may have this too. Does that mean they have an egg and a beast too? Are they anywhere near me? Did it all happen on the same night?

...in hopes that anyone can answer my plea. My world... it is dying. The sky has forgotten sunrise. The inhabitants are falling, falling to this strange song and slipping into the most bloodstained of madness. My world is tearing itself apart.

This is where it gets interesting. This person, 'Child of Wishes' Aiko, is in a world different from this one. Does she mean planet or universe? She can speak English, that's a good sign. Another thing, this world is dying, and she's calling me and I guess everyone else who has a note from him/her/it. Something about a song that makes people go crazy. I can't tell if it's a metaphor or it's literal...

If this goes on... both our worlds will die.

This is what baffles me the most. I don't see how un-ending chaos in another world can somehow destroy this world. Sure, there are wars going on, but that's the way the world works. It's not like I'll go insane. Or maybe it's like a mirror thing. Where if one is destroyed, the other one gets destroyed too. I can only guess...

I can not stop her any longer. By the time you read this I am certain she will have captured or killed me.

Who is her and why she didn't give a name as to the evil mastermind behind this? That's anybody's guess.

The creature who carried this to you is a Pokémon.

Oh, so that's what that beast was.

In that egg with it is also a Pokémon.

I wonder if it's another giant, lightning bird?

Please, with these two, please fight to protect our worlds. Please... end my sister's life before the Gods raise her up to immortality.

Child of Wishes, Aiko

Okay...

I'm getting a beast and a beast in an egg to fight a demigod before she becomes immortal. And the last person who did this is in a dungeon and/or dead?

...

Considering there are more people with this same note, maybe I can have them handle it. Then again, between me and the common person, this Aiko person must be a freaking genius.

But Aiko left out one detail. When does this start? When do I come into the picture? Will there be a signal? Do I have to be pro-active? I know you were probably dying when you wrote this, but you left out some damn important details.

I put the note back in my pocket. Even if I have to be proactive, I don't have any leads. The only thing that happened was the light, the Pokémon, the egg and the note. The light is gone, the egg probably isn't hatching anytime soon, the Pokémon isn't here and I've already read the note. Shoot.

Chapter 2:

I had finally gotten home. I went upstairs, showered, and changed into a fresh, striped polo that flipped between grey and black and blue jeans. I was totally beat, but there was a test coming up that I didn't really need to study for, but I did out of sheer habit. After about 10 minutes I ran out of bottled water and went downstairs to grab something to drink. Down there, I heard this on the news.

"...locals are abuzz over strange occurrences happening over last night. Witnesses, including this reporter, reported the sky turning bright white for a fraction of a second. Several minutes later, more people reported seeing lightning, when there wasn't a cloud in the sky. As documented by this amateur video, the lightning was coming not down from the sky, but from the floor up. While this may seem physically impossible and, until that night, it was, rest assured knowing that if any new information is up, you'll here it first. This is Maria Beederman for INA News."

The news report ended. I guess everyone saw the lightning the large bird caused. Back upstairs, I was sitting at my laptop, finishing up by looking at external resources, sipping on a bottle of soda. All of this seemed so mysterious. What is going on? That's when I noticed I had gotten an E-Mail. I opened it to see this:

Would you like to play a game?

YES.NO

Okay... This is weird. There were some instructions included if I said yes. Considering normal people don't send E-Mails to random strangers asking them to play a game, I'll just assume this probably has something to do with me saving the worlds. No harm in saying yes anyway, it's not downloading anything or asking me for bank information.

Yes.
 
-Latios pounded the buttons on the keyboard furiosly, looking at the screen intently. The cool air from the air conditioner in Sky's art room, seemed to be helping slightly with the sweat that covered the disguised pokemon's face. Below, one could hear the crashing of some glass object hitting the floor, as well as Sky's "HELL YEAH, nice whatever attack that was!" and Latias's uncontrolable laughter. Pac-man was a very intresting game, according to Latios who was on the 85 level. Sky and the others below had been "training" as they called it, but from what he could hear, they were only goofing off.

