Stuck in a Deal with the Devil (Open)

[N]

Viridian Forest, was it? Well, he had been through worse. The green-haired boy slowly sat up; placing a hand on the base of his forehead where the beginning of a headache was eating at his skull. Grass, trees, dirt, more trees... The well-known forest wasn't as exhilarating as he figured it'd be. One would have to wonder what "Lord" N was doing all the way in Kanto. Actually, N even wondered it himself. The trainer let out a tired sigh and dug his nails into the soil.

They had pulled him back into Team Plasma, much to his demise. He had grown up believing that Pokemon were being enslaved by their trainers, and this was mostly his father's fault. Or so, that's what a few of the kinder plasma members told him. After wandering around, trying to liberate Pokemon, he had met two peculiar trainers and seen many others with Pokemon unlike those he had grown up with. They actually appreciated their trainers. Thinking back to it, N realized that most of the Pokemon enslaved by Team Plasma looked miserable. He almost felt as if he had been a fool to pursue his goal from before, almost...

But after wandering around, his father had found him and mocked him. Not only that, but they had threatened his precious friends. The last thing N wanted to do was hurt them, so he gradually agreed to re-join the team. And now? Now he was hiding out in a forest halfway across the globe because, quite frankly, he didn't want to do any Pokemon-liberation work unless the time called for it. At least, with the topic of his father aside, he could relax for a little.

N felt a slight tug on his hat. The green-haired trainer slowly peered upwards to see a tiny, lime worm Pokemon nibbling on the visor of his hat. "Hey there. If you're hungry, I could give you something to eat. Cardboard and cloth isn't probably in your diet... And this hat is a favorite of mine, so it would be a shame if I let you eat it." He told the Caterpie as if it could understand. The bug-type just threw him an awkwardly adorable glance and crawled down the trainer's arm to see what he had in his bag.

"Help yourself. I have some berries at the top pouch." N said with a childish smile; patting the tiny Caterpie on it's delicate head. This trainer certainly was less than normal. But, on the bright side, he seemed to have gone through a few positive changes.

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[WALLY]

Kanto seemed like a dull and peaceful type of place. Ever since Team Rocket's own passing, it would be, yet one always knows that there are darker trainers over the horizon. At least, for the time being, everything was as it should be. People enjoying themselves, and Pokemon in harmony. As for Wally, he seemed to be just as much at peace, ever since he began to travel on his own. As far as he can see, it was the best decision that crossed his mind.
He began to call back on his life, and especially Ruby. The boy who came to help him become a trainer as memories of past battles passed through the silent boy's mind like aged home movies. Wally took a soft breath of the air, not taking too much in to upset his already ill body as it came to him, over and over. His Delcatty was trotting along at his side at the meanwhile, with a holier than thou smirk and a curious scent. Eventually, Wally had decided to take a stop, looking around to eventually find a tree stump, isolated in the trickling lights of the towering trees.
As Wally came to sit, his Delcatty plopped up on his lap, letting off a loving purr as she rested for the day. The trainer began to cough softly, unknowing of the other green-haired person that was near him. As his eyes opened once more to see the person, Wally's eyes widened a bit in amusement, seeing a potential friend in him. With a soft smile, he cleared his throat and attempted to softly call at the other male, hoping to catch his attention...

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[AUREA]

<sub>Her hands ran over the brittle bark of the infamous oak trees in the Viridian Forest of Kanto, feeling the imprints of nature as she would as a child when she hiked the tall mountains of the Unova region with her father. She admits she misses the days of the sheets being snug because of her father’s worn hands and the band-aids on her knees that had the Pikachus on it, the only ones she would let her dad buy. It was the simple things in life she enjoyed, such as drawing Deerling while she hid under a rock so her paper would not be ruined by the falling snow. Not when she had to stress over the two Pokedexes that had been broken upon delivery. So she found herself here feeling the complete shade over her face, hair pulled up in a bun by her pencil, and notebook in hand, she set out to find pokemon, just too simply sketch and watch.

