Chapter 7: Traveling Companions

Kenta looked at his pokegear to view a map. It was just a few more miles till he reaches Olivine City and the next Gym Badge. Since he started on his journey he always had his pokemon to keep him company but now he has an annoying red hair girl following him around just for the sake of being with him. Kenta easily defeated Whitney because she was being too distracted with Kenta to even think straight. Despite Kenta being strongly against the idea of Whitney wanting to follow him around, he really had no choice in the matter.

Kenta: Just a bit more and we probably can reach there by night.

Whitney sat on a rock and rested, her legs felt sore and she felt exhausted.

Whitney: Can we take a few minutes break I’m tired.

Kenta: I don’t even know why you decided to follow me; a city girl like yourself should stay in the city and not in the open fields like where we are.

Whitney: But after what you told me during dinner I felt like exploring.

Kenta regretted telling Whitney about his travels so far. After he had won his badge from Whitney, she insisted that they go out to dinner in celebration of his win, to Kenta this was more of a date trap. However he had to go or he wouldn’t get the badge. During dinner he told of the day he left not knowing if he’d ever make it as a pokemon trainer in search for gym badges. Among things that he bragged about was his victory over Team Rocket, which highly impressed Whitney. So now that Whitney became interested in the life of a wandering trainer, she assigned a new gym leader and followed Kenta around in his travels, something that Kenta didn’t quiet want.

Kenta: Are you rested yet?

Whitney: Just five more minutes.

Kenta sighed, at this rate it may take him five years to get to the pokemon league. While waiting for Whitney, Kenta thought about his future goals. Once he got all the gym badges then he can go straight to the pokemon league games and compete. Maybe if he does well enough he can place in the top ten or even top five. There was a slight hope that he may even perform well enough to compete against all four of the elite four and then the reigning champion, Lance. That would be very interesting, his first year at the pokemon league games and he manages to defeat the elite four and then Lance. Being crowned the new champion and given the title pokemon master would be such an honor. He dismissed his daydreaming knowing that it would be a hard long shot to accomplish all that and realistically he needed to still earn all the badges. It’s been nearly half a year since he left home; this was going to be a long journey.

Whitney: Alright I’m ready.

Kenta: Okay, lets go.

Kenta smiled as he walked towards town. Whitney wondered why Kenta was smiling so oddly, he had such a cheerful glee and a confident one too. It appeared to be he has the look of a winner, the Golden Smile. Kenta continued to smile envisioning himself in the pokemon league and doing well, maybe the vanishing champ will even be there to watch him perform.

*****

Hiro traveled along the beach area looking at the view. It wasn’t as much the surf, the ocean, or the tropical trees but the swimsuit girls that were sunbathing and swimming. Glancing over to where Hiro was looking Jasmine tried to figure out what he was looking at. All she saw was a beach full of people having fun. Maybe Hiro wanted to take a break from adventuring and have some fun for a change.

Jasmine: Hiro, I’ve noticed that you’re paying a lot of attention to the beach, any reason why?

Hiro: Oh um nothing. Just watching the view.

Jasmine looked again, it was a nice view but nothing overly spectacular; then again her hometown is near the coast so seeing this isn’t that special for her. Hiro kept looking at the beach with a sly smile and paying close attention, perhaps he did want a time for recreation.

Jasmine: Hiro, I was thinking maybe you’d like to take a break and spend some time at the beach.

Hiro stopped and turned towards Jasmine. Looking right at her he tried to envision her in some of the sexy swimsuits he’d seen but he couldn’t. Jasmine is a very innocent sweet girl with a polite way. She would probably be conservative in dressing in a swimsuit, not showing much off and probably too shy to try. A one-piece swimsuit that isn’t too tight would probably be what she’d wear. Hiro weighed the pros and cons of taking a break from his journey and decided that it would be nice to take a break, the only other time he had any type of rest was when he was in the hospital and that wasn’t fun at all.

Jasmine: Um Hiro, excuse me.

Hiro: I was just thinking. Alright, we’ll stop here for now since you recommended we take a break. What we’re wearing is hardly beach attire so I’m going to go change, why don’t you go find us a spot while I also get us some refreshments.

Jasmine: Okay.

Hiro headed towards the beach facility dressing room and locker area. He changed into his swimming trunks and put away his things but kept his pokebelt with him. There was a concession stand just outside the locker area, perfectly place to get the snacks. He walked onto the beach looking around for Jasmine but couldn’t spot her. Then a voice called out to him from the side. There he saw a sexy figured two-piece tight bikini girl with long brown hair calling his name. He smiled and walked towards her.

Jasmine: I found a good spot right here Hiro. Oh how nice of you to get me a drink.

Hiro: Um yeah. Jasmine?

Jasmine: Yes? Something up?

Hiro blinked a few times. The innocent girl that he thought he saw in Jasmine turned out to be a well figured bikini beach model that showed more than enough to appeal to the eyes.

Jasmine: Is something on me?

Jasmine tried to figure out why Hiro was looking at her so oddly. She tried to dust of whatever he was looking and but couldn’t find it.

Jasmine: Where is it?

Hiro: . . . chest . . .

Jasmine: On my chest?

She began to try and dust off whatever Hiro saw and hoped she got it off. Hiro gulped, this wasn’t exactly what he was expecting but there’s no reason to complain.

Jasmine: Did I get it out?

Hiro nodded.

Jasmine: Okay. Could you put some sun tanning lotion on me, I usually have a hard time with my back.

Hiro: Sure sure.

