"For the Ladies"BR> Greenfield's Thunder Aurora AKA Ai Kitahikari

Today: Ai Kitahikari

I walked down the route that lead to Goldenrod, with my light-brown hair trailing behind me, my Arcanine, Kaede (AKA "Ka-chan") and Misdreavus at my side, the leaves crunching underneath my feet...

The little voice in the back of my head told me...I had heard all the rumors that had been spreading around Johto, about Goldenrod and how things had really been going..."down hill" lately...ever since that gang of bad-boy Pokemon trainers had moved in...

I was now passing the Pokemon Daycare...I noticed a few Pokemon playing around...how lucky they were. Not having to go through the same things us girls do...I mean, they do have to go through alot, but...it's not like their the ones being whistled at...you know what I'm saying? Well, the girls might know. As female Pokemon trainers, we have to go through alot. Sometimes...when you're a girl who happens to be a Pokemon Trainer...things happen. You can find yourself walking down the street and some freak you don't even know will whistle at you! In a very disrespectful way, I might add. And this happens alot because female Pokemon trainers are all over the place...Kanto, Johto, Hoen...UHG!

I noticed that I had been walking for a while, where the trees once were, there was now tall buildings and skyscrapers...I smelled gasoline...it was a big city...I guess this was normal...I continued down the sidewalk, fear tossing and turning in the pit of my stomach...I squeezed at my red shirt...every step I took could mean bumping into a member of that gang...stress-vision began to take over...the things they could do to me...it was too terrible to even think about. I shook my head and took in a deep breath of city air...then I tried to think of funny, happy things. The laughter of my friend, Nikki...Will Ferrell...the word "avocado"... I giggled at these funny, little thoughts...I continued on my way, wanting to think of more happy thoughts...I closed my green-ish, blue eyes to get a better visual...Relient K's "Mood Rings"...my cousins Tifa and Setsuna, and all our random inside-jokes...these funny thoughts blocked out all my other scary thoughts...little did I know, that the least of my problems hadn't even started...

Just then I heard a scream! I followed the sound to find a woman cornered by three men with cigars in their mouths! "Just be quiet. No one will hear you." One said as he blew some smoke on her face. The woman let out a cough.

I had to do something. This woman was completely defenseless. All she had was a bag of groceries and a Snubble that wouldn't move an inch. The three men took one step closer to her, I had no time to think. My heart was racing, but there was no time to have a second thought.

"Stop right there!" I commanded. The three turned around. Upon noticing my chest, the one on the left whistled. "Nice." Another replied. "NO! IT WAS NOT NICE!" I corrected. "Leave her alone! She didn't do anything!" I shouted. The leader laughed. "What would you do if we didn't?" He asked. "I'll battle you." I replied. "One on one. The first Pokemon to faint losses. If I win, you and everyone else leaves and never comes back. You in?" I asked putting my hands on my hips and raising an eyebrow. "Yeah...yeah I'm in. And if you lose?" He asked. "I'll leave, and I'll never bother you guys again. Deal?"

"Deal."

"Alright! Houndoom! Get out here!" He shouted, reaching for his belt and throwing the pokeball into the air. A white light shot out from the ball and from the light came a Houndoom. "Houndoom!" I howled as it shot a crimson flame into the air. Something was different about this Houndoom, though. It looked somewhat bruised up already...like it had been beaten by something... or someone. "Ok! Feraligatr! I choose you!" I threw my pokeball into the air. The white light came and my Feraligatr appeared. "Feraligatr!" It cried as it shot a water gun up in the air. "Alright! Houndoom! Flamethrower!" He said, pointing. "Feraligatr! Dodge, and then use water gun!" I said. Feraligatr easily dodged and held the flamethrower with a powerful blast of water. Houndoom jumped back, nearly falling over. "Hound..." It growled. "Damnit, Houndoom! What the hell was that?" The man cursed sharply at his Houndoom. I watched as he did. I could hardly believe what I had just heard. "How dare he?" I thought. "Ok, Feraligatr! SURF!" I commanded. "Feraligatr!" It called back loyally. Feraligatr found her focus, -which didn't take very long- let out a huge roar, and from behind her came a huge roaring wave, almost a tsunami. It washed everything away...

