The Eeveelution War

Chapter 17: The Stormy One

"We're not ignoramuses! Well, at least I'm not..." Crystal replied.

"Zappy, what does that mean?" Pepe whispered to Zappy.

"I...uh....d-dunno.." Zappy said, sticking his head out from behind Crystal to see Storm.

"STORM! YOU ARE OK!" Willow said, running up to him and giving him a big hug.

"Of course I am! Did someone say I wasn't?" Storm responds, hugging her back. He looked over at everyone else,

"Willow, Zappy, Pepe, and if it isn't little Crystal." He said, teasingly. "Not so little anymore I see!" He ruffled the fur on Crystal's head to her dismay.

"STOP THAT! I STORE STUFF IN MY HAIR, YOU KNOW THAT!" Crystal screamed.

Just as she said that, her journal, a pen, a picture, and a piece of paper fell out of her hair. The piece of paper floated right to Storm's feet as it touched the ground. Storm looked at it and was about to grab it when she snatched it from the ground.

"Ugh, this is why I hate you." She snarled as she grabbed her journal and pen. She looked around. "Um, where's my picture?"

Zappy was holding the picture, staring at it, with Willow and Storm peaking over his shoulders, to see it, while Pepe stared over his head at it. He looked like he was about to cry.

"Good times..." He mumbled, then looked at Crystal. "You never told me you had a picture of the group."

"I was five!" Pepe said, pointing to her young self in the picture.

"Oh god, that was when I had that absolutely rubbish haircut!" Willow said, embarrassed.

"Yeah, you do look pretty bad!" Storm said, chuckling as Willow tackled him.

Crystal snatched the picture from Zappy. "Yeah, well, now you know. Anyways, Storm-"

"Did you come here to challenge me?" Storm said, while pinning Willow, to her dismay. "And you brought the others to watch me win? How nice of you, Crystal!" Storm laughed.

"Why don't you challenge Zappy, Storm? Or are you too scared?" Crystal growled back.

Storm shifted back and forth on his paws nervously. "Well, uh-"

"Crystal..." Zappy growled, stepping between her and Storm. "Enough."

Crystal quickly backed off.

"Storm! I just noticed! You have a bloody huge scar on your face!" Willow said. "Are you okay? How did that happen???"

Zappy grabbed Storm's face and tilted his head to see this scar. "That wasn't there last time! Are you okay?" Zappy let go and stepped back.

Pepe walked up to Storm and looked at his scar. "Cool..."

"Heh, I was having a battle with Brook and lost my guard. Luckily I still beat him-"

"Oh really? Or are you just saying that to impress us?" Crystal interrupted. "If so, it's not working."

Storm narrowed his eyes. "Are you calling me a liar? If there's one thing I'm not, it's a liar."