Cilan x Reader Chapter 2 A Fight For Love
This chapter is a bit short but that's because I didn't want to write out the whole battle between Ash and Burgh because that seemed kinda pointless, I've got the next couple of chapters partly done and should be posting those soon but I set myself a typing limit to get these at a decent length for ya'll.
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Waking up bright and early ready to go and meet up with Ash, Iris, and Cilan for Ashâs battle against Burgh. You had battled Burgh before, it took you a few tries but you did beat Burgh, and you canât wait to see if Ash can do the same. Thankfully the day before you all agreed to meet up in the city plaza and head to the gym from there. Excitedly running up to a street vendor for a quick snack you wait and look around trying to see the trio arrived yet. Until a very hyper Ash came out of nowhere quickly followed by Iris and Cilan
â(y/n) arenât you excited! I canât wait to get my next badge!â pumping himself up along with Pikachu.
âYeah Ash, itâs been a while since Iâve seen Burgh battle anybody in a whileâ When you were first getting your badge you would watch other peopleâs battle with Burgh to study his moves when you werenât doing that you helped tend the plants in the gymâs garden.
Quickly you all walked over to the gym, you decided to show them around a little before the battle and also to find Burgh, which you did high up in one of the many trees he sat feeding a sewaddle. Ash called out to him claiming to be ready for their gym battle. Cilan and Iris looked around them at all the plants that surrounded the room.
Hopping down from the tall tree Burgh greeted all of you âwelcome to the Castillia Gymâ looking pleased as Ash expressed his happiness about the battle ahead.
Everyone followed burgh to the battle arena further inside marveling at all the plants around you especially Cilan â Iâve never seen so many trees indoors before, itâs amazing!â
âWe transplanted the trees from the pinwheel forest, for the bug types benefits of courseâ helpfully stated âThereâs nothing better than lots of greenery for a bug-type pokemon lover,â Burgh said it gives him âinspirationâ you just liked it for the plants.
âWhy, even (y/n) helps with the plants from time to timeâ Turning to look at you.
âOh, so you have a green thumb then (y/n)?â Cilan questioned though Burgh interrupted before you could respond.
âMore like a green hand, even when a little flower might not make it they always seem to find a way to make it grow back stronger than ever!â You knew Burgh appreciated your help with the plants, you were proud of it, everyone saw you as rude just because of your personality, sure you had few friends from school but that was it most of your time was either training or helping with the gym. Burgh jumped back from that note to Ash checking to make sure he was ready to battle and with that the gym floor revealed itself. You, Cilan, and Iris took to the sidelines to watch. Burgh and Ash standing on opposite ends of the battlegrounds.
Before anything else happened the referee started his speech about the rules that youâve heard a hundred times over. Burgh took the liberty of showing his pokemon first before Ash chooses him.
Tossing out his deweeble to start, Iris was a little surprised.
âLook at the rock on deweeblesâ back, itâs different from your deweeblesâ Cilanâ Now you wanted to see CIlan's deweeble itâs always neat to see what rocks deweebels use for armor.
"Oh yeah Burgh's deweeble uses a different rock for its shell so it's faster than normal deweebels" you nonchalantly said, though not helpful for Ash's battle it's a fun fact you remember about Burgh's pokemon. But now the question came to what pokemon Ash would use against it.
Ash chose tepig as his first fighter, you went back a bit to sit on the concrete fencing surrounding the tall trees and plants, itâs where you would normally sit when watching people battle burgh, Cilan and Iris joined you both leaning against it. The referee blew the whistle and the battle began.
Not surprising at all Ash went straight for tackling deweeble trying to knock it over but Burghsâ deweeble is fast to dodge and dig below, getting the jump on tepig. It wasnât that long of a battle between the pokemon what with ash only trying to get direct hits on deweeble and deweeble dodging quickly because of the light rock material on its back not weighing it down though you will admit ash did get a few good hits on deweeble. But itâs all for not as deweeble quickly knocking tepig out making burgh the winner of the first round.
Cilan commented on Burghâs technique noting how he used the move rock wrecker so close to tepig.
âDo you think he lured tepig in closer to him?â Iris was quick to pick up on the sneaky move.
âThatâs how burgh battles everyone and it helps with how straightforward Ashâs style is on the battlefield makes him easier to get a surprise attackâ jumping in on the conversation, after watching so many battles and hundreds of people falling for the same thing you figured ash would too.
