Hoenn League Travels

A/N: There won't be much "loving" until chapter 5 I'm afraid. But I'll do my best to improve though. Here's chapter 2.



Chapter 2

Prepare for Unneeded Trouble



David snuggled close to the warmth that was next to him. He smiled more, not very much aware of his surroundings since he was asleep, until he yawned lightly and opened his eyes. He was pressing himself against Maya, and blushed profusely when Maya actually held him tight, in a loving embrace.



Okay, so Maya WAS cute in a way, but she was a PokéMon, and he’s human. He knew she has some loving feelings for him, and he has some for her, but to pursue a relationship marks it as interspecies.



After being able to successfully sneak away from her snug warm arms, he quietly left the tent in just the clothes he wore to bed minus the shirt, and stretched out. He already missed the luxury bed on the S.S. Tidal.



He spotted Shippuuga dozing near a pile of rocks near the river. It opened one eye lazily, and he smiled at his water dragon PokéMon before it went back to sleep.



* * *



Maya yawned lightly as she slowly got up from the spread and unzipped sleeping bag. The scent of food and fruit scented Pokéfood got her hungry.



When she stepped out of the tent, she noticed she was the last to wake up.



Nene was roasting marshmallows at the fire, deciding for sweets this morning. Jamie was munching happily on her favorite spicy Pokéfood, while Axl and Zero did one of their usual friendly spars before breakfast was served, and Shippuuga was watching Zero and Axl try to gain the upper hand on each other.



She snuck up on David and glomped him, which got him laughing.



“Good morning Maya.”



She smiled and nuzzled his back. “Morning, David,” she greeted back. She let go as she sat down cross legged next to Nene.



“Morning Maya,” Nene greeted, as she pulled back the stick which had her marshmallow on, in flames. She blew it out before blowing on it for a few seconds, and happily snacked away along with a broken piece of chocolate from a chocolate bar.



“Morning... I hope you’re not going to eat too much sweets Nene.”



The happy-go-lucky Raichu shook her head. “I learned my lesson from last month...” She remembered when she had just one too many... first came the sugar rush, then the slow crash, and then the stomach cramps. David got in trouble by one of the many Nurse Joys at the PokéCentre when Nene had to get treated for stomach cramps and a stomach ache. She does have somewhat of a sweet tooth. While she loves sweets, she knows now when to keep a limit.



“C’mon, are you not trying, Axl?” Zero taunted.



“You’re asking for it Z! Aerial Ace!” He unleashed a wave of cutting wind energy when he swung his right arm in front, and Zero swiftly dodged it, and attacked with Swift. Axl used his speed to dodge the projectile of energy stars, as he landed a drop-kick. Zero got tripped by it, but instantly swept his leg around to trip Axl before landing a punch, which the fiery Blaziken caught easily and flung him away. Zero’s wings flapped hard as he descended without much injury.



“Alright you two, quit it. Breakfast is done,” David said as the two friends walked over, and gotten their plate stacked with pancakes smothered in butter and maple syrup, and a side order of their favorite Pokéfood.



Maya was already eating her share of the breakfast, as Axl fed Shippuuga some Pokéfood. After cutting up two pancakes into small squares and setting them into Jamie’s bowl, she happily snacked away, and he grabbed his plate and sat down next to Maya.



“David, you’re food tastes very good. Heh, maybe you should look up to being a chef at a fancy restaurant,” she joked.



David smiled. “Maybe Maya... but I rather cook great food with my close friends.”



She smiled, starting to blush again. For the rest of that morning, everyone ate, cleaned up the utensils and dishes at a nearby stream that fed out from the river Shippuuga swam in. After the stuff was packed in and suppressed into Pokéball capsules, they all heard yelling.



As Zero looked up after packing the last ball into the second duffle bag, he saw a young man who appeared to be on the verge of hitting twenty years of age.



“I remember you,” the man hissed.



“And you are?” David asked.



“I want Nene back!”



Nene’s tail went stiff, as she gotten a look over the man, and instantly hid behind Axl and Zero.



“... You’re the creep that tried to drown your own Raichu!”



“I said give her back to me now!”



“You were arrested and charged for PokéMon abuse of the 1st degree. There’s no way in hell I’m letting you get her back! Nene belongs to me now.”



He then pulled a gun out on him, which gotten everyone on the defense. Nene was shaking with terror. “Like hell I’m going to sit here! That bitch is my PokéMon, now hand her over or you’re dead.”



Before he knew it, Zero had used Agility, appeared before the man and gripped his wrist, which forced him to release the gun. He kicked it away and Maya used her powers to retrieve it before she dismantled the gun with her powers. During the commotion, Nene instantly ran and hid behind David’s legs. The man sucker punched Zero, who reeled back in pain before getting kneed in the stomach.



