(7) V1 - Chapter VII
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She doesn't want to be mean, well, too mean, so she makes herself known to the Flaaffy before attacking. The Flaaffy glares at her, getting into an aggressive stance.
Kasumi raises her arm, palm spread, shooting a beam of energy at the unsuspecting Flaaffy. The beam of Confusion hits its abdomen, knocking it over with a squeak.
*Ping* <>
The Flaaffy makes a noise sounding like the combination of a 'Baa' and the noise of static electricity, rolling onto its side and getting up before letting electricity zap around it, covering itself and shooting it out at Kasumi who dodged the move and darts forward. She spins and kicks the Flaaffy despite knowing she has a 30% chance of getting paralysed. She is confident she won't, and even if she is, she knows she can break out of it very quickly so it isn't much of a hassle.
The Flaaffy goes skidding back, its feet digging into the ground to stop it from going any further, electricity building up around its body. Kasumi decides to use Swift, energy appearing around her body in the vague shape of a star, each twirling in the air before being sent zooming at the Flaaffy one by one, homing in on the wool Pokemon even as it tries to run away.
There are around 4 stars that Kasumi produced, she knows she needs only one to hit but she has more just in case. The first star hits the Flaaffy, pelting into it and the sharp points of the star cause a large gash that bleeds down the Pokemon and splashes onto the grass.
*Ping* <>
The other stats hover around the fainted Flaaffy just in case it can still get up, which it can't. With a click of her fingers, the stars disappear and the other notifications come in.
*Ping* <<+962 EXP to ???, +481 EXP to "Akane" and +481 EXP to Scyther.>>, <>, <<"Akane" is now level 14! Stats have increased.>>
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???: Level 13. (644/684 EXP)
National No. ???
Type:???
Species: ???
Abilities: ???
Stats: 113/113 HP, 54 ATK-, 61 DEF, 83 SP.ATK+, 61 SP.DEF, 63 SPD.
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"Akane" —> Vulpix: Level 14. (253/631 EXP)
National No. 0037
Type: Fire
Species: Fox Pokemon
Abilities: Flash Fire, Drought (hidden ability)
Stats: 47/47 HP, 18 ATK-, 20 DEF, 32 SP.ATK, 27 SP.DEF, 30 SPD+.
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Scyther: Level 17. (662/919 EXP)
Gender: Male
National No. 0123
Type: Bug, Flying
Species: Mantis Pokemon
Abilities: Swarm, Technician, Steadfast (hidden ability)
Stats: 66/66 HP, 63 ATK+, 37 DEF, 25 SP.ATK-, 37 SP.DEF, 47 SPD.
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"40 EXP off of another level up? That's so close." Kasumi mumbles, leaning her weight on one hip, and crossing her arms.
"Scyther!" Comes a hiss behind Kasumi. She turns around, facing Scyther and tilts her head slightly to the side.
"Yes? What is it?"
The Scyther gestures to its left, Kasumi's sight follows where Scyther is pointing to, sharpening her sight to see properly then promptly noticing a few figures in the forest a few hundred metres away. They seem to be kicking at something, their laughs carrying in the wind if Kasumi focuses on the faint noise. "Do you want to see what's happening?" She asks, and Scyther nods, already moving, "Alright, come on Akane."
Akane stretches before getting up from her lying position on the grass, shaking to get any dirt off of her fur, rushing up to walk by Kasumi's side.
"Why do you want to see what's over there? It seems like it's just a few people messing around in the forest." Kasumi shrugs as she walks, uncrossing her arms and letting them hang by her sides.
"Scyther."
"Oh? So you feel as if there is something malicious going on there? Towards a Pokemon or a human?"
"Scy."
"How can you tell?" Kasumi asks, her gaze focused on Scyther's back and his wings.
His only answer is a small chittering sound that goes just as quickly as it started, "A sixth sense, perhaps? I have one of those, but mine is where I can feel the presence of things around me more acutely so I can tell how many people are in a specific area, and stuff like that. Yours is a sixth sense for telling if there are malicious intentions?"
Scyther nods his head, hissing.
"That's rather useful. Is your sixth sense selective or is it always in use?" Kasumi asks.
"Scyther." He replies it's always in use.
Kasumi nods in understanding, Akane yapping at her side, "Mine is selective. If I focus on my senses, it's active, otherwise, it's not and I can't tell. I should work on that so it's always in use," Kasumi explains to Akane after she had asked why she didn't sense the man who approached her during their trip to the PokeCentre just after catching Scyther.
There isn't a reply, mainly because Kasumi is talking to herself more so than her Pokemon but also because they've now neared the people they saw in the forest that Scyther says have malicious intentions. Scyther explains it's like an aura around them that helps him tell, he can't see it but he can feel it.
Kasumi focuses on what they're kicking about, there is a ringing sound that combines with the sound of the people's laughter. She notices a quadrupedal Pokemon on the ground, a heart-shaped scale on its head and shimmering red eyes. She can tell from that alone that it's a Jangmo-o but it's colouration... it's different. The underbelly and lower portions of its body are a dark shade of grey, not black, and its back and upper portions of its body, face included, are black rather than the light grey of a normal Jangmo-o. Its scales, instead of being a beautiful shimmering gold, are now just as beautiful, if not more so, pink. It's a shiny Jangmo-o, but even then, this shiny is different. A shiny Jangmo-o has a black lower body and a golden upper body with pink scales. This one isn't. Kasumi knows it's possible for a shiny's colourations to mutate but she's never seen a mutation before. This is the first time. It's incredible.
