(6) V1 - Chapter VI
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Akane and Kasumi lay in the fields, talking the day away and bleeding into the night. Even then, they stayed outside, neither particularly motivated to go inside.
It's warm out, and Akane is a Fire-Type so she won't get cold due to her internal temperature being incredibly high. Kasumi, on the other hand, doesn't feel extreme temperatures. Sure, she can tell whether it's warm or cold, it just doesn't affect her much at all. Maybe that's one of the main reasons they're still outside together rather than in a bed, asleep.
"See that star up there?" Kasumi asks, raising her arm and pointing to where she was looking. Akane adjusts her view and looks to where she's being guided.
"Vul? Vulpix?"
"Yes, that one. It's the centre of the constellation that represents Fire-Types. And that one over there?" Kasumi changes where she's pointing, "That one is for Water-Types. There is a constellation for each Pokemon type if you look hard enough, though some only show at certain times or during certain seasons."
Akane nods at the explanation, "Vulpix?"
Kasumi sits up, her gaze set on Akane whose fur shines in the moonlight, "It doesn't have to be tomorrow if you don't want it to be, we can take Scyther out of their ball another time. Why? When would you rather it?"
"Pix."
"Are you sure?" Kasumi asks, wishing to confirm if the fox Pokemon truly wants to do it now or is just saying that since Kasumi wants Scyther to adjust sooner rather than later.
"Vulpix."
"Very well, if you're certain. Do you want to be out of your ball or inside when I release Scyther?"
Akane gestures at the Pokeball, leading to Kasumi unlatching it from her belt. "I'll see you in the morning, Akane. Have a nice rest."
Once the fox Pokemon is safely back inside her Pokeball, Kasumi lifts up Scyther's Pokeball tilting it left and right, watching as the spherical shape catches the moonlight, "Let's see just how aggressive you are, shall we?"
Kasumi releases the Scyther and the moment it's out, it darts at Kasumi with a loud screech. She tuts, "You're lucky we are miles away from civilisation right now or you would've woken all of Kozan." She states, dodging a swing of Scyther's bladed arms.
It lets out another shrill, buzzing around Kasumi, twirling and slashing, thrusting and stabbing, kicking and flying. Kasumi observes it, avoiding all attacks sent her way. "I'm faster, even after your stats were adjusted. You're not going to hit me, all this will do is tire you out."
The Scyther, further angered by this comment, attacks with more fervour than before. Seeing as it isn't making any progress with just using its body and not its moveset, it decides to change that, incorporating Aerial Ace, Double Hit, Wing Attack, False Swipe, Fury Cutter, Quick Attack and Silver Wind. Even so, the Scyther doesn't get any hits in.
The battle, if it can even be called that, lasts for three hours until the Scyther finally seems to have gotten most of its anger out, slowing its attacks down to a stop. "Scyther." It hisses, a clear scowl on its face.
"Will you let me talk without attacking me?" Kasumi asks and the Scyther shakily nods. "Thank you. The first thing you should know is that I am not human, I am a Pokemon. Secondly, I would like to apologise for how we met, I've heard of how the battle began—"
"Scyther!" It hisses out, moving its blades about, wings fluttering as it stands there, chittering.
"Yes, you were attacked even though you didn't provoke them. You got your revenge though, didn't you? You won against many trainers at that moment. Isn't that what you want? To fight? To win battles? To prove you're better than the rest?"
The Scyther seems to get fired up by this, it's chittering increasing in volume, and no longer scowling. It answers, "Scy!"
"I have a proposal for you. You've noticed the increase in your stats, haven't you?" The Scyther nods again, shifting from one foot to the other, "Well that's because of you being caught by me. Before you get angered again and attack me, allow me to speak first. If you still want to attack me after, feel free to."
The Scyther hisses again, scowl returning when Kasumi mentions it being captured but listens nonetheless. "Thank you. Due to you being caught by me, yes I'm aware you don't like those words but that's what happened, your stats have increased since you're now classified as being on my 'team'. Even though it says that, it's not official. So, my proposal is that you join my team officially. Me and Akane, my Vulpix, we're reaching for the top, to become champions."
Kasumi pauses, waiting for the Scyther to process what she just said before continuing, "You want to fight? On my team you'll need to fight and get into many battles, both challenging ones and ones that seem rather pointless but still contribute to your growth. You want to win and prove you're the best? Well so do we, and together we will make it to the top, we will become the champions, the strongest position one can reach as a trainer. So, how about it? Do you have the motivation and drive to join us?"
Taking a moment to consider, the Scyther stays silent but it's eventually broken with another hiss of words, "Scy Scyther."
"If that's what's needed for you to join, then let's do it." Kasumi agrees to the proposal. The Scyther wants to see if Kasumi truly is strong or is just fast. To prove this, the Scyther wants Kasumi to withstand three attacks and then the Scyther has to withstand one physical and one special attack of Kasumi's. If Kasumi is deemed too weak by the Scyther, then it won't join her team. If she is deemed stronger, the Scyther will join her team.
"Whenever you're ready," Kasumi says, standing straight and staring blankly at the Scyther.
The first attack Scyther decides to try is Wing Attack, a physical move. Its wings glow a faint silver as it rushes forward at full speed, its wing colliding with Kasumi's abdomen harshly. She's pushed back by the force of the blow, skidding back against the grass but still standing upright.
*Ping* <
Not waiting even a second, Scyther follows Kasumi as she skids back, arms glowing a soft, pastel green colour as it uses Aerial Ace, slashing down with its bladed arm and then back upward straight after, spinning and kicking Kasumi's side. Her clothes get sliced down the centre, not being able to provide any protection from Scyther's sharp blades whatsoever.
