Of First Impressions and Old Mindsets.
Well, canāt say that the trainer didnāt try. He gulped as the Pikachu glared at him. Ah man, this brought back memories. The champion sat and watched the PokĆ©mon eat. It was adorable, but deadly. Red knew that was for sure. Heās been shocked by one as a small boy and he never wanted to relive that again.
Still, if Pika was able to trust him, perhaps he could get this one to as well. Other than Charizard, Pikachu was his absolute favorite PokĆ©mon. He noticed that Pikachu seemed to be interested in fighting his Charizard. A smile went on the childās lips. Pikachu may have hated him, but he knew that his Charizard could get along. Of course, Charizard was asleep in his PokĆ©ball and gets cranky when woken up. Heās been that way since he got him. So instead of letting him out Red decided to make a promise to Pikachu.
āI tell you what, tomorrow why donāt ya meet Charizard? Heās really friendly towards other PokĆ©mon. He looks scary, but heās a gentle giant I assure you.ā Red smiled as sweetly as he could. According to Professor Oak that was how you could get a PokĆ©mon to trust you. It didnāt seem to work, it just made Red look like an idiot. But he was trying his hardest.
āAre ya thirsty? I think I have some soda pop in my bag. Itās my PokĆ©monās favorite kind, but Iām sure youāll like it too!ā He takes out a soda bottle and puts it on the floor in front of the PokĆ©mon. Even if he didnāt trust him, Red was still trying to be his friend.
So⦠the trainer wanted him to meet his Charizard tomorrow? Well, it got Pikachu to finally turn his nose back down from the sky and have brown eyes stare at him once again, but that didnāt mean much. Gentle giant? Pheh. Pikachu didnāt care about that. Charizard was the completely evolved form of Charmander, and that meant it must be strong. And this Charizard in specific was trained, which meant it was even stronger.
The idea of meeting this āgentle giantā didnāt entice the āchu any⦠but what did was the idea of a fight. The idea of having to socialize with this trainer again tomorrow made him feel lethargic ā he didnāt want to whatsoever⦠but if it meant he would get to go against a pretty strong fellow Pokemon? Then count him in.
His ears were pulled back threateningly at the idea, but before any positive reinforcement of his will to fight was shown, the words āsoda popā are thrown at him, and the ears, and Pikachu in general, perk up once again. Soda pop, eh? It had been a while since he had thatā okay, no. He didnāt want to think about that.
Luckily, Pikachu doesnāt even have to beg. The boy just places the bottle right next to him, and after a few moments of hesitation due to shaking off past memories, the bottle was taken into paws extremely quickly, opened right away, and practically gulped down. He could probably put Kirby out of a job if he was put in a contest with the pink puffball!!
Man, the only thing that wouldāve been better than this wouldāve been a bottle of ketchup.
Once the drink was finished ā in a matter of a minute ā the electric mouse lowered the empty bottle from his lips with a āChaaaa~!ā That was far more enthusiastic than he wanted to let on ā he even found himself smiling after having the refreshing drink.
But enough with the treats. Before Red could give him anything else, brown eyes locked onto him like daggers, before the mouse jumped onto all fours, leaving the bottle to roll across the ground.
āPiiika pikachu, pi-KA!!!ā He hoped that this trainer wasnāt an idiot, and heād get the hint. He wasnāt looking for a meet and greetā¦
He was looking for a battle.