â I take it youâve seen this a lot (y/n)?â Cilan cocked his head to look at you
âYeah Iâm surprised Ash managed to get that far with tepigâ looking over to see Ash call tepig back into his Pokeball, âSo Cilan what other pokemon does Ash have, heâs gonna need something good to beat Burghâ
Cilan contemplated it for a moment â Well heâd either have to go with his oshawott with its water type moves or Pikachu with his iron tailâ.
Ash got ready to try fighting deweeble again. The three of you turn back to face the arena only to see Ash call out for his sewaddle, now you have seen a lot of weird combinations in the past but this was crazy enough that you actually fell back on the fence and into the garden behind you out of shock. Thankfully Cilan turned around and hopped over to help you up.
âI guess nobody is ever ready for Ashâs battle style!â Cilan offered as he pulled you back into the concrete fence.
âNo kidding, Iâve seen a lot of battles but I think this takes the cakeâ regaining your balance while holding onto his shoulder to not fall.
With that Ash took direct attacks against deweeble, having far better luck this time, when rocks got thrown his way sewaddle could use its silk to throw them back. Sewaddle was much faster than tepig and got the jump on deweeble knocking its shell off leaving it open to attacks. So with one good tackle deweeble was knocked out. Honestly, this was one of the better battles youâve seen. Ash was all over the place with his battle style and it was entertaining to watch. The battle went on for a while but to your amazement, Ash won getting his 3rd gym badge and his sewaddle had evolved into a swadloon leaving him more than happy afterward. Though now is when you realized that the three of them would be moving on to the next city soon and the thought of not getting to go out and adventure with them made you sad.
After the battle, you all walked back to their hotel, you got to point out some of your favorite spots and buildings around the city, cilan ask questions about them. Then when you actually got to the hotel Ash and Iris headed in immediately wanting to get a good nightâs rest. You and Cilan stayed outside talking.
âSo where do you guys think youâll be going next?â It did matter to you where they went, you just wanted to come with them.
âIâll take it Ash wants to get to Nambasa city as soon as possible so thatâs where will set off toâ Cilan remembers how pushy Ash was about getting to Nambasa before, âYou know, you could always come with us Iâm sure Ash and Iris wouldnât mind!â
You did consider coming with them, your mom might not be the biggest fan of it. If you could convince her to let you travel but itâs going to take a lot of negotiating with her.
âI might just take you up on that offer, if Iâm able to come along Iâll be waiting here for you in the morningâ You couldnât make any promises but you were going to try your best to go.
âWell then Iâll see you in the morningâ cilan gave with a soft smiling reaching down to grab your hand bringing it to his lips with a soft kiss âma chĂŠrieâ
Your heart stopped for a moment, more out of surprise, this was the most affection anyone had ever shown you outside of your family.
âWell arenât you mister fancy?â it was honestly the only thing you could think of.
You both shared a laugh and said your good nights before going separate ways. You kept your composure together until you turned the corner and out of sight at which point you ran back to your house with the fattest grin on your face. Mothers anger be damned you were going with them. Besides it isnât that crazy for someone your age to be traveling the region. Look at Ash, heâs from a different region entirely. When you actually got home your mom was waiting for you, asked how everything went and that's when you told her your idea.
âYou want to travel? But what about your dream of being a gym leader surely Burgh could help you with thatâ putting down her glass of water on the table, she moved the conversation from the living room to the kitchen.
âI know I still want to be a gym leader but how can I be a good gym leader if I donât see what else the region has to offer?â It was a 50/50 chance of working, and you werenât that wrong there were still so many pokemon to see.
âI donât know, after the whole venipede attack the other day I donât want you to get hurtâ a hint of desperation in her voice.
âBut mom I handled it! And I had my new friends with me. Cilan had my back that whole time!â You can take care of yourself. You grew up running around the woods facing whatever it had to throw at you and you would be traveling with a group. It couldn't be that bad.
âStubborn as always huh? Just like your father, okay Iâll cut you a deal you can travel but you have to message me at least once a day so I know you are safeâ Giving you a soft smile, things would go either of two ways you would run off in the night without saying anything, or you would stay in the city and pout about it forever.
âWait really!? Like I can actually go?â Your mom has always been protective of you, you thought for sure that she would never let you.
With a small chuckle, your mom got up from the table walking to her office room down the hall. You followed closely behind. In her office was a little closet that you were told to never open, this was the first time you have ever seen the inside and when she opened it you saw travel packs and sleeping bags,
âLike I said just like your father, we first met while traveling, when we decided to settle down here in Castillia we kept out old packsâ Your mom grabbed one of the packs, it was a little worn and made of dark green fabric with patches all over.
