Kaida's Story

Disclaimer: Me no own pokemon or Lucy. I do own Kaida and her father, though. 
Then again, I don't really want her father. The second of Kaida's stroies could 
be considered a christmas tale, but most christmas tales are happy, and this one 
isn't. Well, read to find out why and don't forget to comment.

AN: Massukippa's english name was revealed to be Carnivine. I will refer to him 
as either Goliath or Carnivine form now on.

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88 days had passed. 88 days. Kaida's mother, Lucy, had promised to be back 
before day 89. Kaida looked up at the clock. It was 11:34, but Kaida wasn't 
worried. She knew her mother wouldn't let her down. She knew her mother would be 
back in 26 minutes. She knew it. She felt a presence beside her and looked up. 
It was her father. "She's coming Father, I know she is. Just you wait and see." 
Kaida tried to keep her voice steady as she gazed into his grey eyes. He could 
have done with a good shave and his hair was growing slightly more grey, but he 
was in no danger of becoming old anytime soon.

Her father just laughed, which angered Kaida. She could feel tears coming to her 
eyes, but she wouldn't let them spill over because she knew her mom would be 
back. She turned back to the window and saw that it had started to snow again. 
"The snow must be keeping her back." her father told her. Kaida looked up and 
saw the sincere look in her father's eyes for the first time in her life. Kaida 
let her tears fall and hugged his leg. Her father looked surprised at the 
affection and patted her head akwardly. For some reason his comment had 
momentarily connected them.

The moment passing, Kaida stood up. "I'm going to bed," she said curtly moving 
briskly from the window and headed towards the stairs.

"Wait!" her father grabbed her arm. She looked up at him questionably. "Do you 
want me to wake you if she shows up?" Kaida smiled for a second at the comment, 
then noticed something wrong with it and frowned.

"If she shows up? She's going to show up tonight." Kaida turned back around, 
hair swaying with her movements, and stomped up the stairs. She laid in bed 
pretending to sleep as she tried to listen for any sound that might mean the 
approach of her mother. She didn't even care to listen for Santa or his Stantler 
like most children were at this hour. She tried to stay awake as time dragged 
on, but the sounds of silence eventually lulled her into a disturbed sleep full 
of nightmares.

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Kaida awoke to Goliath pulling at her purple night gown. Kaida smiled at the 
sight of her beloved pokemon and pulled the covers away from her. She slid her 
legs around and sat up, putting her Wigglytuff slippers on her feet. She made 
sure that her hair was tangle free before she headed downstairs. She held her 
breath the whole way into the living room and even said a silent prayer to 
herself. She and Goliath entered the living room, which was completely devoid of 
life other than the two of them. The tree had packages piled under it, mostly 
for Kaida. Some of them were for Goliath and even fewer for her father. There 
was another small present for Lucy. Kaida had saved her money up to buy her a TM 
she knew her mother would love. It contained Toxic; a move her mother had been 
wanting to teach Shuckle for months. Kaida couldn't wait to see the look on her 
mother's face when she opened it. Her father had also bought a few lavish gifts 
for his wife.

Her father adored Lucy probably as much as Kaida did. She was the glue that held 
their family together since both father and child needed her so much. Without 
her, their family was slowly disentigrating.

Kaida knocked on the door that led from the living room. She heard blankets 
shift and feet moving across the floorboards and decided to wait for the 
inhabitants to come out on their own. "Merry Christmas," she told Goliath, who 
rustled his leaves as to say the same back. She walked to the sliding back door 
that led onto the back porch and stepped outside. It was snowing lightly and 
everything was coated with a deep layer of snow. Snow wasn't common in Sinnoh 
region. Sometimes Kaida wished it wouldn't snow as ofton so it wouldn't be so 
cold outside, but she didn't hate the snow. Kaida then preceded with her usual 
christmas routine of searching the premesis for Stantler prints. Living in the 
cold region of Sinnoh her entire life, Kaida could take colder tempertures than 
the average person. Finding a print in the cornor of the yard near the fence 
that surrounded it, she smiled smugly to herself and went back inside. Goliath 
had stayed inside since cold tempertures didn't sit to well with him.

Her father walked out in his boxers and an old christmas shirt that was faded so 
badly that the print was no longer ecognizable. "Morning," Kaida said flatly. 
"Is Mom still asleep?" Kaida asked. Her father looked up at her with a sad 
expression on his face and she knew the answer. Her mother had never come home. 
Kaida felt tears coming to her eyes and she turned away, burrying herself in 
Goliath's arms.

"Well, there's still today that she could come back." her father sounded almost 
as hopeful as Kaida, though he and she both knew that it was a lie. It comforted 
them, however, and Kaida proceded to open her presents.

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4 months later
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Kaida grinned to herself as she watched her foe, a boy named Taylor, struggle to 
get through Kaida's ingrain strategy. She had just turned eleven at the very 
begining of April and her skills were developing with her age. Taylor's Tailow, 
even though it was a flying type, didn't stand a chance. He hadn't taught it any 
attacks that didn't make direct contact with the foe and as a result, Kaida had 
the battle in the bag.