...I twisted my hair to get some of the water out, then removed my red bandana and twisted it as well...I looked around; Everything was soaking wet. Suddenly Feraligatr rode by on a wave and stopped beside me. "Nice work!" I said approvingly. "No! Damnit, damnit, damnit!" The man said. He, too, was soaking wet. He was on his knees, slamming his fist into the ground. I starred at him. He then got up and looked at his Houndoom...lying there on the ground...almost dead. "You stupid, stupid, Pokemon! How the hell could you lose like that?! And to a girl!" He shouted as he kicked the poor, poor creature...Houndoom let out cries of pain...anymore of this would defiantly kill him. "STOP IT! Can't you see he's hurt?" I shouted, fists shaking. The man glared at me, then walked straight up to my face..."I'll do what ever the hell I want." He growled. And then...he hit me. I fell over pressing my face to my knees...I screamed in pain, but he only laughed. I glared up at him. Anger was clear in my eyes. "Well...? A deal's a deal. Get out of this city and take your stupid friends with you." I growled through the tears that were now mixing with the blood dripping from my face. "Yeah right, like I'm gonna listen to some dumb kid." He said. He took a step closer to me and kicked me. I cringed, then fell on my side, curled up in a ball, and lay there...what else could I do? Just then I heard a deep growl coming from Kaede. She bared her teeth at him and snarled some more, her eyes were glowing crimson with anger. She took a few steps closer to him, still growling and surprisingly, he backed off, putting his hands up and shaking. It was as if Kaede was saying "Get away from her! Don't you touch her!" I smiled...he was finally away from me, I could feel consciousness slipping, though...the pain was unbearable...

"That's him, Officer! That's the one!"

I managed to look up to see the same woman I'd saved earlier, standing there with Officer Jenny. Apparently she had managed to get away and find help! "Thank God..." I thought. "Alright! Let's get the cuffs on them, guys!" Jenny commanded. She wrapped her arms around the man to get the hand cuffs on him, he suddenly got a pleased look on his face. "Oh, Jenny, I had no idea!" He said. Jenny got mad. She secured the hand cuffs around his wrists making sure they were extra tight, stepped back, then kicked him, face-first, into the dirt. "Never in my four years of service have I encountered something like you!" She shouted as she aimed a gun at him. Then man lay there, not moving. "Alright, guys..." Jenny said. Some other men in blue uniforms loaded the man into the big, metal truck. "GOLDENROD POLICE" Painted in bold, blood red letters across both sides. "Chansey!" Came Nurse Joy's voice. "Get a stretcher for that Houndoom and get him back to the Pokemon Center!" I heard Chansey running over to Houndoom with some other Chanseys and carefully place him on a stretcher. I could feel Nurse Joy bend down beside me. "Hey...are you alright? Can you hear me?" She asked. At the moment, I didn't really want to do anything. It even hurt to talk, but I knew if I didn't answer, everyone would go crazy, and think I'm dead. "YES." I answered. "Ok," She said getting up. "Chansey, get me a stretcher for her, too," Joy said. "Oh, I need your name, too, hun." She added as Chansey gently loaded me on to the stretcher. "Ai Kitahikari." I responded. That was the last thing I heard before my eyelids closed as I drifted into a deep sleep...

*Earlier next morning at the PC*

A cool breeze blew through the window, and some sunlight managed to break in through the blinds. I opened my eyes and sat up. I looked around at my surroundings, a light blue room, a chair resting in the back right-hand corner, a small desk with a vase of flowers, and a clipboard with papers attached to it at the side of the bed. Just then Nurse Joy walked in. "Oh, you're up!" She said happily. "Yeah," I replied. "So...feeling better? Any unusual pains anywhere? Headaches?" She asked. "Nope. Nothing." I said. "Oh, good! You should be able to leave today if you still don't feel any pains!" She rejoiced. "Alright!" I said as I threw my hands in the air. "OUCH!" I shouted as I pulled my left arm down and I noticed and I.V. shoved up my arm. I turned green. "Sorry about that, hun!" Nurse Joy said. "...N-no...problem..." I said about ready to faint...

