Pokemon Fan Fiction / Pokemon Fan Fiction ❯ Neo-Poke ❯ Sagi the Pierrot! Fire in Viridian Forest! ( Chapter 5 )

Yup, and here's chapter five! *Noddles*. Ok, I was actually contemplating cutting this out, but it had Doseki in it, and then I realized that I have plan for Sagi to appear later because of past ties with Seto, so...yeah. It's really not odd, semi-dark filler. It only looks that way. I don't like it very well u.u. Sagi's general attitude and brashness rubs me the wrong way for some reason. Plus, eppie seven, with Seto and Miaka is a bit dark and serious too. I feel bad having a "serious episode-gym battle-serious episode" all sandwiched together. Don't know why, though. Maybe it's just not the overall tone I'm going for with this series. But I do get things how I want them again after episode seven.

See you next week for eppie six!

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Neo-Pok e: Episode Five, Season One: Sagi The Pierrot! Fire in Viridian Forest!

"We've been through Viridian Forest before," mumbled Hoshi, "It feels like we're regressing."

"I haven't been here!" cried Keiko, "Oh look at that cute little thing over there…what is it?" she asked.

"It's a Pidgey," responded Shinji gruffly, "Would've thought, being a girl and liking cute things, that you'd know that," he muttered sullenly.

"I want it!" she exclaimed, "Go Chikorita!"

"Chika!" it said, being let out.

"Go tackle that Pidgey!" she ordered.

It nodded and ran towards the Pidgey, but the frightened bird flew out the way at the last moment.

"We aren't done yet! Use vine whip and trap it!" Keiko called.

"Rita, Chika!" the grass Pokemon complied, extending its long vines until it had wrapped them around Pidgey.

"Squeeze it until it faints!"

"Bit harsh, isn't it?" asked Hoshi.

"Well, no. Not if I want that Pidgey," responded Keiko. Then, as she saw it go limp in Chikorita's hold, she threw a Pokeball and captured it, and then recalled Chikorita.

"You know…I need to catch something. I wonder if that tree has any bugs in it…" speculated Shinji.

But then, at that moment, a huge fire engulfed the tree suddenly, "Oh. My. God…" said Hoshi with wide eyes. Then, as the tree started toppling over, the three trainers screamed and started running.

"What happened to it?!" asked Keiko as they ran.

"I don't know…but I think it lit fire to some of the other trees!" cried Shinji with barely contained hysteria, as trees with fire slowly crawling up them appeared closer to them with each passing second, burning almost completely at the base before falling down with loud thuds and blocking routes of escape.

Hoshi scanned the area quickly, "We can get out over there," she pointed, "if we hurry!" and they wasted no time dashing out. The tree came crashing downward as Keiko was just about to run across. She screamed and jumped back into the ring of fire.

"Uh-oh…" said Shinji softly.

"GET ME OUT!" Keiko screamed.

"What do we do?!" asked Shinji.

"I don't know! We don't have any water Pokemon, so we can't do anything except run away," muttered Hoshi, seeing the grass light aflame and grow closer to them.

"Don't leave me here!" pleaded Keiko.

"W-we won't!" Shinji yelled.

"What do you mean by that?! Why should all three of us die?!" demanded Hoshi.

"YOU wouldn't want US to leave you behind, so you got no reason to say we leave her!" replied Shinji stubbornly.

Just as Hoshi was about to scream that she didn't care about honor, and all that stuff as long as she lived through this, a man riding a jet pack flew down and grabbed Keiko out of the fire, "Keep going this way!" he shouted to Hoshi and Shinji, pointing straight ahead of them. The two were too nervous, and had too little time to argue, so they simply complied.

Following the man's instructions, they were led out of the forest, and after running east of it for a bit, he stopped them at a log cabin. Close up, they could see that he appeared to be around his early to mid twenties with light green hair spiking upward in one direction. Lowering himself and Keiko to the ground, he walked up to the front of it and told them, "This is where I live. Please, do come in and sit down."

The three of them were tired out from their experience and simply nodded wearily and sat down at the kitchen table.

"My name is Sagi. I'm sorry about the fire," the man said, looking highly bothered.