Riolu seemed to be getting along with everyone just fine, except for Latios. He was always bothering him, interrupting his pacman games and causing him to start all over again. Then when Latios would try to get his hitbacks, Riolu would just run back to Sky and act all innocent, and of course, Sky would buy it, well at least sometimes. Right as Latios was coming to the last few pac dots, Sky's email popped up, indicating there was a new message. The music from the game was not sounding either, so for now it was paused. Sighing, he threw up his hands, before getting up and floting downstairs.-

"Hey Skylar!, you have a new email!" Yelled Latios, a twinge of annoyance in his tone. Sky gazed in Latio's direction and nodded, before walking up the steps to the third floor, his Riolu following close behind, along with Latias. As he sat down, and began to read, he realized there was nothing to read, only this little message.-

"Would you like to play a game?
Yes/No"

-Sky shook his head slightly. He never really liked games, as they always contained rules. Rules tend to bind people, and for Sky, that just would not do. Sighing, he looked to Riolu, who had what seemed to be a huge smile on his face. He loved games, absolutely loved them, and Sky had thought it had something to do with the pokemon. Sighing slightly, he clicked the yes button, causing Riolu to shout in victory. As Skylar moved away, and Latios began to start his game, he noticed that the music hadn't stopped because it was paused, but because he had been eaten, the moment the message came up.-

"NOOOOO WAAAAYY!!!!!" Bellowed Latios, smacking the moniter off of its stand, and onto the floor, busting it.-
 
Millie had been faking sick so she could watch the egg. She had been sitting in front of her laptop, egg in her lap, looking up trailers for the latest Sonic The Hedgehog game.

"You mean to tell me that you named me after an evil version of a fictional character?" Scourgie whined, whilst reading a copy of Sonic The Hedgehog #195

"Yes. And PLEASE don't touch my comic books!" Millie replied.

Scourgie walked away from the comics and poked the Power Button on the television set.

"Numerous incidents of UFOs, Meteors, and strange weather have been reported around the globe..." Scourgie fell off the table in surprise, having never seen a television. Millie chuckled at Scourgie. "Eye witnesses have reported lighting and meteors falling into peoples back yards..."

The hair on the back of Millie's head stood on end. She pointed the remote and turned it off, and reached into her nightstand's drawer and pulled out the paper from before. She scanned it over again.

"So.. let me get this straight. This crazy weather and other stuff is a hole in the space-time continuum that sent you, this egg, and probably others from the Pokemon World to not only my back yard, but other peoples as well? But... do you know where the others would be?"

"You're a smart one, child." Scourgie replied. "However, I cannot tell you about the others. You will have to wait and find out."

Millie suddenly felt a nudge on her lap. She looked down, and noticed a crack forming at the top of the egg. "Scourgie, is this thing hatching? What do I do?" Taking notice, Scourgie hopped onto the bed. "Don't move" Scourgie instructed.

The egg hatched, and on Millie's lap stood a small yellow rodent, with large diamond-shaped ears that had black stripes across the top. What caught her eye was two red dots on it's cheeks. "Piiitchyuu?" it cried tilting it head. Millie shrieked a bit. "Oh, GOD! It's so CUTE!" She then hugged it.

"That, my child, is called a Pichu." Scourgie said once the hug was over. "It, however, is not a legendary like I am."

"So he's not going to be as strong as you?"

"No. That's not to say, however, that he won't be useful."

"I see... Scourgie, you're a girl right?"

"Yes."

"Is this Pichu also a girl?"

Scourgie moved closer and sniffed the Pichu. "This one is a boy."

"Just as I figured..." She then looked the rodent over. "How about I call you ChuCheek?" The Pichu did a cute spin and hugged her.

"Who's that one from?"

"What?" She quickly realised what she meant. "Oh... well, I like the 'Chu' in 'Pichu', and those little red cheeks are adorable!"

"............"

