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Tweak says, "a new bell for your bycicle?"

Leaf Green (leaftornado) wrote in pokemonworld,
@ 2012-04-26 21:09:00

Route 2, just south of Viridian Forest
"You've been doing well today," Leaf said to her Gengar, Loki. They had just been in a battle with a local bug catcher. It was a tough battle, and she could tell that he had raised his Scyther well. Loki had managed to defeat the Scyther in the end, though.

Leaf had been doing nothing but battling all day. Viridian Forest was a great meeting place for trainers, both beginning and advanced. She came here often to pick out the strong trainers and battle with them. Sometimes she won, sometimes she lost. Each battle, no matter the outcome, helped her and her Pokemon grow stronger, though.

Today was different, though. She wasn't battling just for the purpose of training. She was trying hard to keep her mind busy. Lately, she had been hearing rumors of sightings of Giovanni, the former boss of Team Rocket.

She hadn't heard about him for years, not since Red defeated him in that fateful gym battle. She wasn't even sure he would remember her. But she knew that he was one of the last people she wanted to run in to.

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leaftornado
2012-05-04 07:00 pm UTC (link)

"I'm honestly not surprised you would say something like that," she said, crossing her arms over her chest. She looked up at his face, staring at his confident expression.

"You know why? I don't know much about you, but I do know that you're selfish. You only care about yourself."

She placed her arms by her side again, feeling her fists grow tight.

"You're unable to love because you're so focused on yourself!" she said harshly.

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	breaking_ground 2012-05-04 07:41 pm UTC (link)
	"Yes." He nodded firmly. His face fixing into a stoic mask, though there was something in the narrowing of his eyes that gave the slightest impression that he was hiding something. "Care only for yourself, and no-one shall let you down. No-one will backstab you, no-one will double cross you." He circled around her. "And abandonment means little." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

leaftornado
2012-05-04 10:23 pm UTC (link)

"You know," she said, staring into his eyes, her voice suddenly calm, "I was like you once."

Yes, talking on and on about love to him was probably pointless. But there was that small chance that maybe he had loved in the past and had his heart broken.

"I had no one. My friends had abandoned me to chase their dreams. I let no one into my life, because I was afraid of being let down again. And I wasn't. I was never heartbroken," she sighed, "but I was never happy, either."

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breaking_ground
2012-05-05 02:00 pm UTC (link)

"Is that so?" He tilted his head, waiting for her to surprise him with some great revelation. Though, it was something that never came.

"Well, isn't that just a shame?" He gave a forced, rather condescending looking smile. "For you, I mean. Because this life I have carved out for myself? I like it. I am happy like this. The master of my own destiny... And, those of so many others. And that is the way it's going to stay."

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leaftornado
2012-05-05 07:48 pm UTC (link)

"The two of us are very different, then."

She glanced around. It was now late twilight, and whatever bit of sun that was left in the sky cast long shadows of trees on the ground.

"But like you," she said, crossing her arms, a hint of doubt in her voice, "I'm perfectly happy just the way I am. I have everything I need... and I'm happy with the choices I've made in the past."

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breaking_ground
2012-05-05 08:50 pm UTC (link)

"Obviously." He stated flatly, drumming his fingers against his arm.

"Well... Good for you. If you had to give in to your cowardice, and run away from us to do so, then so be it. But..." His voice suddenly dropped, taking on a more dangerous edge. "I would advise you not to come anywhere near us again. For any reason. You get in my way, and I will take great pleasure in removing you as an obstacle."

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	leaftornado 2012-05-05 09:21 pm UTC (link)
	"I understand." She hoped to never come anywhere near Team Rocket ever again. But with her luck, she somehow knew they would cross paths again. "I can't believe I wasted this much time talking to you," she said under her breath. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	breaking_ground 2012-05-06 06:55 am UTC (link)
	"Good." He stepped back a little, preparing to turn back, to head towards his manor. "Now if you will excuse me, I have far more important things to do than deal with you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	leaftornado 2012-05-06 09:18 pm UTC (link)
	"So do I." She reached into her bag and got out her Pidgeot's Pokeball. She released the large bird and mounted it, ready to fly home. "Good night," she said with a hint of bitterness. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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