David ran up to the man and swung out his fist, which connected. It left a nasty mark on his face, and of course that punch also busted his nose. The man threw a rock which caught David between the eyes and make him collapse. Seeing that David wouldn’t hand over his PokéMon he lost two years ago, he made a run for it on two reasons; one he had no other PokéMon and he wanted Nene back, and two because police sirens were ringing in the distance.



“Zero! Axl! Hold him down!” David ordered.



The two used Agility and pinned the man down, who was struggling to get loose. However Axl kept a knee pinned into his back to prevent him from moving while he and Zero held onto his arms, Zero keeping his legs pinned down as well. He was thrashing like crazy and swearing them both off. Nene still whimpered as she ran over to David to see if he was alright.



“Hold it right there!” The police yelled as she and two others ran up to the struggling man. The first officer went over to David to help him up, and the other two went over to where Axl and Zero were holding the thrashing man. As soon as the two cops had a hold on the guy, Axl and Zero let go and stepped back as the criminal was cuffed and placed under arrest.



“Are these your PokéMon sir?” Officer Jenny asked, as she helped David up. Other than a tiny unnoticeable bruise between his eyes, he was alright.



“Yeah. He bolted out of the blue and threatened us with a gun demanding to have Nene back, my Raichu. Zero stopped him with his Agility, disarmed him, Maya my Gardevoir grabbed the weapon with her psychic and dismantled the weapon.”



She smiled as she strapped on a pair of white gloves, and picked up the evidence. “Thank you young man. This criminal escaped from prison and has been on the run,” She said as she put them in a clear plastic Ziploc bag.



“I know this man officer. He was the same guy that tried to drown Nene here,” he pointed at the scared Raichu clung to his legs, “I was heading over to the Blackthorn City Gym when I heard commotion, and that man who was shoved into the van behind us threw his Raichu into the water and tried to drown her. If I hadn’t saved her and knocked that guy out...” He picked up Nene and held her close, and she felt safe in his arms for the time being.



“Oh, now I remember you. David, you told my sister Jenny at Blackthorn in Johto you would take care of Nene after you rescued her from the lake behind Clair’s PokéMon Gym.”



“You’re her sister?”



“Yup,” She smiled patting Nene, which got her to smile a bit, “Well thank you for capturing that man David. Is there anything I can do?”



David had a thought glaze over him. They had packed up, and were about to leave until this unneeded trouble occurred. “Well...” He looked at Jenny and smiled.



* * *



“Thanks Officer,” David said, as he waved goodbye. He was on the edge of Littleroot Town after Jenny offered him a ride there. It had taken a whole day, but atleast it was better than a week of foot walking.



He instantly let out his PokéMon save for Shippuuga, and the gang headed down towards Professor Birch’s lab.



“This is a town? Looks more like a city to me,” Axl said.



“Heh, I heard they expanded a bit, but technically it’s still a town,” David replied.



They all walked past a young teenager with snowy-white hair. His hair ended in large spikes, and they where hold up with a black headband with a green Pokéball symbol on the front. He wore a black-red, short sleeved sweater and red fingerless bracers with black wristbands. His pants where black with a yellow ending, and he wore red-black sneakers. The teenager stopped to look at them, and noticed they were heading towards his dad’s laboratory.



The young teen Brendan saw heading to his father’s lab wore black jean shorts held by a leather belt and a sleeveless white shirt and a gray vest, with emerald colored sneakers. His hair was somewhat like his, in messy locks and black as silk. What got his attention was his PokéNav was strapped to a wristband on his left arm, and he had some sort of blue gauntlet on his right forearm which reminded him of a Vigoroth’s arm without the clawed hands.



“I wonder who they are...”



“Hey Brendan.”



The teenager named Brendan looked over, and saw a girl his age running towards him. “Hi May.” She wore a red bandana over her brown hair. She was clad in the same type of sweater Brendan was wearing, only black and sapphire blue, black shorts, white-red gloves, and the same kind of sneakers Brendan had, only they were blue-black sneakers.



“I saw that group dropped into town by that Officer Jenny from my bedroom window. Do you know them?” she asked, giving Brendan a kiss.



“No I don’t. But I saw them heading towards dad’s laboratory.”



A/N: They’ll be a chapter soon telling how they got together, for now lets’ return back to the chapter.



David and the gang entered, and were greeted by one of his aides. After David left the parcel with the man, he walked up to Professor Birch who was... getting some sleep at his desk.



“Professor Birch?” No answer, “Birch?” Again, no answer... David sighed.



Just as both Brendan and May entered the building, David let out an air splitting whistling tune which echoed out not from around the building, but all around Littleroot Town. That snapped him awake as he collapsed out of his chair. David sweatdropped, as did his PokéMon waiting at the lobby.



“Gah... I was sleeping well...” He mumbled as he pulled himself out of his chair from the floor.



“Hello Professor Birch,” David greeted.