Despite the fact that the day was going by pretty darn slowly, it had been rather nice. Every once in a while you need a day to just hang out, listen to some CD's, and do nothing! I knew my Pokemon were enjoying today, too. At times I thought about going on a shopping spree with them all! But the day went by. Finally at about 3:00, Nurse Joy told me that I had made a speedy recovery, and that if I wanted to leave, I could. I checked out and headed out for Ecruteak. I continued down Route 35, when I head someone call out "Wait!" from behind me. I whirled around to see that woman I saved yesterday! "Oh, hi!" I said in the friendliest way I could. She bent over to catch her breath, "Hi there! I never got a chance to say thank you for saving me the other day! Soooo...thank you so much!" She squealed. "Hey, no problem!" I said. "No, really! If you hadn't shown up, I'd probably be dead right now! OH! Did you hear? Thanks to you, Officer Jenny found that guy's hideout! She got in there and arrested all those gangsters! I guess you could say Goldenrod will be going 'uphill' from here!" She rejoiced. "Really? That's great!" I said. "Yeah, once those guys moved in, me and my friends started getting whistled at! One of them even got slapped on the butt! But then you came in and got rid of them for good! I'm Cherrie, by the way!" She said. "Ok, hi, Cherrie! I'm Ai, Ai Kitahikari!" I said as I extended my hand to shake with hers. "OK, HI, AI!" She squeaked as she extended her olive hand. We shook hands, her Snubble barked in happiness. "Again, thank you!" She said as she headed back to Goldenrod, I watched as she did...then continued on my own road, the one that lead to Ecruteak...the sun set, but I knew night would not last forever. I also knew that I'd find the perfect guy one day. A guy that wouldn't disrespect me. And as I walked a thought occurred to me...

...I guess you could say what I did was...

For the ladies.

THE END.

This is for the ladies, all the ladies all around the world This is for the ladies, this is dedicated now to every single girl This is for the ladies Alright, I don't care I wanna say this on the mic Right now right here in the place it's ladies night I know I might just sound crazy right There's some things that's goin down and its time to make it right The world will tell you you gotta be a certain type, look a certain way And just be a certain size Do what they say and it'll just be "alright" Girl the only thing you gotta be doin is servin Christ Six years ago I was blessed with a wife She was sweet and lovely and beautiful and nice But the one thing that just made her my type Was the fact that Christ was number one up in her life So take my advice Forget them Hollywood stars, and them Hollywood hair And them Hollywood cars Next time you thinkin' that you ain't up to par Remember god made you beautiful just the way you are Sick of bet, sick of MTV I'm sick of the sex that they always used to selling me I'm sick of the messed up images they showin me I'm sick and tired of the messes that they say to me That women are nothing more than sexual property It's time we come back to treatin women properly So what I Ota say, I'll say it real loudly We gotta be treatin' all women like royalty Only god should be speakin what you gotta be Only god can give you the love you gonna need Ladies, if a guy won't treat you as you ought to be Tell him goodbye, show him the door, and where to leave Don't be afraid just to tell a guy to wait for me Don't be ashamed just to live your life in purity See what I say, I just say it now with certainty That god has so much more if you'll wait and see On a final note I wanna dedicate this song To all the women that just keep on seeking god Just keep on movin and continue standin strong Keep doin what you doin girl you got it goin on And the single moms that's just barely holdin on And you're workin two jobs tryin to make it on your own No one is home cause the kid's dad is gone God promises to never ever leave you alone The final thing that I'll say then I'm gone To the female singers tryin to get their pose on Now I ain't tryin to be a hata but wrong is just wrong Now Brittney and J-lo, please put some clothes on! Whether yall are red-headed or just a blonde Make sure that the son is the one you focus on And with that said, I'm gonna say "so long" So get your hand up in the air, ladies, and sing along...

Author's Notes: This fanfic was inspired by KJ-52's "For the Ladies". This truly was for the ladies of TPT and beyond. It's for the girls who have ever been whistled at, cursed at, slapped on the butt (or any other places), disrespected, made fun of by stupid boys, that have been hit by their own boyfriend, and so on. So ladies, as you can see: YOU ARE NOT ALONE. And to the dudes of TPT: If you've EVER done anything to disrespect a girl, I expect you to apologize. That girl could be crying right now. Boys may take it as a joke, but right now girls are hurting. This is for the ladies. Hoped you enjoyed!

..::{Love always, Greenfield-chan AKA Ai Kitahikari <33}::..