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Hey! So this is me once again writing another chapter one… I realize I write many of those, but I like this one so naaa! The writing style for this chapter is weird, and that's how I intended for it to be. The next chapters will be in normal-er format. For now, all I can say is enjoy and Happy Easter!
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"Pokemon Cosplayers Convention? What's that?" a boy asked to the rose adorned pokemon on his shoulder.
"You don't know what the PCC is?" a voice asked incredulously.
The boy turned around to face a girl no older than he.
"Yeah. So what?"
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It all started as normally as any day could have gone for the charming young coordinator. He woke up at seven, ate a hearty breakfast of toast and jam, and went out to train. Currently, he was in a little town, called Perrenicia, which was barely visible on the map.
The town itself was quaint enough for the light green-haired boy. There were many trees in the city, all adorned with little pink flowers who spread their sweet fragrance miles away from the trees themselves. There also weren't many people who lived there. That being a fact that pleased him. He could go out and train as he pleased.
Unbeknownst to him, there was another person in his training area; a young girl with dark green hair and yellow eyes. Her outward appearance wasn't exactly desirable, with her oddly pigmented features, but that girl would bring a change to the boy that he himself wouldn't expect.
As the boy summoned his thorn pokemon, the girl continued to sleep in one of the many trees, her hair camouflaging with some of the leaves. Her pokemon, a green dog-like pokemon, also rested at the base of the same tree. What were they doing? Resting of course, but how was the boy to know?
When he saw the sleeping Electrike, he ordered his pokemon to attack with a razor blade. Jolting awake, the girl's pokemon received a sharp pain from one of the rose's poisonous barbs only a second later. After taking numerous blows to its sluggish body, it was becoming understandably weaker by the moment. The last move the tiny rose pokemon used sent the Electrike sprawling into its master's tree. The boy smirked at the panting creature, calling out a final attack. His small pokemon lifted its roses into the air towards the sun and fired its opponent.
"Dodge that!" a voice yelled.
The boy was surprised to see that beam of solar energy blasted into the tree, knocking it down, but with no pokemon around it. He and his partner looked around with no avail.
"Thunderbolt!" the girl commanded quickly.
The boy gasped and told his Roselia to dodge, but not fast enough. His small thorn pokemon let out a cry as the lightning struck it. He clenched his fist. Whoever he was battling was fast- fast enough to attack before he could attack. He tried focusing for a moment. All was quiet for a few seconds before the boy heard the rustling of leaves.
"There! Roselia, magical leaf!" he yelled as the Electrike charged.
"Double team-agility combo!" the girl said from behind another tree.
Her pokemon let out a pleased cry dodging the colorful leaves and circling its tiny opponent at a speed too hard to see, surrounding it with visual clones. Roselia's face looked strained as it looked around frantically, hoping to find the real one.
"Tackle!"
The boy flinched and said the first thing that came to his mind, "Jump and use magical leaf again!"
Once again, Roselia's move was too late, causing it to get hit by the charging pokemon. The boy glared at the pokemon that seemed to now be full of life, unlike when he was battling it earlier.
"Tackle again!" the girl called.
"Poison powder!" he ordered sternly.
The girl smirked from behind the tree. So the boy would make this match interesting after all.
"Agility-spark cyclone combo!" she called.
Immediately, Electrike began circling Roselia rapidly. Besides the green blur, the boy could barely see it at all. A yellow flash caught his eye, causing them to widen in surprise. The Electrike was covered in electrical sparks and because of the intense speed of its running, it was causing a cyclone, stirring up the poison powder higher into the air.
"Faster!" the girl yelled.
The boy's mind raced with thoughts. If her pokemon went faster, it would most likely cause the poison powder to dissipate into the air, and with all the momentum from running, along with the electrical sparks, would make even a light tackle devastating. The boy let his mind race with counters, watching as the pokemon began running faster.
"Grasswhistle! Follow it up with sunny day," he commanded, hoping that his tactics would work.
The girl flinched behind the tree, knowing what the first move would do. She peeked behind the tree to see her pokemon's movements becoming slower and slower. That boy was surprisingly good. Unless she played the next few moves right…
"Charge!" she ordered.
He smirked, knowing she would do that, "Solar beam!"
The girl gasped in shock before yelling for her pokemon to dodge, but it was too late. The ray of light hit her Electrike dead-on, blasting it into the trunk of a tree. Many of the small flowers fell down from the impact as the pokemon lay limply on the floor. With one look, the girl knew that her companion was out.
The girl ran to it and cradled it in her arms. Whispering encouraging words, she returned her pokemon back to its ball. She let out a sigh. She honestly didn't expect for him to come around like that. Although she knew her combos were good, his had no problem matching hers, which was a first for her.
The boy stared at the girl who couldn't have been any older than he. She wore a tight gray belly shirt with small lightning bolts designed in certain areas, faded brown shorts that were almost cargo-like, and bulging white shoes. Truthfully, that outfit was eye-catching, but not exactly in the normal sort of way. It was like lightning, flashy and easily noticeable.
The girl walked up to him with an easy-going smile on her face and held out her hand for him to shake. The boy looked at her hand skeptically, only giving her a curt nod.
"You're pretty good," she commented, putting her hand back to her side.
"Yeah, thanks," he said, not mentioning that he thought she was exceptionally good as well, and returned Roselia to its pokeball.
"Well, what's your name?" she asked curiously, wanting to know the name of the boy who beat her.
He stared at her for a moment before turning around and walking away. The girl's face heated up with anger. Exactly what was his problem? First attacking her pokemon for no reason, then not shaking her hand? She ran up to him and pulled him by his sleeve. He stumbled back a little from surprise. Making sure they had total eye contact, she gave him her biggest fake smile.
"Hello, my name is Blaire, and from now on, we are going to be traveling buddies."