Hiro was more than willing. After getting a good amount he rubbed her back with the lotion making sure to get every area. How tempting it was to pull her swimsuit off to see what she has under there but he may end up dead in the sand. Once every part was covered with the sun tanning lotion, Hiro made his way to her shoulders and gave her a massage. She relaxed as Hiro’s firm hands rubbed some tension away.

Jasmine: That’s nice Hiro, thank you.

Hiro: I’m at your service.

Jasmine: Your being awfully nice to me today, any reason why?

Hiro: No reason.

Actually it was because of her nice swimsuit and sexy body.

Jasmine: Oh, guess you’re nicer than I thought you were. You always seem so head strong and full of power. I guess when you take a break you’re actually very nice.

Hiro stopped for a moment to think about what Jasmine had said. It was the very first time anyone had ever called him nice. He was always known to be a punk, a really bully as well, and just plain cold. Yet this girl actually finds the good points in him and calls him nice. Maybe he is nice when he wants to be.

Jasmine: Alright I’ll do you next.

*****

In Viridian City at the Gym Leader Academy, everyone looked for their name on the posting to see how well they scored in the written exams. Gary searched around but couldn’t find his name.

Gary: This isn’t funny, how can my name be misplaced.

Midori: I don’t see it anywhere on this column or this one, are you sure you wrote your name correctly?

Gary: Positive.

Midori: I’ll help keep looking after I get a drink.

Midori turned the corner to get a drink from the water fountain when she noticed the other names on the other wall around the corner. They were very few names listed and Gary’s name was there.

Midori: Hey Gary, I found your name.

Gary turned the corner to see a pointing Midori. Gary has scored one of the highest in the school and is under the advance class category.

Midori: I didn’t know you were in the advance class, I thought we were all the same.

Gary: I thought so too so why am I listed here?

One of the instructors passed by so Gary called him over. He inquired about his results as to why he is in the advance class.

Instructor: If you’re not in the advance class before, you are now. This means you can move on to the next level on next term.

Midori: Hey that’s great! I’m so happy for you Gary. Being an advance class is a great honor. Not only are you like a role model for the other students, you’ll also have a higher chance in applying for the higher ranked gyms in the land.

Gary: Really, I didn’t know that. Well let’s go celebrate then.

Midori: Great lets go to that new restaurant that recently opened, my treat.

Gary: Whatever you say.

*****

Misty stood at her end of the gym waiting for the next move by the challenging trainer. So far Misty has the lead with all her pokemon still active whereas the challenger only has two. Ash watched by the sidelines examining the trainer’s ability. The challenger didn’t appear to have much experience and good tactics with attacks, Misty will more than likely win. Ash saw himself within the challenger; the challenger was no older than twelve and was already competing for gym badges, too bad he’ll need more skill if he wants to beat Misty.

The match ended with Misty as the victor, the challenger felt disappointed that he didn’t win but as soon as Misty wanted to encourage the challenger to try harder next time another person had the same idea. This challenger has a female companion that appeared to be near his age and talked to him about tactics and battles plans for the next attempt. The two trainers left the gym debating about skill over strength. Ash stood up from the stands and walked towards Misty with a smile.

Ash: Those two looked like us when we were younger.

Misty: I guess that boy has a companion that’ll help him ever way she can. That’s so cute.

Ash: Yup. About the match, I think you were being a bit hard on him.

Misty: Gotta be hard if ya want a trainer to be tough as nails. A few loses help the trainer to grow and become stronger, kinda like you when you started out.

Ash: And look at me now, an unchallenged former champion who doesn’t know what to do now.

Misty: Well first off why don’t you help me clean up.

Ash: Alright. You know Misty, I don’t think there’ll be very much people in the pokemon league anymore.

Misty: What makes you say that?

Ash: At this rate no one could possible win against you and even if they did, what if Gary became a gym leader at Viridian City, no trainer could possible make it to the pokemon league if they can’t even beat the gym leaders.

Misty chuckled, Ash was right, she has been a bit serious when battling and Ash’s influence on her had greatly increased her own capabilities.

Misty: What about Brock?

Ash: He’s alright but he gets too distracted if he faces a cute opponent.

Misty: Yeah, some gym leaders. Not that I’m directing this to myself but some gym leaders should be more serious about their gym leading duties rather than go chase of the most good looking person they see and try to go out on dates with them.

*****

Whitney: ACHOOOO!!!

Kenta handed Whitney a tissue.

Kenta: Are you okay? Maybe traveling around isn’t such a good idea for a city girl like you.

Whitney: I’m perfectly alright! My allergies must be acting up.

The two rested in the pokemon center in Olivine City. There was news that the gym leader was currently out and no one knew when she’d be back. This stopped Kenta’s adventure for the time being. With nothing better to do Kenta wanted to look around and wait till the gym leader comes back.

Kenta: Since the gym leader isn’t here, lets take a break and hit the sites.

Whitney: I’m for that.

Just as Kenta was leaving the pokemon center, he looked out the window towards the sea. There he faintly saw someone traveling at great speeds on their pokemon. Their speed was so great it created a long wave through the waters, whoever they were they must be in a great hurry.

*****

Hiro hung onto his Feraligator as it swam as fast as it could through the ocean. Hopefully he’d catch up with that guy who kidnapped Jasmine. It was hard to believe this was happening and even more so he why he was doing this but there was no time to think now. The training and effort in making his Feraligator as strong as possible is put to the test. Hopefully its strong enough and fast enough, for it wasn’t then Jasmine is in great danger.

End of Chapter 7