Training Day 1
Jet moved down the path. The maze of scrap metal formed walls of the labyrinth. The worst part was this labyrinth had a monster inside and it wasn’t Houndoom.
Eevee and Jet turned right. “Eevee we’ve been down this way before. It leads to a dead–” Jet’s warning came too late. They came to a wall made of old cars and junk. “We better turn around before she finds us.”
“Vee,” Eevee said in agreement.
Once again it was too late. The two turned around to instantly see Jade standing there with a horrible look on her face. She was murderous. She was a beast built only to see them suffer. An inhuman smile spread across her pretty light brown face.
“Ohh Houndoom! I found your dinner.”
“Doom!” Houndoom rounded the bend and slid to a halt in front of Jade. The Pokemon huffed and fire licked at its mouth. Smoke began pouring from its mouth and filing the air around Jet. It filled the area with plumes of darkness.
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“Alright! Go Eevee!!” Jet turned to his Pokemon partner. Eevee was gone. He had leapt up onto a pile of broken cars and made his way to the top of the labyrinth wall.
“Eev?”
“You’re a monster,” was the last thing he said to Eevee before a wall of flame toasted him.
The rest of the day would be spent rubbing burn ointment all over Jet’s body.
“By the time were done I’ll be darker than I already am,”
“That’s okay.” Jade said. “Girls like men tall, dark, and handsome. You can be at least one of the three.”
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Training Day 3
The first and second days went similar. Jet would finish his chores around the Ranch around the same time Jade would get out of the Academy. Then he'd hop on the bus and take the hour long ride head over to the Junkyard for training.
The problem was Jet would get cornered and Eevee would abandon him at the last moment to get toasted by Houndoom. Jet was getting frustrated as it seemed they weren’t learning anything but how to run. Eevee hadn’t gained any levels and was still level 5. The same as when they had first met.
Name: Eevee
Level: 5
Trainer: Jet
Nature: Bold
HP: 22
Attack: 9
Defense: 12
Sp Atk: 9
Sp Def: 12
Speed: 10
Houndoom chased them down. They both had begun memorizing the passages so as not to get caught. It still didn’t help. After the third or fourth turn they ran into another dead end and Houndoom was right behind them.
“Eee veeee,” Eevee said as if saying so-long. He leapt into the air to get away.
Jet reached out with his arm and caught a fluffy brown tail in his grip. He quickly pulled the Pokemon close and held him underneath his leg and his prosthetic limb.
Jet smiled. Eevee smiled back nervously. Jet pulled the Pokemon back over his head.
“Eveee! Vee! Eeveee! Eveee! Veee! Veee!” Eevee was frantic. He knew what was coming.
“Eevee! Use Flying Tackle!” and then for power Jet added, “YEEET!”
Jet tossed the Pokemon at the Houndoom. This move surprised even Houndoom. It hadn’t expect a trainer to YEET his Pokemon partner like fucking dodge-ball. Eevee slammed head first into Houndoom. Houndoom yelped and rolled backwards. Stunned by both the attack and the fucking audacity.
“Yes! Score one point for the Eevee and Jet squad.”
Eevee stood dazed. Turned around only to witness an angry Houndoom standing above him. It reared back and let out a wicked blast of fire!
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Training Day 6
“Turn right,”
“Veeeeeee,” Eevee growled.
“I said right!”
Once again Houndoom found them. At this point it wasn’t even trying to catch them. It was leisurely walking behind them until they started arguing and eventually would give away their position.
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When Eevee saw Houndoom it tried jumping away again. Once again Jet caught him by the tail. This time though Eevee was ready. Jet never saw it coming. All he felt was a hard blow to the bottom of his jaw by probably the softest paws in the known world. Jet dropped to the floor.
Jet dropped Eevee but he wasn’t out. As Eevee turned to flee Jet reached over and grabbed the Pokemon by its tail once more and dragged it close. Eevee tried to wrestle away but Jet had a Kung-Fu grip on him this time. Instead Eevee turned, opened his mouth, and sank his fangs into Jet’s arm.
Jet yowled. But he was angry more than hurt. He was going to show this Pokemon once and for all who was the trainer and who was the Pokemon. Jet grabbed one of Eevee’s little back legs. Pulled it out and sank his own teeth into Eevee’s leg. Eevee cried out in surprise more than pain.
“Houndoom,” Houndoom called out, getting their attention.
The two idiots realized they were both about to be roasted and their wrestling match only increased in ferocity as they both scrambled to escape by climbing over one another. Finally Jet got the advantage. He picked up little Eevee and held him out like a shield. Another back kick from Eevee and FINALLY Jet let go. Eevee moved to jump away.
SNATCH!
Houndoom had leapt after him and caught the brown fluff ball in its maw. Eevee yelped as Houdoom spun Eevee around like an old chew toy. First was the wind-up. He spun Eevee like a sock in a dryer. And then came the pitch. Houndoom tossed Eevee back at Jet. Punishment for the “Flying Tackle” from a few days ago.
Jet, who had just recovered from being kicked in the jaw a second time, looked up to see his Pokemon partner flying at him head first at an absurd speed. WHAM! Eevee slammed into Jet and their skulls connected. Luckily for Jet he was known for his hard hardheadedness.