Suddenly, the laptop dinged, indicating new mail. No sender, no Subject. She opened it.

"Would you like to play a game?
Y/N"

Millie raised an eyebrow "Why do I have a feeling this has something to do with the impending adventure?" Before she realized it, she had clicked yes...
 
The next day, the weather had returned to normal and school resumed as usual. As much as Rina was glad of the opportunity to finally leave the house, talking with a tiger from space was much more interesting. She pretended to be sick until her parents left for work and her brothers went off to school. As soon as everyone was gone, Rina got dressed and went out to the old shed in her backyard. This was where she had chosen to hide the tiger... or rather, the Pokemon. There was nowhere else large enough to hold a creature that size. Right now, almost the entire contents of the shed were strewn about the yard from the previous night's hasty effort to hide him. Thankfully no one had noticed yet, but that wouldn't last very long. She opened the door to the shed and stepped inside.

"Okay, Tiger. You really need to explain what's going on, because I'm super confused. What exactly am I supposed to be doing?"

Raikou grumbled at the use of his apparent 'nickname'. He was used to being shown much more... reverence. "My name is not 'Tiger'. As I told you before, it is Raikou, and I'm afraid I do not know much more about our future than you do. All I know is that my world is in trouble, and we must attempt to save it, or else your would will perish as well."

"Well, you look like a tiger to me, so that's what I'm calling you." For Rina, giving the Pokemon the name of something familiar brought at least a bit of sanity into this situation. "So we're just supposed to go out and save the world? Two worlds?" She sat down and re-read the mysterious letter from Aiko. Unfortunately, it remained just as confusing as before. Except... "This says 'I write these letters'. Plural. There are more?"

"Yes. I am not the only legendary pokemon to be sent to your world in search of help. There are others, though I am not certain how many."

"Well, that sucks. A bit more detail would be really helpful right now..." Just then, a thought occurred to Rina. "Hey, I could just check the TV! If there were more of you falling from the sky, it would be all over the news. C'mon, follow me!" The girl rushed out of the shed and back into her house. She went to the couch and turned on the TV while Raikou made his way through the living room, trying not to knock anything over. "Look! It's all over the news!" The news channels were full of stories about falling stars and meteors. There had been at least ten sightings last night, if not more than that.

"Is there any way to locate where the other pokemon have fallen?"

"Unfortunately not. The newscasts weren't precise enough to give a location on the other meteors. I guess we'll just have to figure that out for ourselves. In the meantime, maybe we ca-" Rina was cut off by the sound of a car door slamming. No one was supposed to be home until the evening. It was only mid-afternoon; why was someone home already?

Whoever was home started to unlock the front door. "Rina, honey, it's me." her mother called. "I came back to see how you were doing." The door opened and Vanessa Hendrix stopped dead in her tracks. She glanced back and forth from her daughter to the giant beast in her living room, utterly confused.

"Mom, PLEASE don't freak out. This isn't as weird as it looks. Well... yes it is, but I can explain." This wasn't going to be an easy conversation, but there was no avoiding it now.
 
Now the results of your decision...

Post A: (for accepting): You are to reach an alleyway, where a person waits for you. They ask for your Pokemon, claiming that the letter was not meant for you. You refuse and they continue to attempt persuasion before switching to force, retaliating with a Pokemon of their own. You have to fight but you lose horribly. Do you manage to escape or are you caught? The person is very cryptic, speaking of "what must be" and "interference being forbidden" and "a traitor's words". Make of that what you will.

Post B: (for refusing): You are minding your own business when you hear scuffling in an alley. Now this is nothing new so you prepare to keep walking. However, something is very wrong. Your Pokemon goes running inside to see someone being attacked by what has to be another Pokemon. Its eyes are quite different from anything you've seen before, glazed over and ferocious. You try to do battle. Do you lose and run or do you manage to chase it away?

In both the Pokemon is your choice.
 