Shinji gave a weak grin, "Why should you be sorry? It isn't like it's your fault or anything. You saved us, actually."

The man frowned, "Actually, it IS my fault. It started it."

"How? Did one of your Pokemon accidentally catch something on fire?" asked Keiko.

"No! I HATE Pokemon!" the man suddenly burst out scowling, "I made the fire to get RID of them!"

"What?!" asked all three trainers at the same time.

"My parents were tortured and killed when I was very young. All I remember seeing was Pokemon torturing them…I hate them for it…" he growled.

Hoshi snorted, "Not ALL Pokemon are like that, and plus, have you ever considered that it was a trainer telling them to do that?"

"Sorry about you parents by the way," said Keiko politely.

"I know for a FACT it was a trainer ordering them, but that doesn't change the fact that they listened!" he snarled.

"That's unfair," protested Shinji, "These Pokemon had nothing to do with it."

"They're all the same. Once they get a trainer, they become probable hazards to anyone willing to use them for the wrong purpose. I want to eliminate that risk!" he pounded his fist down on table.

Hoshi raised an eyebrow, "They have a name for people like you," she remarked breezily, "it's called 'fanatic'."

"Call me what you will, but I'm only working for the best of mankind!" he proclaimed.

Hoshi coughed, "Fanatic," she said softly, coughing again, this time purposely.

"Are you Pokemon trainers?" he asked suddenly.

"Uh…yes…" admitted Keiko.

His eyes flashed, "Then you will turn your Pokemon over to me, or get out of my house before I take them myself!"

"Look Mr., I think you should think about-" began Shinji.

"Well, we'll just get out then. Thank you for your hospitality," Keiko cut in courteously, grabbing the sleeves of Hoshi and Shinji's clothes and dragging them towards the front door.
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The following morning…

After the encounter with Sagi, the group had gone on to Pewter City and spent the night in the Pokemon Center there. Presently, Nurse Joy was checking out their Pokemon to make sure they were fit for battles. Now, normally the first thing on their minds would have been to challenge Pewter gym, and its leader, Takeshi, but yesterday's encounter weighed heavily on them.

"We should tell someone about him," said Shinji.

"We should fight him!" Hoshi disagreed.

"We should just leave him to his own business, and someone else will find out eventually," objected Keiko.

"Well, how many Pokemon will die before that happens?" asked Shinji looking a bit impassioned. He looked at Hoshi, "And whaddya want, a repeat of the Team Rocket incident? Adults coming to your rescue AGAIN?"

Hoshi bristled, "I won't need anyone to come to my rescue!"

"As you so plainly showed us when you fought Team Rocket…" Shinji trailed off sarcastically.

Hoshi merely looked amazed, "YOU can be sarcastic. Wonders never cease, do they?"

Shinji blinked, "What did you think I was, stupid?"

"You leave one to wonder."

"Really?"

"Really, and THAT is in no way sarcasm."

"Darn."

Keiko glared at Hoshi, "Don't pick on Shin-Chan. It isn't going to accomplish anything!"

"I really wish you'd stop calling me that, cuz ya know…it's kinda embarrassing, since -chan is an ending for girls and all…" Shinji trailed off, staring at the ground with a blush growing on his face.

Keiko looked rather affronted and appeared to be about to say something when a teary-eyed boy burst into the Pokemon center and began to sob. Nurse Joy came out from the back and ran over to him, "What's wrong?" she asked gently, "Did one of your Pokemon get injured?" she knew that young trainers were very sensitive when it came to their Pokemon getting even the slightest bit scratched up.

"N-no…" said the boy through sobs, "My older sister and I…we were looking for Pokemon in the forest when a fire started, and it blocked the way out…My sister managed to lift me up over it and have me run for help, but that was about 20 minutes ago even though I ran as fast as I could…she's probably…probably…" the boy exploded into sobs again.

Nurse Joy's face turned serious, "I'll call the fire station and the police right away."

A nearby teenager of about fourteen or fifteen with dark brown hair leapt up and took Nurse Joy's shoulder, "Don't worry about that. I'll take care of it, you might just want comfort him," he said gesturing towards the boy, his reddish brown eyes betraying the fact that he wasn't counting on the survival of the boy's sister.