The two spun dazed. Houndoom gave them both a moment to collect themselves. Before rearing back his head for another fire attack. Jet, somehow, came to before Eevee. He realized he was about to get toasted. He grabbed Eevee and held him out like a shield.
“Eevee! Use Protect!”
“Eeveee! Veee! Eeevee! Eevee!” Eevee scrambled trying to tell his dumb-ass trainer that it hadn’t learned the move Protect yet.
Too late. They both got roasted. The smell of burnt fur and smoke filled the area.
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“I don’t understand it.” Jade said, shaking her head. While applying burn ointment to Jet’s skin. The burns were light and would heal in a day. If Houndoom was going at full strength Jet would be dead by now. And probably Eevee too.
“You haven’t improved even a little bit. In fact I think you’re getting worse.”
“Froakie,” Froakie said, nodding in agreement.
“I’m not even mad. Actually I’m impressed.You two are both somehow objectively and subjectively the worst partners ever.”
“That makes you the worst teacher ever.” Jet growled.
“Vee!” Eevee said in agreement.
“Ugh!” Jade kicked the hood of a car and it opened. She then turned around and walked off. “We’re done for the day!”
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Jet spent the next morning cleaning and organizing. He dressed Pokemon bandages and made sure the “dropping” were picked up. His blood was on fire and his arms felt like they would never stop shaking.
“What are you so excited for?”
“I’m not excited.” Jet lied. As if by magic the doorbell rang. Jet slid past his mother to the front door and let Jade in.
“Wow, you live waaay out here. You take the bus to the junkyard everyday?” She asked
“Hello Jade. I’ve heard alot about you.”
“Hello Mrs. Jet’s Mom. I’ve heard a lot about you too. Here, these are from my father.” Jade handed over a bunch of metal flowers. They were intricate in design and looked very impressive. It took a moment for Jet to realize they weren’t just flowers but actually little sculptures of Weepingbell.
“Wow. Your father did this?”
“When he’s not running the Junkyard he works mostly on Pokemon sculptures and robotics. He likes using different materials.”
“Oh. I’m actually looking for someone to help me with a project. If he knows anything about composite material, tell him to contact me.”
“Oh I will. But just so you know he’s taken.”
“What?”
“He’s married. To my mother.”
Jet slapped his hand to his face. There it was. Jade’s signature weirdness was coming through.
To her credit Jet’s mom just smiled. “That’s too bad. It'd be nice to have a man around. I have needs that a Pokemon simply can’t solve.”
Jet cringed on the inside. He looked over to Jade whose mouth was open with aghast. Jade had been the queen of awkward comments but Jet’s mom had defeated Jade in a battle of awkwardness in one swoop. One-hit KO. It was a crushing defeat. Jet’s mom had used a multi-target move that hit both enemies and allies. Even Eevee was stunned. Even a Goldeen had stopped swimming in its tank. The entire Ranch paused.
“Uhhh…” Jade was stuck. Fully Paraylzed.
“Have fun you two,” with a victory in hand, Mom turned and left the two to their own devices.
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Jade marveled at all the Pokemon on the Ranch. It was especially busy today. Trainers who had been practicing out in the Wild Area had stopped by for a rest. Not to mention all the wild Pokemon that were already patients.
Jade led Jet to her hoverbike. Jet stepped outside with Jade and was instantly set upon by a big white monkey-like Pokemon. Jet screamed. Jade jumped back and reached for her PokeBall containing Shadow.
Jet waved her away before she could do any damage. He hadn't been expecting Mankey to leapt from above and tackle him down the ground. The Pokemon brushed up against him affectionately.
“Okay! Okay.” Jet pulled a few berries from his pocket and handed them to Mankey. Manky took them and dashed off.
“I thought that Mankey was going to end your life.”
“Naw,” Jet said standing up. “When he first got here he was an angry dude but we’ve come to an agreement.”
“So why can’t you do that with Eevee?”
“Huh?”
“Just do to Eevee what you did with Mankey.”
Jet turned to face his Pokemon parnet which had scrambled a yard or two away. Jade was right. Why hadn’t Jet thought of treating Eevee like any other Pokemon in the world? He was just an animal like any other.
Jet reached into his pocket and pulled out a Nanab berry. Eeveee sensed him and turned its furry head to look in his direction. Jet took a side step. Then another side step. He held out his hand just like his father had taught him years ago.
Both Eevee and Jade turned toward him and watched carefully. Jet walked over to Eevee with the berries in hand and placed one in front of Eevee. Eevee sniffed at the berry and began to eat. As he chowed down Jet knelt down and placed a hand on Eevee‘s head.
“See. Now was that so hard?” jade said.
“Huh. Yanoo I never thought about–” Jet let something hot against his leg. In the moment Jet had turned away Eevee had stopped eating berry, lifted his leg and let out a stream of piss onto Jet’s leg.
“Ee-hee-hee-hee-veheee,” Eevee laughed.
“You monster!” Jet cried. Eevee leapt away and Jet gave chase.
Jade sighed. “Get changed. We’re going to try some new training today.”
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