-Sky's head thumped against his skull, causing him to growl slightly under his breath. He had been like this ever since he had clicked yes to that stupid email. Still he could find no way to pin the two together, since you can't get headaches from computers... well usually anyway. It was a saturday night, and he still wasn't doing anything, not like he had too many friends to do stuff with, seeing as Bianca had gone to the Bahamas for the month, and Kyle was in the hospital with a broken leg from a skateboarding accident. Latios, and Latias had been napping for the past hour and a half, and Riolu... well yeah he was awake, downstairs still breaking things.

Ever since that email, some kind of compulsion had grown in his brain. It kept on pulling at him to go somewhere, but he still didn't even feel like moving. He had some sort of feeling that if he did go, the thumpng would stop, and maybe he would be able to think clearly for once. Okay, that was it, he had to make it stop. He was already dressed, so he just slipped on his socks and shoes, and began walking down the steps. As he came down to the 2nd floor, the Riolu stopped mid jump, and tilted its head to one side looking at Sky. Sky sighed looking at it for a second, before speaking. " I'm going somewhere real quick, want to tag along?" The Riolu nodded with a wide smile on its face, before jumping into Sky's backpack, which he picked up and slung onto his shoulders.

When outside, he began to walk in a certain direction, not really knowing where he was going, but walking by instinct. It wasn't long before he arrived in front of an allyway, and looked around before walking inside. It was fairly dark inside, as if the sun that had been on his back had suddenly switched places with the moon but still, there was nothing and no one there. He was about to turn to leave, grumbling that he had left his house for nothing, when he heard a voice, coming from the alley. Squinting down it, he saw what seemed to be the form of a man, probably a mugger Sky thought.

Before he could start to run, the man began to speak, saying, " You are the receiver of one of the letters are you not? I have called you here to release the burden that was laid upon you, for we were mistaken. You were not meant to be chosen."

-Those words echoed in his head. Skylar wasn't meant to be chosen? It was just a...a mistake? No that was impossible, those meteors had been aimed straight for him, Riolu had accepted him as its trainer. How did this man even know about the pokemon? Was he the one who sent the email? Before he could think of more questions, the man continued.-

"Release your pokemon and give him to me."

Sky took a step back and clutched the straps of his bag protectively. The man's voice seemed slightly autotuned, and his eyes seemed dull. He definently was not human; there was no way he was giving Riolu to him. "No, back off." growled Sky. The man reached behind his back, pulling out some kind of orb from his pocket, saying, "Give me the pokemon, now, or else." He then threw the orb at Sky, who was about to dodge when it stopped in mid air, and released a red beam of light, that manifested on the ground in the shape of some kind of thing. After a few seconds, it solidified into the shape of some kind of white furred fog with something sticking out of its head.

Sky himself had little warning before Riolu jumped out of his bag, and landed in front of Sky, narrowing his eyes and growling at that white dog, which Sky guessed to be another pokemon. The man's tone grew more autotuned, and also more hostile. "There can be no interference! You will be assimilated."
 
After a great game, Archie was heading home for the evening, his bat in one hand and his backpack hanging from the other. The little Kabuto was peeking out and looking around. Passing by a back alley, he heard what sounded like a fight. Not wanting to get involved, he continued on. Suddenly his backpack was a lot lighter, and he looked down to see Brick scurrying into the alley. Archie quickly followed, "Hey, get back here."

Archie stopped talking and stared at the strange creature in the alley, which seemed to be attacking someone. He dropped his backpack and held his bat in both hands as it looked away from its previous target and glared at Brick, who was a few feet in front of its trainer. The new creature appeared to be some sort of large blue mollusk, with a swirly snail-like shell. Its eyes seemed frenzied and wild. Was this another Pokemon?

Suddenly, the mollusk curled up in its shell and sent itself rolling at Archie and his Pokemon. Brick hid its face in its shell and the rolling attacker ramped off of the shell, sailing through the air at Archie, who deflected it with his bat off of reflex, the bat recoiling from the impact and smacking him in the face. Landing off the the side, it seemed to prepare for another attack. Archie backed up, "Uh, Brick. Could you fight back or something?"