The professor walked for a while, seeing many pokemon, all very intriguing, but nothing stand-out-ish. It was all quite dark, given the tall trees hid the rays of the strong morning sunlight, so she thought as though she were hearing things when a voice rang out, practically echoing against trunks and delicate leaves. Aurea admits she may have jumped, but she wouldn’t admit she was about to pee her panties. As she crept forward, she stared at the ground, not even thinking about the creep being up in the trees with a Caterpie. The voice sounded again, only to see a boy cooing a bug with berries high in an Oak. Not just any boy though, it was N.

She was dumbfounded as she was right before a prince, one she loathed and also feared. He was very strong, and all she had with her was her little Minccino, who was strong, but only for her size. She had heard of the ancient – sized pokemon he had within his grasp. So in the end, she stood there awkwardly, watching the delinquent, trying to find something confident to say.</sub>

[N]

After N had reached into his bag and offered an oran berry to the Caterpie, he held it out and smiled simply as the bug-type ate it from the palm of his hand. After inspecting the Pokemon further, he noticed a small, bruise-like mark around it's torso. N didn't even have to ask it to find out what had happened.

"Training on something as fragile as you?" He began; pulling his hand away from the Caterpie and petting it gently. The Pokemon let out a gentle cry and shut it's eyes affectionately. N's smile only broadened, the caring expression in his eyes never fading. "Did it hurt?"

The Caterpie peered up at N and spoke a few words in poketalk. The green-haired trainer sat in the tree, staring at the bug-type. He was confused... The Caterpie was saying that he didn't mind, and knew that it was a privilege to even have met a trainer. Why? It confused N to no end, but he decided it'd be best to bite his tongue and hold back any retorts. What the Caterpie liked could only be his or her own thoughts, after all... These Pokemon were so much different than the ones he had grown up with. Perhaps... something growing around bad circumstances acquires a distorted or damaged view of reality?

Before N could well too deeply into this thought, another voice snapped him out of his daze. The green-haired trainer pulled his attention away from the Caterpie and turned slightly to see a shorter green-haired boy with a Delcatty at his side. It looked happy. N brought the Caterpie up onto his shoulder and leaped down from the tree with a curious look in his eyes.

"Hello." He greeted the boy; wondering just what kind of person he was. He shouldn't be recognized in Kanto by anyone familiar, so his identity shouldn't be a problem... Usually others were too afraid to even greet him. "A trainer? Your Delcatty... It looks happy. It's nice to see that." He told him; turning to grab his bag only to meet face-to-face with someone he found rather familiar.

"Hello professor. Progressing far in your studies?" N asked the professor with an expression that showed little to no interest in any of his past intentions. Then again, the boy's emotions weren't exactly easy to read. When he still believed he ruled over team plasma, he would often say one thing but really support another. Well, there wasn't any running from her... He may as well try to be friendly and pray she doesn't realize who he is.

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[WALLY]

The taller green haired boy began to approach closer to Wally, making him a bit nervous of meeting some so mysterious and unusual. The trainer plopped down to the dew-littered grass, doing this as he called Delcatty back into her Pokeball. She was quite too tired to bother waking for a new friend, and so Wally respected her silent wish of slumber. He lurched towards the other person as he kept his soft smile, rubbing his shoulder as he spoke. "H-hello there. Um, what might be your name, if you do not mind saying? Mine is, um, Wally...", Wally first said to the trainer, staring curiously at the Caterpie that he was attending to.
"Ah, I may not look like much to you, but I'm a trainer, myself...a great one at that, if you so believe.", the green haired one said as the other began to look onto yet another newcomer. This time, it was a professor, yet, Wally didn't seem to regonize her at first. "Oh, hello there, miss! My name is Wa-", it was all he could say before he began to suddenly cough again, and slightly more violently then before. It nearly made him fall flat on his face, yet he ended up bumping onto the other person's stomach in a odd daze. Wally slowly looked up and backed away, leaving a reddening along his cheeks as he cleared his throat in embarrassment. "I am so sorry..."

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[AUREA]

To her own luck, she barely stumbled when the frail boy head - butted
her in the stomach. The wind of of course not out of her, but she was able
to bring the boy back up to a standing and regain her composure. She was
completely embarrassed, but was able to not show almost anything besides
a bright, red face.

Looking up to the two boys, she held her hand out to Wall\y and introduces
herself, then asked for the name of the trainer. She could tell he was by
the Delcatty he was originally holding, it had looked so content with the
boy, she knew he was no harm.