âThis was your father's and Iâm sure he would want you to have it for your adventureâ turning to hand it to you.
You ran your fingers across the front and over the many patches scattered across âSo dad collected patches too?â You werenât as close to your dad as you wished, he died when you were young just after giving you your first pokemon, he said he couldnât wait to see you become a great fighter and have your own gym. At this point you were trying not to cry.
Your mom stepped forward standing in front of you, she raised her hand to caress your cheek and pulled you into a tight hug.
âAll he ever wanted was for you to have your own adventure, and that's all I want for you sweetheart, Iâm still going to worry about you but that shouldnât hold you backâ hugging you tighter. Whispering âI love youâ to each other she handed you the matching sleeping bag. It was starting to get darker out and she wanted you to get enough sleep for tomorrow.
Though you couldnât get much sleep, you were too excited about getting to travel and see everything. Though after much rolling around and pillow flipping you drifted into a dreamless sleep.
When you woke up it was just before sunrise, your mother came in to get you up and ready with the pack full of everything you would need for a journey even putting an ungodly amount of snacks and a lot of both her and your fathers' old gear. After getting everything ready to go your mom insisted she walks you to the hotel to see you off. You definitely needed it, your nerves were jumbled up and as much as you were excited it was still scary this would be the first time you left Castillia City. Your mom told you stories from her travels with your dad sharing a laugh over the memories. Arriving in front of the hotel you turned towards each other and and shared one last hug, pulling apart she handed you one final object, it was a pocket watch, made out of black metal and a thin silver chain the words ``Time stops for nobodyâ were carved across, opening the watch showed to be a normal watch though it had blue and white highlights.
âIt was a gift your father gave me when we first got together, I want you to have it and take care of it okay?â her voice was quiet and her eyes were glossed over.
"I will mom and thank you for letting me do this" giving a cheeky smile back at her.
Not long after Cilan, Ash, and Iris came out, ready to get back on the road. Cilan was exceptionally happy to see you there waiting.
Hey (y/n) glad to see you could make it" ash ran up to you. Cilan and Iris close behind.
"Ah, so this must be that boy Ash you said was challenging Burgh?" Another reason your mom tagged along to see you off was so she would know what the others looked like, still ever protective.
"That's right ma'am, I even won my battle first try!" Guess Ash was still riding his high from yesterday's battle, pikachu giving a little cheer of its own.
She laughed at his enthusiasm âWell I must say I havenât seen anyone that excited after a battle! Iâll have to catch up with Burgh and askâ. Your mom turned to face everybody.
âPlease watch each other back, I still worry about my little ball of fury here and I want them back safeâ she could tell they were just a group of kids, they reminded her of herself when she was younger.
âWeâve had each other back this far, we'll be even stronger with one more to the team!â Cilan stepped up wanting to ease your mothers' nerves.
Giving a hefty sigh your mother let go of you âOkay, make sure you take care of that pocket watch and message me, please? I love youâ Kissing your forehead, you hug her and saying âi love youâ too.
With that everyone set off to leave, waving goodbye to your mom one last time as you lost sight of her. A new bigger adventure ahead, bigger than you could have ever hoped for.
Iris the tease she was âSo, little ball of fury? What's that all aboutâ
âOh uhh, I use to be a bit of a fighter when I was younger, still kinda am, but I would get in fights because when other kids in school would get picked on I jumped in to help them get away which would end in a fight with the bulliesâ little bit of a fib, you would jump in without a thought and everyone knew it so people would bait you into fight.
âWow really? What did your mom think about you getting into fights all the time?â Iris questioned further.
âEh she wasnât that happy with me, said Iâd get myself into a big mess one of these days if I couldnât cool my attitude, but around that time is when Burgh let me help in the gym and tend to the plants helped keep me out of troubleâ thinking back your mom is probably the one that asked burgh if you could go to the gym, considering you wanted to be a gym leader one day.
âGlad to know that you found a good outlet for your anger, being able to concentrate emotions into a single thing can do wonders!â Cilan chipped in.
It was nice getting to talk about this stuff, everyone started talking about their favorite thing to do, everyone had something different even Pikachu and Axew started making noise no doubt trying to share their thing. It was a great start to the journey and it could only get better.
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Done and Done, hope ya'll enjoy this. Again if there are any errors in the chapter let me know, I try my best to triple-check but things slip through the cracks sometimes.