Upon the command to attack, Brick quickly charged the foe as fast as its little legs could carry it, then threw itself into a spinning attack. The two shelled Pokemon bounced off of each other, the mollusk one bumping into a fence. It wasn't long before it entered another rolling charge, and Brick seemed to take the same defensive tactic. Getting an idea, Archie took up batting position behind the Kabuto. When he tried to bat it over the fence however, it proved too heavy, and the bat was wrenched from his grip and sent clattering to the ground. Unarmed, he backed away from the opponent again. This fight was clearly at a stalemate, both of them were blocking each others' attacks. The mollusk charged Brick again, but the defensive tactic was still proving effective. Grabbing his baseball bat in one hand and throwing his backpack over his shoulder, Archie picked Brick up in the other hand and made a break for it.

As he ran, Archie suddenly had his feet knocked out from under him, as the creature shell-tackled him from behind. Falling over on his back, he was glad he was wearing his backpack to cushion his fall. Brick tried to get at the mollusk inside its shell, but this time was caught off guard and knocked on its back by the charge. Getting up and picking Brick off the ground once more, Archie tried to run again, this time getting around the corner before he could be attacked. Still tired from the game, he couldn't quite run all the way home, but the foe seemed to have stopped chasing him. He sighed in relief and carried Brick in the backpack again, arriving home after a short walk.
 
Ryan swore under his breath, wrapping his arm around the tree he was climbing and using the other hand to deftly pluck the wooden splinter in his palm. He glanced above him to look up at Shaman, who was already on the top branch. The pokemon looked down sarcastically, and rubbed one claw against the tree in a bored manner. Ryan sighed. The whole afternoon he had been racing Shaman up trees,  each one on either side of the trunk. Azuki was in the house, sitting in Ryan's bedroom, probably meditating. Ryan's parents were at an unexpected conference at work.

Ryan slid down the tree, his teeth clenched. As he hit the ground heavily, Shaman jumped nimbly from branch to branch, and landed on his toes. Ryan wiped sweat off his forehead. "Let's go inside."

They walked back in through the back door- Ryan slumped over, his back hunched, mouth agape, eyes half closed and each step a heavy shuffle, while Shaman strode in, chest out, cocky smile plastered on his face. Ryan groaned once, then clumsily grabbed a coke from the fridge, left the door open, and hobbled to his room. Shaman peered inside the fridge, stabbed an apple with a claw, took ti out, and slammed the door shut. He took a bite out of the apple, and followed Ryan.

Azuki was in Ryan's room, hovering over the bed, eyes closed. "Ryan, you've got an email from our friend anonymous." Ryan grunted in acknowledgement and slumped onto the chair. He straightened and looked the email. He clicked the notification bubble, then read the email. Ryan's eyebrows arched slowly upwards. "Says here I have to meet him in Davy's Road..." Noticing the confused look on Azuki and Shaman's face, Ryan continued. "It's an alleyway. Pretty close to the beach." Azuki shook her head. "Don't go. It's a trap. I can feel it." Ryan shrugged. "We can get out of traps. Me and Shaman are going."

And so they went. Azuki wasn't coming along, as Ryan wasn't sure how the public would react to a giant flaming bird. Shaman could fit into a large backpack, and so, strapping that on, they strolled to Davy's Road.

"Here we are," Ryan muttered. Ryan squinted, and at the very back, he could make out a human-like shape. "I think that's who we're meant to meet." Ryan walked forward.

The man in front of them was pale, thin and gaunt. He almost looked like a glass statue; if he was tipped over, he would shatter into a million pieces. His waxy skin looked like saran wrap on a metal frame, and he had milky eyes that seemed to stare into all eternity. A thin brown fuzz- hair-covered his head.

The man gave Ryan a shaky smile. "Hello, Ryan."

Shaman popped his head out of the bag, and narrowed his eyes. He gave a small growl.

The man's smile widened. "And Sneasel. Hello, boys."

Ryan stayed mute.

