Pokémon : Black Rising

12. Stuff...

I am not limping! Just in case somebody said so.

I looked at the Storm Badge, which looked like a Lightning shot, in my badge-box. I also glanced at the dangerous TM, Focus Punch, which was an orange disk. Riolu and Charmeleon could learn that...

Tiyana waved once she saw me heading to the PokeCentre.

" Goodness Tyler, you look horrible! "

" My Pokemon are far worse conditioned. "

" Here let me help you. "

Once we handed Riolu, Luxio and Charmeleon for a long much needed rest, we talked.

" Why, was the battle tough? " she asked.

I cleared me throat, " So tell me, how many did you fight before Chuck? "

" Umm...Nobody? It was early afterall. "

I landed on the floor from my seat. Standing up, " Ok, next. Which Pokemon did Chuck use? "

" Lets see... Mankey, Poliwag and Machoke, if I got that right. "

The floor caught me again. With each Pokemon she uttered, my heart throbed again and again.

" What happened exactly? "

I shrugged, " Oh well, I fought five people, eight Pokemon before Chuck. And the guy used Primeape, Poliwrath and Machamp, his strongest. "

Tiyana's mouth was hanging wide open. She shrieked, "WHAT? "

I looked around. Thankfully, no one heard us. " Keep your voice down! "

She whispered, " Did he really do that? "

I shrugged. She instantaneously stood up and bolted outside. I caught her mid-flight by the arms. " Where off to? "

" To the gym! Chuck owes me seven battles with strong trainers! " the voice even frightened me.

" Puh-lease don't! " I gasped when he exherted more power.

" WHY? AM I NOT ALLOWED TO BATTLE HIM WHEN HE IS AT HIS STRONGEST!? " That was NOT Tiyana, but some beast who took hold of her.

" Come on! This is childish! Relax and think before jumping into conclusions! "

That was enough to make her calm down. It took me a while to realize that she abondoned running. I left her immediately.

When we seated ourselves at the nearby couch (again) she relaxed with a smile, " Sorry about that. I get mad when others get more special treatment than me. "

I gaped at her, " Are you kidding me! It was no treatment but torture! "

She giggled, " Now that I remember seeing your Pokemon, I can't see why I was pumped to battle Chuck once again. "

I breathed a sigh of relief.

" Hey, while your Pokemon are resting, lets take a look at the Mall. It will be fun! "

" I'll pass, " I prefer to stay inside the safe walls of the Pokemon Centre, away from battles.

" Hey, it will be awesome! Maybe we'll find some TMs or new Pokeballs or even some makeup!"

I had caught the word TM, so I interjected, " I'm in. "

" Yay! " she exclaimed. Seriously, this girl is attracting way too much attention to us, particularly, me! I hate that!

She dragged me to the Mall, technically a whole lot smaller than the P-Mall in some other city. The first floor held nothing of interest. A counter, some people chatting and a familiar black coat. Nothing's wrong. Wait a sec, black coat?! I jerked my head at that direction again and saw nothing. Hallucinations, perhaps?