"Tailow, umm, peck again?" Taylor was losing confidence in himself and as a 
result, Tailow was losing confidence. Tailow came in close for another peck 
attack and Goliath simply slapped at it with his leaf arms. Tailow fell amidst 
the roots and with another gigadrain, though not as effective to flying types, 
Tailow was down for the count. "I can't believe I lost. I thought for sure that 
I had a clear shot at winning with that type advantige," Taylor sighed.

"Type isn't everything. Strategy also plays a part, as well as attacks and other 
such things." Kaida walked over to Taylor, who had recalle dhis Tailow back into 
his pokeball. "My mom taught me that it's best to not only have physical 
attacks, but special attacks as well. Sometimes it pays to not make contact with 
your opponent. You could have defeated me if you were able to use an attack like 
Aerial Ace."

"Well, I just caught him, so I haven't had time yet." Taylor scuffed the ground 
with his foot. Kaida shrugged and walked away. Taylor was calling after her, but 
she ignored him. Goliath followed her as the two walked into Kaida's yard from 
the dirt path that led to her house. There were hardly any buidings in this 
small town save for a pokemon center, a pokemon mart, an abandoned construction 
of a gym, and a small coffee shop that also served alcohal. Kaida slammed the 
small gate behind her and walked into her house, running up the stairs to her 
room.

"Lame excuses. So what if he just caught his pokemon? It's not the pokemon's 
fault. I can't stand people like that." Kaida flung herself on her bed and 
stared up at the ceiling. Her walls were a shade of puke yellow that she left up 
because it had been her mother's favorite color. She hated the color yellow. Her 
room had a bed, a dressor, and a desk in it. Kaida was a minimalist and didn't 
like to have too much material stuff. There was a Treecko plushie on her bed, a 
Psyduck rug on her floor, a lamp on the dressor that was shaped like a Chinchou 
and a small figurine of a Masukippa that her father had given her for her 
birthday. Other then that, her room was bare.

After a few minutes, Kaida heard a plinking sound at her window. She walked over 
to it and noticed that rocks were being thrown at her window. She opened it and 
looked down, noticing Taylor underneath it. "What do you want?" Kaida asked, 
glaring down at him.

"I want you to help me with a strategy plan, or at least come down and play." 
Taylor looked up at her.

Kaida sighed and shouted down, "Fine. I'll be down in a second, just don't throw 
any more rocks." Kaida slammed the window and returned Goliath to his pokeball. 
She then took the steps two by two as she ran to her back yard. "What do you 
want to play?" she asked as she reached Taylor.

"How about "teach me ariel ace" because I love that game." Taylor laughed 
nervously.

Kaida raised an eyebrow at him. "I came downstairs for this? I suppose I can 
help you." Kaida shrugged and called Goliath back out. "I think my mom has a 
book on flying pokemon. Stay right here and I'll be right back." Kaida ran up 
the stairs of the deck that attached to the back of her house and into the 
living room. Her father was asleep in front of the TV. Kaida sighed as she made 
no effort to be quiet as she searched the book shelf for the flying pokemon 
book. She quickly found it and ran back outside. Her father was always watching 
TV ever since her mother left.

Kaida opened the book and a disc fell out. She picked it up and discovered that 
the disc was actually a TM that contained Aerial Ace. She looked at the cover 
and read that the TM came free with the book. "Well, that was easy," Kaida 
remarked, picking the TM up and handing it to Taylor.

"You're giving this to me?" Taylor looked astonished.

"Yeah. I have no use for it and I doubt my mom does since she doesn't have any 
flying pokemon. I also perfer to teach my pokemon their own attacks, so take 
it." Kaida watched as Taylor put the disc to Tailow's forehead. Tailow glowed 
for a second as he learned the attack, then the disc fell uselessly to the 
ground. Taylor was overjoyed and thanked Kaida continuously. Kaida smiled 
slightly as she and Taylor walked to the pokemon center to get their pokemon 
healed.

"Let's have one more battle. This time I won't make any lame excuses," Taylor 
looked pleadingly at Kaida, who shrugged.

"Alright, but you're going to lose again," Kaida gave him a sly smile and he 
grinned. They stood facing each other, but far apart as they called out Tailow 
and Goliath again. Kaida could remember laughing during the battle and winning. 
She began to associate the two with each other; happiness and winning. Although 
Taylor was soon forgotten and he was replaced by many other trainers she had 
met, her and her Carnivine, Goliath, continued to win battle after battle. Every 
once in awhile, Kaida would lose and she would push herself even harder.

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End Part 2

AN: Yeah, it was a long time coming, but part two is done. It just gives a 
little more background information on Kaida. Next part is where story comes in. 
R&R please!

Till next time, this is the Lonepichu signing out.