She's knocked out of her stupor when another ringing sound reverberates in the air, the Jangmo-o hitting its tail against the scales on its back, hissing slightly and facing the people kicking it head-on. It's bloody, visibly shaking and spending all of its energy just to stay alive.
Kasumi quickly checks what its health is at before helping, she needs to know how long it can last while she fights the people hurting it or if she has to leave the people and rush the Jangmo-o to the PokeCentre.
*Ping*
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Jangmo-o (mutated shiny variant): Level 7. (6/212 EXP)
Gender: Male
National No. 0782
Type: Dragon
Species: Scaly Pokemon
Abilities: Bulletproof, Soundproof, Overcoat (hidden ability)
Stats: 3/23 HP, 13 ATK+, 14 DEF, 9 SP.ATK-, 11 SP.DEF, 11 SPD.
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Okay, no time, I need to get him to the PokeCentre as soon as possible. Kasumi concludes, rushing to stand in front of the Jangmo-o, lifting it into her arms despite the scaly Pokemon biting her and hitting her with its tail, thrashing about in her arms.
"Why are you attacking this Jangmo-o?" She asks the people standing there who are no longer laughing. She can't identify them, they're dressed head to toe in black clothing, all identical, with a beanie that has a large B insignia on it, it appears to be painted on with green paint rather than sewn. "Oh, whatever, you'll regret your actions sooner or later." She says, running off with the Jangmo-o in her arms.
She can tell it's not been caught, she can't sense a bond. It's a thing all Pokemon can sense but this one doesn't have a bond and therefore hasn't been caught. If one of the people kicking the Jangmo-o had caught it, what she's doing would be deemed illegal even if it's for a good cause.
The people start shouting and cursing her as she runs off, she pays them no mind.
Scyther and Vulpix run alongside her, though they're too slow in this case, "I'm sorry but I'll have to return you both, I need to get to the PokeCentre quick or this Jangmo-o here will bleed to death."
Her Pokemon don't disagree or complain, nodding instead as they get returned to their Pokeballs.
"It's going to be okay, I'll get you to the PokeCentre as quick as I can," Kasumi whispers to the Jangmo-o who stopped thrashing in her arms, realising it isn't going to be hurt, though it still has its mouth around Kasumi's forearm.
She would've sprayed the Jangmo-o with a potion but she currently doesn't have any, she realises she needs to buy more, "Almost there." She says, she hasn't been running for long but since she's going at full speed, it isn't a surprise.
Slowing down so she is running at a human pace, she enters the PokeCentre and stops at the front desk, "This Jangmo-o is severely hurt. Can you heal him? He isn't caught and he won't be aggressive if you show that you don't mean any harm."
People begin mumbling to each other the second Kasumi comes into the PokeCentre holding a Dragon-Type, some even leaving once they catch a glimpse. The second Kasumi uttered the words 'he isn't caught' multiple people sprinted out of the PokeCentre, cursing under their breath, one person even screaming that they're all going to die. Kasumi finds it as stupid as it is amusing.
Nurse Joy looks down at the Jangmo-o in Kasumi's arms, still having its mouth around her arm and looks back up at Kasumi with an eyebrow raised, "You say that as he's biting you?"
"It doesn't hurt and he isn't putting any pressure on my arm. I think it's so, if I do show hostile intentions, he can easily bite me." Kasumi replies, "Will you heal him?"
"We can heal him but since he isn't caught by you, it won't be for free. I don't know why you want to heal a random Pokemon when they can heal by themselves, especially a Dragon-Type, do you know how dangerous they are? You'll have to pay 60 PokeDollars." Nurse Joy explains.
"That's fine," Kasumi says, placing the Jangmo-o on the desk and Nurse Joy gently takes him into her arms, taking the money from Kasumi and putting it in the drawers before walking off with the Jangmo-o.
The people that have stayed seated in the PokeCentre are whispering to each other, looking at the scaly Pokemon as Nurse Joy takes it to be healed. Kasumi decides to listen in as she sits down.
"Is that a Dragon-Type? Arceus, it's not every day you get so close to something as dangerous as that!"
"I've heard that they're almost impossible to tame and train, I wonder how that girl managed to pacify it."
"Woah, look at that pink, that has to be a mutation!"
"Didn't you hear her? She said that it wasn't caught, it's a wild Dragon-Type! We could all die. Fuck this, I'm leaving, I'll just come back tomorrow when that beast is gone."
"It really goes to show how unbothered trainers can be in some situations."
"Isn't that, like, a shiny or something? It isn't a shiny I recognise."
"Speaking of Dragon-Types, did you hear about those new rising trainers? The rich three, they've already beat their first gym! It's literally only been around a day since the Trainer Trials started! And they've all got a Dragon-Type of their own, bred and bought of course, though still impressive. I, personally, wouldn't go anywhere near a Dragon-Type, they could kill you so easily! Today is the first and last time I'm being in the vicinity of a Dragon-Type."
"Dude, you said the word Dragon-Type like eighteen times just then. Chillax."
"It's not my fault you're as dumb as a Feebas, you don't understand anything that's happening."
"Oh yeah? You wanna fight, little dude?"
"You're literally half a foot shorter than me, grow up."
At that point, Kasumi stops listening. It's nothing useful, just two people arguing in the middle of a PokeCentre. She stays seated for another 5 minutes before she's called over and the Jangmo-o is handed back to her, glaring at the Nurse who was just carrying it. The woman is shaking like a leaf under his gaze.
"Thank you," Kasumi says as she leaves the PokeCentre, still carrying the Jangmo-o. He stays still in her arms, unbothered. It seems he's used to her now, even if it's only slightly.