Interruption
January 31, Seven Days Prior
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"A new pokemon created by Arceus?"
"Thats right." Caitlin pulled out a pokeball from her hip and held it up. "Thats where pokemon initially came from anyways. Of course Arceus could easily make a new one."
Around 8 days had passed since Vex arrived in the world, seven days since he had began his intense training. After working his ass off day in and day out, Vex was experiencing one of his few breaks as his pokemon rested from a recent battle with Caitlin.
No matter how hard Pikachu and Squirtle tried, they were unable to even touch Caitlin's Gothitelle, always missing their mark one way or another. While this was disheartening, it was this that lead to Vex creating new ideas designed to counter high speeds, the nozzle zero technique being one of those moves. Still, a break every so often was needed as rapid sparring tended to wear out the pokemons moves far quicker then normal.
"Now when I say new, I dont mean a new pokemon altogether, more like a variant." Caitlin pressed the button on the capsule, summoning the pokemon forth. "The pokemon is called a Vulpix and she was given to me as an egg. Its a gift from Arceus as a thanks for you agreeing to help him."
There was the standard flash of light before it quickly died back down, taking the form of a fox-like creature with pitch black fur. Her shiny coat was glossy and beautiful, the sunshine giving her a gorgeous look that captured the attention of others. Vex was immediately captivated as he stood up from his spot on the floor, his mix matched hues focusing on the Vulpix. Reaching into the pocket of the shorts he had received as a gift from Brock, he fished out his pokedex and held it up to the small pokemon.
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Vulpix- The Fox Pokemon
It is most commonly seen with six tails. However, Vulpix is born with only a single, white tail that splits as Vulpix grows. The tails grow hot as it approaches evolution. Vulpix is capable of manipulating fire to such precision as to create floating wisps of flame. These wisps are sometimes mistaken for ghosts by humans, but Vulpix uses them to assist in catching prey. Inside its body is a flame that never goes out. When the temperature outside increases, it will expel flames from its mouth to prevent its body from overheating. Vulpix is known to feign injury to escape from opponents too powerful for it to defeat.
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"Huh, thats interesting." Vex said as he clicked his pokedex shut. "It also seems that this one is a mix of Dark and Fire. Thats cool."
"That can't be right," Brock said from his position next to the fire. He had been sitting there calmly up until that point making some pokemon food that he was going to use to feed his Graveller. "Vulpix are fire types. They shouldn't have any other types."
"Hence why I said its a variant." Caitlin said, a yawn escaping her. Recently she had been only been waking up when it was her turn to train Vex because she apparently wasn't used to staying awake for long periods of time. "This Vulpix not only possesses the fire and dark types but also can learn the corresponding moves related to the types as well."
"Thats rather odd," Vex muttered. "Can Arceus still create pokemon without his plates?"
"Arceus is the original creator of pokemon. Perhaps making a variant of an already low power pokemon isn't too much for him." Caitlin waved her hand as she stretched her arms above her head. "I'd agree with you if it was a Pokemon on the level of powerhouse such as maybe Zekrom but Vulpix is QUITE weaker then that."
Vex was a still a bit confused about it even as Caitlin attempted to explain it. According to the knowledge gained in the short week he had been learning, a Pokemon having more then one type was both a good thing and a bad thing as it had equal advantages and weaknesses. However, having two types was still much better then one depending on how it was utilized and here Arceus was just giving him one for free. Sure Caitlin said Vulpix was sent as present but Vex was reluctant to take her.
"When did you get this pokemon?" Vex asked as he walked up to the Vulpix and knelt down. The fox pokemon had an intelligent and prideful look as she glanced at the white haired youth curiously. "If you had her for a while then why are you showing her to me now?"
"If I had given her to you when I first met you, when you had just arrived, would you have been able to do anything with her?" Caitlin walked up and tapped her pokeball against Gothitelle, summoning her back. "I gave her to you just now because I feel that you're finally worthy of being acknowledged by Arceus. Prove me right."
Caitlin turned around and walked over to her sleeping bag, pulling out some clothes from inside it. "I'm going to take a bath. Why don't you bond some more with Vulpix."
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"So you have a black Vulpix?" Gera asked as he summoned Krokorok back into his pokeball. "So what?! Doesn't mean we're gonna agree to another battle. We already won."
"I disagree."
The voice that resounded out was soft yet was able to make the crowd of chatting onlookers immediately turn quiet as the crowd parted and a blonde woman stepped out. Ice cream was clutched in her right hand but other then that, she looked rather important.
The slender woman was rather tall, standing at around 180cm, a bit taller then Vex's 172 cm with wavy knee-length creamy blonde hair that had bangs covering her left eye. She wore straight black leg trousers, a long black coat with a V neck and black fur rimming the cuffs, running down the end of the coat with a large teardrop shaped ornament on the center of the coat, probably used as a fastener. She also donned a black top underneath. Her outfit finished with a black kitten heels and a yellow stripe on each shoe. For accessories she wore a large, black feathery ruff around her neck with two hair clips in her hair, both resembling two teardrop-shaped object conjoined with a pale yellow stripe.
(("Who's she?")) Vex couldn't help but be curious as this woman had caused the entire crowd to fall deathly silent. He could even swear that some people had ceased their breathing. (("She must be important considering her hair is longer then SSJ3 Goku. Not as long as Caitlin but definitely close. If that hair doesn't scream PROTAGONIST status then I don't know what does."))
The woman made her way forward, her grey eyes flickering from Gera, Mark, Onar, and finally onto Vex, her hues lingering on the white haired youth a bit longer then the others.
"I was watching for a bit. I liked the way you battled despite your young age. I wanna see what you can do with that Vulpix if you don't mind." The woman lifted her ice cream up and gave it a lick.
"Im sorry. Who are you?" Vex asked, slightly confused. "Im kinda at my limit here. I dont need a plot twist at the moment."
"Are you stupid?!" Gera interrupted before the woman could even start to respond. "Are you telling me you can't recognize a champion when you see one? You call yourself a trainer? Show some respect!!"
"Dude. I was clearly asking her name. Quit being a backseat driver." Vex shook his head as he turned his attention back to the woman. "I'm sorry miss stranger. Whats your name?"
The woman had a rather curious look on her face as she kept on eating her ice cream. It was hard to tell what exactly she was thinking as she stared at Vex. Finally, when she did decide to stop eating her ice cream, it wasnt Vex she addressed but rather Onar.
"The next match will be a one on one match with a pokemon of your choice. The winner will recieve 15000 credits (not sure what the currency should be called) from me personally."
Onar looked like he wanted to refuse but after a quick bump from Mark, he sighed. Though he clearly wanted to just walk away, he stepped forward as Gera rapidly retreated to let his friend take over.
"Now, lets begin then." The woman said as she started to walk away.
"Hold on there blondie," Vex said as he reached out and grabbed her arm, though making sure not to use too much force. "You never told me your name."
The woman turned around, her eyes glancing at Vexs hand before shifting her gaze onto the white haired youth. "My name is Cynthia Stratos. But you can call me Cynthia."
//Sorry for the rather short chapter. Things will pick up once again next chapter.
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