From: Sir Maximus <maximus@stny.lrun.com> Subject: [PW!] Skag's Journey: Uneventful as Usual Date: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 7:43 PM Ekard began pestering Skag almost immediately. "So what REALLY happened between you two?" "Nothing 'happened'. We were gonna jump Brock because we both got our butts kicked by him. We did, he beat us royally, and banned us from his gym." "Ooh, brutal" "We went back to her apartment, trying to think of a new plot. And she got closer and I... HOW WAS I SUPOSSED TO KNOW THAT SHE WAS REACHING FOR HER PENCIL!! ARGH! Now she still thinks I'm trying to take over the universe, and is actively trying to-" Skag was interrupted by a loud "THUNK" and an arrow stuck in a tree 3 inches from his head, "..kill...me..." "As I said, brutal. If you don't mind, I'll be walking a good distance away from you. This girl seems to have bad aim." "Anyway, she kicked me out..thats one, two, THREE places I was kicked out of! And to make it worse, she's probably the only girl I have a chance with." Skag sighed. "Chill out, there are plenty of goldeens in the sea to supplement the fearows and the beedrills" "What?" Skag gave Ekard a puzzled look. "Sorry, it's just that I needed to say SOME pokemon's name because we sure haven't seen any for a while!!" "Oh..heh. I get it. Fearows and Beedrills." Skag chuckled a bit. "That's the spirit! If I was 21 or had a fake ID, I'd take you to some nightclub in Vermillion." Ekard said, winking. "Yer the weirdest 12 year old I've ever met." Skag looked forward and shook his head. He got bored and decided to call out Champ and Kyodai. Just like last time, they started fighting. "HOLD IT!" Skag yelled, "You two settle your differences peacefully! NOW!" "Chan...." Champ looked at Kyodai. "Lee??" Kyodai looked at Champ. With that, they kept hitting eachother, but with softer blows. Skag was getting frustrated, "No no no no! TALK... make a compromise!" "Hitmon... lee??" "Chan???... ohhh... hitmonCHAN!!" "oohhh...hitmonleeee..." The two pokemon talked for a bit. Then Champ rolled out a die, Kyodai did the same. Champ got a 6 and punched Kyodai really hard 6 times. Kyodai got a 4 and did the same. Then Champ rolled again and- "NOOOO!!!!!! Can't you make an agreement without punching eachother???" Skag slapped his forehead and jumped up and down. "Lee! Hitmonlee? (Where's the fun in that?)" "Hitmonchan? chaaaan! hitmonchan! (Wait... you can compromise WITHOUT hitting them? Slow down, this is too weird for me!)" Skag sighed again, "Look. Why don't you tell me what you are fighting about??" "CHAAAAAAANNN!!!!" "LEEEEEEE!!!!" Skag was knocked over by the yelling, "Okay. Bad question. But here's the idea, you guys TALK it over. Discuss your problems, point out your views, make a compromise that benefits you both!". Champ and Kyodai stared for a moment. Then they began bantering away about something. Ekard peered over Skag's shoulder, "Wow! You got through to them!" Indeed he did, Champ talked for a while, his voice full of emotion. Kyodai responded, tears welling in his eyes. Champ made another argument, big gestures were prevalent in both arguments. Then, something took a turn for the worst. "LEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!" Kyodai cried out with a raised fist and tears streaming down his face. He knocked Champ over and tried to stab him with a knife. Champ caught Kyodai's arm and punched him a couple of times. Skag ran into the fray, "STOP IT! GEEZ! KYODAI, CHAMP RETURN! We'll have another session tomorrow." Skag called the two fighters back and sat down. Ekard sat down next to him, "You tried.... It seems to me that there's a third person involved. Somebody that Kyodai cared for, but Champ could care less about. Maybe a girl?" Skag looked at him with a "Gimme a break" expression on his face. "Okay, fine... probably a trainer... they do seem pretty weird to have been wild pokemon all their lives." "It's getting dark. Yet Donna is probably someplace with a blowgun or something." Skag muttered and looked around, hearing a "drat!" coming from one of the bushes. "I can't interfere with Kyodai and Champ any longer. I'm puting them on guard duty. There may only be one of them when we wake up..." Skag called out the two fighters and pitched the tent. "Go! Negotiate, kill eachother, whatever. Goodnight." With that, Skag and Ekard fell asleep. Champ and Kyodai looked at eachother. They both fidgeted, wondering whether they should fight or talk, finally, Kyodai spoke up. "Hitmonlee.... (Why did you do it? We would've been fine where we were!)" "Chan! Hitmonchan! (No way! She wanted us as pets, not fighters. I'm not gonna live that way..EVER)" "LEE! (But she cared for us! She was just a little girl, too... why?)" "Hitmonchan... (You would rather become a pampered pet than a world champion fighter?)" "hitmonlee....hit... (No... but you didn't have to do that to her. I still hate you for it!)" "Chan! (wimp!)" "Lee!! (Coward!)" "Hit..mon. Chan! (We left for a reason! You didn't even have to come....)" "Hitmonlee... (I didn't want to see her sad. You were her favorite!)" "So what happened to her?" Champ and Kyodai whirled towards the voice. Skag was sitting up, and he had been listening the whole time. "Yeah, I've been able to understand you two lately. Must be some kind of trainer thing." Kyodai realized it was futile to stop hiding it, so he told the story. Lily was a 10 year old girl who had inherited the fighters from her grandfather who had died recently. Lily wasn't interested in fighting, so she raised the two as if they were pets. Kyodai liked the treatment, but Champ, her favorite, didn't. Champ left, and Lily was devastated. Kyodai left soon after because Lily had decided to go out an start training pokemon for badges and Kyodai didn't want to get in her way. Kyodai finished with tears in his eyes. Champ was sitting down with his back to him, he didn't care. Skag sniffed, "Thats so sad. You know what, Kyodai? We're gonna find Lily and reunite you three!!" Kyodai nearly jumped for joy, and even Champ showed some hapiness. Aparently, he had missed her a little. Skag called them back. He walked over to his sleeping bag, shook out the rattlesnakes that were placed in it, and went to sleep. Next time: Skag has ANOTHER purpose... Donna:"Drat!" Pokedex:"Anybody gonna talk to ME? (sniff)" -- My PW Characters (so far) http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/2648/pwchars.jpg -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own