Now with a gash in her stomach, Kasumi coughs, placing a hand over the cut in a futile attempt to stop its bleeding. The Scyther waits a moment, cocking its head to the side when it sees Kasumi bleeding.
*Ping* <
The Scyther flutters its wings, letting out a low-pitched hiss as it uses Silver Wind, a gale of silver glimmers pushing at Kasumi's body for a few seconds before ceasing.
*Ping*<
"Scyther." It nods, concluding its attacks.
Kasumi nods, reaching into her bag and taking out a potion, praying it on her wounded stomach, visibly closing it in the process.
*Ping* <
"Are you prepared?" Kasumi asks, the Scyther responds by buzzing its wings and nodding. "I'll do my special attack move first."
Kasumi decides to use Confusion, raising her arm, hand spread, and sending a beam of energy hurdling toward Scyther quicker than it can react, hitting its torso.
*Ping* <>, <
After giving Scyther a few moments, Kasumi decides on her next move. Take Down. She's not bothered about the recoil damage. Her body glows softly and she dashes forward, tucking her head slightly and ramming into Scyther's body which goes flying back. The Scyther catches itself midair, using its wings to fly down to the ground.
*Ping* <>, <
Despite Kasumi having a higher SP. ATK stat than her ATK stat, her physical move dealt more damage by 11 damage, quite a large amount. That's down to the fact that Take Down is a Normal-Type move and Kasumi is a Normal-Type Pokemon giving her an increase in damage while Confusion is a Psychic-Type move which Kasumi isn't. In addition to that, Take Down has a higher base damage than Confusion by 40 damage so it's understandable that Take Down did so much more damage.
"Scyther, I extend this offer to you again. Will you join my team and fight alongside me? If not, I understand and I shall return you to the wild." Kasumi reiterates, waiting patiently for Scyther to answer. It walks toward Kasumi with small strides, eventually standing a metre away from her. They stay that distance, both silent for a few minutes before the Scyther inclines its head at Kasumi, showing a sign of respect.
"Scyther." It says, still sounding like a hiss but much less aggressive.
"In that case, welcome to the team. I've offered Akane, my Vulpix, a name, would you like one too?" Kasumi asks, cocking her head to the side slightly.
The Scyther shakes its head, "Scy."
"Oh? Alright, tell me once you've thought of your name, then. Would you like to return to your Pokeball to rest?" The Scyther nods so Kasumi sprays it with a potion before returning Scyther to their Pokeball, placing it on her belt.
Kasumi decides to spend the rest of the night training herself, she has no need to rest and her body will tell her when she needs to, so, she trains her moves, making them stronger, quicker, more versatile, whatever she can think of. She continues training until the sun rises, which happens in 5 hours, and then decides to release her Pokemon so they can fight some weaker Pokemon that are about to raise their levels before other trainers get up for the day.
Akane is released first, then Scyther. Akane stays at Kasumi's side, on guard, "Vulpix!"
Scyther chitters in response to Vulpix, fluttering its wings.
"Akane, Scyther isn't going to attack us. We are a team now so we need to get along, okay? Good morning to the both of you, are you in the mood to fight some Pokémon with me?" Kasumi asks, stretching her arms.
"Vulpix," Akane responds, stating she would like a little longer of a break which would help her get used to Scyther's presence. Kasumi has no problem with that, and so she agrees to Vulpix just wandering around with Scyther and her. Of course, Scyther wants to fight, even if it's against weaker Pokemon.
Kasumi nods, "We're just going to battle Pokemon above level… let's say… 12? That's the level I'm at right now, the EXP isn't going to be great but it won't be bad either. Okay, let's go."
Vulpix yaps and Scyther just chitters again. Kasumi begins to run, looking at the Pokemon and scanning them to see what their levels are but every Pokemon she scans gives a long list. Can I change that?
She stops running, taking her PokePhone out of her pocket and going onto the settings. So I can. She adjusts it so the only information she gets from scanning a Pokemon is it's name, type/s, species, gender (which for some reason wasn't coming up with the longwinded status screen before), level, national number, stats and abilities, no longer showing it's growth rate, nature, height, weight, and moves unless Kasumi specifies otherwise by activating a vocal command of 'full status' which then shows the name, growth rate, nature, national number, type/s, species, height, weight, abilities, known moves, stats and a short description.
Looking through her PokePhone, Kasumi realises she can see what moves her Pokemon can learn, which is helpful. She can even specify the moves she is looking for like the type and if it's a special attack, physical or status type attack.
Satisfied, Kasumi puts her PokePhone back in her pocket before breaking out into a run again, her Pokemon following. She makes sure she isn't running too fast so they can keep up.
After running around for about an hour or so, Kasumi comes to a halt, gesturing toward a pink Pokemon with fluffy wool wrapped around its neck and on its head. Two, cone-shaped ears on the sides of its softly oval face. It seems similar to a sheep, in a way, but stands on its hind legs and its tail has an orb on the end and is much longer than a sheep's. It's a Flaaffy, "An Electic-Type. They evolve from Mareep at level 15 if I remember correctly."
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Flaaffy: Level 23. (187/1,383 EXP)
Gender: Female
National No. 0180
Type: Electric
Species: Wool Pokemon
Abilities: Static, Plus (hidden ability)
Stats: 63/63 HP, 30 ATK, 30 DEF, 41 SP.ATK, 32 SP.DEF, 25 SPD.
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"For a Pokemon of a higher level, it sure is weak." Kasumi mumbles to herself, "Easy EXP if anything. No killing, Scyther. Just fainting, okay?" She says, cracking her knuckles. Scyther nods.
"I'll fight this one, you can join if you want," Kasumi states, smirking slightly. This will be fun, hopefully.