Worthless Necessity: Project Pokemon [HitoZuku]

Chapter 9 - Purple Cat

Shinsou just watched as his new Meowth chomped down eagerly on some Pokemon food, with Iida's Honedge floating behind it, somewhat curious.

Todoroki had brought them to a small cafe that served lunch, and the group was currently deciding what to do before they had dinner and participated in the catching contest held at night.

"Well... I wanted to bring you guys to scale Dark Ice Mountain, and maybe make my way to the Giant Chasm, but I hear that it's really dangerous at night, so we definitely can't do that today." Todoroki muttered.

Bakugou merely rolled his eyes, "Festival shit, you icyhot moron."

"There's food!" Kirishima butt in, "And I think there's a raffle every other hour, and you can win stones or TMs or TRs or something!"

Uraraka munched on some mochi as the egg sat in her lap, with Kinu sitting on the table and using her tail to brush the dust off the incubator that housed the egg, "What about the gym?"

"Well... one or two... I think the gym leader, Uwabami, is busy performing and modelling for the festival, so I don't think you can battle the gym anyways." Todoroki replied, before taking a mouthful of soba.

Kirishima grinned, "Bakubro and I skipped over Tokyo City, and came to this city for our second gym battle after defeating Manual, so we managed to battle Uwabami before the festival! For our battle, she used an Ekans, Silicobra, and Servine, but for stronger opponents, I believe she uses Arbok, Milotic, and Seviper."

"I think the gym would be open in two days." Iida stated, flicking through his phone as he caught up on the current news, "In the past years, she would take a four day break for this yearly festival, so we can just linger around before battling her. I think we can see what the rest of the festival is like today, battle Bakugou before going to visit Dark Ice Moutain tomorrow, and then maybe start getting ready for the gym battle the day after."

"Sounds like a good plan." Uraraka nodded, feeding Kinu some mochi, "Though... uh... I'm not sure I can bring an egg up an icy mountain, so I might stay here."

"I don't think that's a problem." Shinsou replied, "It's pretty likely that your egg would hatch today. For events like these, the eggs are usually really close to hatching before they're given out, and the eggs given out usually hatch quickly to begin with. In the past, people have complained that the eggs take too long to hatch... which is kind of stupid. What else were they expecting when they accepted an egg?"

"Well, I don't care how long it takes." Uraraka pouted, wrapping her arms tightly around the incubator.

"Urg." Bakugou rolled his eyes, "Hurry up and eat! I don't want to be stuck here with you shitheads!"

"Aww man! I told you guys to queue earlier!" Kirishima groaned, rushing into the Pokemon Center, "Hurry, before they run out of places!"

Shinsou sighed, as he followed the group. They had spent the afternoon just eating snacks, and just playing some mini games at the different stalls at the festival. They had won some TMs for their efforts, and even though they participated in the raffles, they didn't really win anything besides a couple Pokeballs, and they were way more interested in the Pokemon Catching contest than anything else.

"Don't worry too much." Todoroki muttered, "There's always a couple of empty slots."

Luckily, the queue was relatively short, and they managed to register for the catching contest in time.

"Now, please select one Pokemon to bring into the forest with you." The event organizer stated, gesturing to the counter of the Pokemon Center, "The rest of your Pokemon will be safe guarded here."