Chapter 2 - Not another one!   

I looked up at the human trainer as she was still smiling at me, waiting for her battle.  I sighed again. I really didn't want to go through with this...but apparently I didn't have a choice in the matter.

The vulpix the trainer had released stepped forward and said "Hey? Didn't you hear, we're supposed to be fighting now!"  I stepped forward until I was face to face with the Vulpix, I then asked "What is your name?"  

That question must've caught her off guard as she said "Uhh..well...my name is Vixi. Vixi the vulpix."  

I snickered as I replied "Vixi...I like that name...it suits you." Her face then took on a serious tone as she then said "But you and I are supposed to be having a battle...doesn't that matter to you?"  

I rolled my eyes, and that really made her angry as she started screaming her mouth off at me. Unfortunately I really wasn't too interested in what she was saying, and to prove that point I pulled my arms into my shell once again and for a few moments was fiddling around looking for what I needed.

'No...no...that's not it...no...yikes...how did that get in there? Crap...no...wait...YES!' I thought to myself.   My arms stayed inside my shell for a few more moments and I pulled them back out with a triumphant yell, holding none other than...  

"Another candy bar!" cried JJ from behind me.

Vixi however continued to yell and scream at me and the very next thing I did gained a collective gasp from everybody, as I shoved the candy bar into Vixi's mouth and sighed before saying to her "You wanna fight, then fight with your mouth full, cause I ain't listening!"  

Then against my better judgment I patted Vixi on the head twice, and laughed as I then walked over to Rachel and reached into my shell again. As I did, Rachel gave me a confused look and asked "Excuse me, but what exactly is in that shell of yours little Squritle?"

After hearing her question I looked up and nodded and proceeded to pull out everything that was sitting inside my shell.


20 minutes later….


In the time span Rachel’s Meowth Buddy had introduced himself to everyone and said he could translate whatever we said to Rachel so she too would understand. But the look on her face told a different story.

“I…It can’t be possible! No single Squritle can hold that much…crap in it’s shell!” cried Rachel as she looked on stunned. Then Rachel noticed something as she asked “What’s this?”

She picked up the device, and studied it for a moment before saying “It looks like an ear piece to a cellular phone, but it has a pokeball in the middle…” she then looked down at me and asked “Where did you find this?”

My response was to shrug my shoulders, as I was probably just as confused as she was. She shook her head and pushed the pokeball shaped button and placed the object in her ear. For several moments there was nothing, but Rachel winced as she heard a metallic screeching sound, which she would later describe as nails on a chalkboard.

However as the sound died out, she looked down to see Vixi glowing red hot from her rage at my shirking her off earlier, and Rachel made the wise choice of grabbing Buddy and jumping out of the way.

At that moment I had this feeling of impending doom and death on the back of my head, like a target. And with me being a turtle I instinctively pulled my entire body into my shell, and it’s a good thing I did. At that very moment a wall of white hot fire whipped around my tiny shell, pushing it forward and knocking it into a tree…and then setting the tree on fire for good measure!

‘Vixi must not be happy…she’s gonna start a forest fire if someone doesn’t stop her.’

And just as I thought I was going to be roasted from inside my own shell, the fire stopped. ‘Thank Mew.’ I said to myself, as I popped my body out of my shell. I looked up at the tree to see it blackened and scorched all the way to the top. I then looked at the rest of the group, including Winter and the Thunder Bros. who all looked rather shaken by the display of power.

I locked eyes with Vixi, and she was giving me something worse than a death glare…it held so much anger and contempt that looking at her was starting to hurt, so I adverted my gaze while stuttering to her “I-I’m sorry…Vixi.”

Her gaze didn’t change, but she did walk away over to Rachel. I stood there for a few more moments and then walked over to the pile of miscellaneous items I’d pulled out of my shell, and smiled as I picked up a bag of cookies and tossed them over Vixi’s head.

She stared back at me for a moment, picked up the bag of cookies and said “Fine, we’re even.” Then as she turned back around, Rachel screamed.

Everyone looked up at her wondering what was wrong. But then she exclaimed “V-Vixi…did you just speak?” The vulpix looked confused as she asked “Is that a problem?” And Rachel gave another startled yelp.

That’s when it hit me, “The ear piece!” Rachel looked confused but then smiled and replied “Yeah…that must be it! This thing must translate what you pokemon say into words I can understand.”

“Yep…leave it to me to find the one thing hidden in my shell that gives people an advantage.” I commented with a smirk on my face.

“I still want to know how you fit all that in that shell to begin with.” Asked Buddy. I gave a shrug and a smirk as I replied “I really don’t know, It was just there.”

Rachel picked up a large parasol and grinned at me as she said “This too?” Again I smiled and said “Hey…I’m gifted.” I then stepped over to the pile and stuck my arm inside.

JJ and Jon had just fallen asleep from boredom when Rachel squealed again, startling the two brothers awake. They looked at what the cause was for the girl to scream and saw it in my hand.

Rachel’s eyes shined with anticipation as she picked the item out of my hand and held it to the light. Buddy then becoming curious asked “What is that Rachel?”

She then proceeded to show off the item she held. It was a pokeball, but this one was different as it was purple on top, and had a target in the middle right where the activation button would be.

“It must be a Master Ball! This is so cool!” Exclaimed Rachel as she continued “I never thought I’d be able to see one of these let alone actually own one!”

“This must be your lucky day!” I said with a grin.

I turned to Winter, Jon and JJ, and asked “You guys ready to go?” And naturally this caught Rachel’s attention as she then replied “Go…go where?”

“Well…” I started to answer “You see the Raichu, and Pikachu behind me those two are going to help me get stronger. And the Ninetails behind them I owe a life debt to, so she’s tagging along as well.”

Just as our now larger group was about to head to the next town, which as it turned out was back the way Rachel came…apparently she’d gotten lost only five feet from the main path, when a voice rang out from the treetops.

“Hey! Did I hear you all were heading into town…mind if I tag along?”

At first I was a bit confused as another Meowth stepped from the bushes. Buddy decided to be polite and be the first to ask “What’s your name?”

The other Meowth smiled and replied “My name’s Josh…nice to meet you all!”