"Alright," the man said. "Let's get down to things. You were the wrong person. The letter wasn't meant to go to you. Release Sneasel."

A pang of surprise hit Ryan, but he concealed it under his ego. Why wouldn't he be chosen. Instead, he asked "Are you the one who sent the email?"

"Are you going to release your pokemon?"

Ryan frowned. "No."

The man glared at Ryan. "Boy, I have no time for this. Give me the pokemon!"

"No."

"I will do what must be done. No interference! Die, Ryan Gorhoff! Go, Linoone!" At this, he produced a red and white ball. He pressed a button on it, and a red ray shot out, materializing in a sleek weasel shaped creature. Ryan assumed it was a pokemon. It was tan, and brown stripes ran across it's body. Sharp blue eyes stared at Ryan. Almost instinctively, Shaman jumped out of the back pack and landed in front of Ryan. Ryan grinned. "Time to kick weasel."

Paleface smiled. "Good bye, Ryan Gorhoff. I will handle the pokemon, then take care of you. Linoone, use Quick Attack!"

One second, Linoone was there, and the next second it wasn't. Linoone had jumped forward, then turned into a blur, speeding towards Shaman.

"Shaman! Do something! I know... Uh... Ummff... Ah! Spin around like a ballerina, with your arms extended and claws out!!!" Shaman looked at Ryan quizically for a second, then nodded. Shaman gave an icy glare at the speeding pokemon, then stuck his arms and claws out, and started spinning. The linoone, having gained too much momentum, sped straight into the claws. Slash!! Linoone almost flew backward from the force of the blow. A long gash ran across it's belly. "Boo yeah! 1 point for Ryan!" Ryan screamed, doing a little dance.

The man frowned. "Useless creature. Use Iron Tail, and this time actually hit the opponent!" Ryan raised one eyebrow. "Harsh."

Linoone nodded, then closed it's eyes. When it opened them, it's tail was shiny and looked like iron. Linoone then rushed forward, jumping forward. Linoone stuck it's tail out in front of it, looking almost like a hornet. "Shaman, dodge!" Ryan yelled, feeling helpless. It was too late. Linoone raised it's tail, and slammed it on Shaman. Shaman fell to the floor, whimpering, and rolling in pain. The corners of the man's lip rose to form a grim smile. "Super effective. I'm actually surprised it didn't make Sneasel faint. But enough of these games. Linoone, ThunderPunch!"

Linoone stood up on it's hind legs and reared up, pulling back it's front legs. One 'fist' glowed yellow, electricity crackling and sparking off of it. Then Linoone punched Shaman square on the stomach. Sparks flew and after they cleared, Ryan could make out Shaman sprawled across the floor, fainted. "Crap," muttered Ryan. He scooped up Shaman, and stuffed him in the back pack. The man smiled. "You see? Your efforts were fruitless. Linoone, kill." Ryan didn't answer. Instead, he furiously thought for a way out of this mess. The man had ordered the weasel to kill him. He coukd fight... No, he'd lose. Ryan wished he had listened to Azuki and stayed home. Or, if Azuki was here, he could have pounded that Linoone.

Linoone stalked towards Ryan.

Ryan thought harder. He could knock out the man...

Linoone moved closer.

He had to run. Ryan knew Hawaii better than the man. He would lose him in the backroads, then run home.

Linoone rushed forward. Ryan bolted, running towards the main road.

"Hyper Beam! Kill the boy!" yelled the man, who was far behind, his breath coming in heavy bursts.

A ball of energy appeared in Linoone's mouth, getting bigger by the second. Sparks flew in an out of it.

Ryan ran faster, making a sharp left, then turning into a backroad. He was safe.

A minute later, Davy's Road exploded in a blast of light. Debris flew out from the alley. Ryan heard a shrill scream.

Ryan didn't stop running until he reached his street. Panting, he stumbled to his house, opened the door, went inside and closed it.

A second later, the click of a lock locking and the sound of bolts being drawn into place could be heard.
 
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