Birch got up and looked at David, before his mind clicked. “Hm? Ohh, you’re David! How nice to meet you. Sorry about not waking up earlier, I was catching up on some sleep after studying about prehistoric PokéMon.”



“It’s alright. My copyrighted Blues Whistle (not really =P the whistle is Capcom’s tune) can even wake up a Snorlax.”



“Hey dad is everything alright?” called out a voice as two teenagers ran into the lab. David immediately recognized the teenager with the snowy-white hair, but didn’t know the girl he was with.



“Yes everything is alright Brendan. Oh, forgive me. David, this is my son Brendan, and that’s his girlfriend May Maple.” The two teens blushed a bit.



“Ahh yes I know you two. May’s the daughter of Norman at the Petalburg Gym, and your son is one of the few but famous League Champions of Hoenn.”



Brendan smiled. “Well you know a lot.”



David smirked back, before Maya came in. “Wow a Gardevoir,” May fantasized again, “She’s like Wally’s Gardevoir, and that Silk Scarf she’s wearing makes her beautiful.”



“David, Axl and Zero are bickering again.” The three people in the lab all paled at the sight of a talking PokéMon.



“Again...? What in Celebi’s name is it this time?”



“The usual,” she said.



David sighed and walked out of the lab with Maya, and the three followed after. They weren’t the only ones paling. Most of Birch’s assistants were paling at the sight of a talking Scizor and Blaziken bickering, looking ready to throw fists.



That never happened because David grabbed them by the ears, which silenced their argument and brought up pain. “C’mon you two, don’t start up any of your damn arguments alright? I don’t want you two to trash up Professor Birch’s lab.”



“Alright, alright! Just let go!” They cried out, and he did.



“Oh my dear... where did you get such rare PokéMon? I never thought it was possible for a PokéMon to even learn our language.”



“Well... heh... all of my PokéMon except Shippuuga; my Gyarados, can speak human after I healed them with this Potion I bought off from a hermit near the Indigo Plateau. It worked like any other healing Potion, but after they were healed, about a day later they were speaking like I. I’m used to getting your kind of looks; paling at the face, looking about ready to faint.” He snickered as Birch collected himself, and everyone else was snapping out of their dazed states.



“Well, what about that parcel you were delivering for me?”



“One of your aides has it, and placed it in your office.”



“Ahh, yes. Thanks.”



“And, I am also thinking about participating in the Hoenn League this year to sharpen up my skills as a Trainer.”



“Ahh, yes. Follow me into my lab David, so we can upgrade your Pokédex.”



As David and Birch disappeared into the lab, Brendan was staring at David’s PokéMon.



“So, you all can talk?” He asked the Scizor.



“Yup, all of us except Shippuuga the Gyarados.”



Brendan nodded, as May was petting Jamie. Jamie cooed, enjoying the scratch behind her ears, as Nene was snacking on a chocolate bar.



“Nene, where did you get that bar of chocolate from?”



“Ohh... from the bag?” She sheepishly said. Maya only glared at the Raichu a way a mother would glare at her son or daughter after his/her hand had been caught in the cookie jar.



“Hand it over.”



“Awwwwww...” She pouted and handed it over to Maya, who wrapped it and stored it away in David’s duffel bag.



“Wow, you’re like a mother, Maya.”



“Well I have to. Nene has somewhat of a sweet tooth,” she replied.



Jamie spoke up. “Nene once ate a large bag of marshmallows. First she was hyper, then dull and boring after the sugar crash, and then came the bad stomach ache and cramps due to eating an entire pound of sugary marshmallows.”



“Don’t remind me,” Nene whined.



“So, what’s the deal between you two?” Brendan asked Zero and Axl.



“Ahh, they usually fight over something stupid. They are good friends, it’s just that sometimes... well... let’s just say that they argue over some pretty stupid things,” Maya explained.



“We do not!” Zero and Axl exclaimed in unison, “He usually starts the fight!” They shouted pointing at one another.



“Your honor, I rest my case,” Maya said, smirking. Brendan and May sweatdropped as the two boys sat down and kept quiet.



“Well now you are fully registered into the Hoenn League. I suspect you already know what to do?”



“Yup.”



“Good. Just be careful out there David. Lately there have been crime sprees popping up in nearby cities around Hoenn.”



“Yeah, I’ll be fine Professor Birch. I have my friends with me.” At that, all his PokéMon stood up and smiled. After their goodbyes, they left the lab, and walked out of Littleroot Town, heading up to Oldale Town.



“They seemed nice,” Maya said.



“Maybe...”



The gang headed into Oldale Town, which wasn’t any bigger than Littleroot, save for a few houses near a lake. After a few minutes, Axl was able to locate the PokéCentre and David and the gang headed in to rest for the night at one of their numerous hotel-like rooms.



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So David has met both Brendan and May. To find out what will happen in the morning, tune in as the series gets rolling. R&R.