She nodded, "Thank you, Doseki," the teen, Doseki, seemed reluctant to let go of Nurse Joy's shoulder, but did so anyway and dialed the number for the fire station, "Now then," said Joy, giving the boy the best smile she could muster, "Would you like to see some of the Pokemon I have? Right now we've got a trainer from a land called Hoenn staying, and I'm sure she wouldn't mind me letting you have a look at her Kirlia," the boy nodded mutely as Joy led him away.

"It's Sagi," whispered Hoshi.

"That kid's name is Sagi, too? Wow, small world," remarked Shinji.

Even Keiko seemed to want to yell at him now, "No. Sagi lit the fire. I think we should go now."

"Oh? I thought you wanted us to let him go about his business?" inquired Hoshi cockily.

Keiko frowned, "Not anymore."
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Sagi's house…

The three trainers burst in through the door, definitely not waiting for an invitation. Sagi looked up from something he was doing, and seemed to be trying to hide whatever it was, "Oh, hello. Decided to join me?" he seemed to be trying to keep his voice neutral at the very least.

"We know what you did!" cried Hoshi, getting straight to the point, "We know that girl is…" she gasped.

Sagi stepped away from what he was trying to hide and lowered his head mournfully. A blanket covered what looked to be the shape of a teenager girl's body, "I never meant for it to happen…" he whispered.

"Then you shouldn't gone fire happy!" exclaimed Shinji, looking horrified at the body.

"We're turning you in," Keiko added.

"You don't understand…my work must continue…" he took out a flamethrower, "I'm sorry, but no one can know…"

"Don't you realize, after this, how wrong what you're doing is?!" growled Hoshi.

"IT ISN'T WRONG, YOU INSUFFRABLE LITTLE GIRL!" he yelled and turned on the flamethrower, aiming it at Hoshi who dashed to the side just in time.

"Charmander, go!" she said, throwing her Pokeball to release Charmander, 'Flames shouldn't hurt a Charmander…'

"And thus my proof that Pokemon can be used for wrong!" he pointed the flamethrower at Keiko who squeaked and ducked out of the way just as the place she'd been standing moments before was reduced to nothing. Its power was directed toward Shinji next, and he threw himself to the ground, luckily escaping with no more than the back of his hat being singed.

"Charmander, use Fury Swipes to get him away from the flamethrower!" Hoshi ordered. Charmander nodded in understanding and made its tail flame envelope itself and rushed at Sagi, scratching his hands until he couldn't ignore the pain, and dropped the flamethrower harmlessly to the ground, where Hoshi ran to the side of it, turned it off and took it to where Shinji and Keiko were.

Then Keiko released Chikorita, "Quick, use vine whip to hold him!" she commanded.

"I'll go get a police officer," said Shinji running out of the house.

"Why won't you accept it…Pokemon are wrong…" snarled Sagi, trying to break the vines.

"It's more wrong to kill someone then to just accept what happened in the past," Hoshi said glaring at him, saying the first thing that had popped up in her mind.

"You're merely a child, what would you know of the world?" asked Sagi bitterly.

Hoshi thought on this a moment, "That…if bitterness and anger are your drive behind something, you won't get very far," she responded, 'Thank you Nyasu! Never thought I'd say that, though…'

Sagi glanced at the girl's body and something suddenly seemed to touch him very deeply, "I did as great a wrong as those who killed my parents…" he said slowly and softly, "God…how did it come to this..?" he clenched his hands together and let a few tears run down his cheeks, "I deserve whatever sentence I get in court…"
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That night…

"..And in recent new, three young trainers stopped a man who lit fire to Viridian Forest, and killed a girl identified as 16-year-old Kina Ostrike," the TV screens showed pictures of Hoshi, Shinji, and Keiko.

"Oh Good Lord…" whispered Kasumi, who was watching TV with Satoshi, "They could have died…" she fainted thinking of the prospect.

Satoshi groaned, "Uh-oh. I pity the kids for what will happen when Kasumi wakes up," he said, smiling slightly at the inevitable fact that his wife would find them wherever they might be, and give them the biggest chewing out of their lives.