Pokemon World Online Extra 3 aka Part 19: Wild West Aura Disclaimer: I do not own Aura or Pokemon. This was written for Moya 3 for a birthday presant with her character. Not part of the main series, but I wanted to post it. It was actually her idea, but yeah ; it takes a break from the plot, so I like :3 I'm evil. So yes, no sequence whatsoever. So until this point, she was the only one to have read this. It'd be interesting to get some more to read ; caution, swearing. ooo “It’s been awhile since we’ve done this, old friend,” Aura patted Sparia affectionately. Sparia hummed happily as the two of them glanced over the board they were standing in front of. Local bounties were placed on the bulletin board located near the square of each town. Aura usually didn’t even bother with them as they had small prizes or money attached to their heads. She usually went after bigger heads and rarer prizes, but today she settled for the board. The main reason was that she wanted a relaxing hunt. Her usual prey required deep thinking and planning beforehand. Today was her day off and she didn’t want to spend it on another tiring bounty hunt. “You know what, Sparia? Why don’t you pick the bounty we go after today?” The Empoleon grinned and considered the choices present. Some were very old and probably no longer valid while others were ridiculously simple. Sparia finally settled for one that offered a bit of a challenge and a decent reward. “That’s my girl,” Aura said fondly to the Empoleon, who cooed in contentment. “Let’s see, our target is named Ixia and she has a Wigglytuff as a partner? Well, I should know not to judge by looks alone…” Aura trailed off as she thought of a certain Pichu. “Okay the reward is only a Kyogre Sapphire: a standard rare item. This is only a day old, so she should be nearby.” Aura took the attached chip on the post and placed it into her map. Only a few bounties had location chips and they were usually ones that the local moderator was too lazy to go after. A flashing light appeared with the location of their target. “She’s still in town? That’s odd. Usually they leave town. Oh well, come on Sparia.” Sparia nodded and followed his partner as the two left the board. They took a few streets and made their way towards the location. “It’s coming from in that building,” Aura pointed to a western style saloon from the days of the cowboys. Sparia cast a critical eye at the filthy, run down building, but there was a quant charm to it. Aura adjusted her goggles and made sure she had easy access to her katanas if necessary. She ran up to the door and peered in, noticing that everyone inside was wearing Wild West clothing. “We’re going to stick out like sore thumbs if we go in there dressed like this,” Aura muttered, tapping her lips with her finger. She sighed and looked around, noticing a nearby n00b talking to her Poochyena. “These clothes are adorable on us! We really got the feel of the atmosphere with them,” she twirled around, showing off her new outfit. The girl was about Aura’s height and build. A light bulb flashed above Aura’s head and an evil gleam appeared in her eye. Sparia looked over at her warily. Aura walked over to the girl and pulled out her katanas. The girl grabbed her Poochyena and started to back up. “What do you want with us?” she asked, looking as if she were about to wet her pants. “I want you to take off your clothes,” Aura smirked at her choice of words and suppressed a laugh at the look on the girl’s face. “I need to borrow them,” Aura added as an after thought. “I paid good money for these clothes,” the girl responded, sounding unsure of herself. “I’ll give you a Kyogre Sapphire for them,” Aura offered, then added inaudibly, “I’m going to be getting another one soon anyways.” “Is that worth more than this outfit?” she asked. Her Poochyena barked and jumped form the girl’s arms. “It’ll buy you about five of those outfits.” That was all the girl needed to hear. She quickly took them off and handed them to Aura, who threw the Sapphire at her, almost hitting the girl in the head. The girl was wearing a skimpy outfit underneath. “Oh and I need your Poochyena’s hat as well.” “Here,” the girl took the hat off her Poochyena and handed it to Aura. The tiny pup didn’t seem very happy about this, so it decided to give Aura a parting gift…right on her boot. “SON OF A-” Aura shouted and drew her katanas in preparation to cut down the Poochyena. The girl used a warp key to quickly transport her and the critter far away. “I just bought a new pair of these,” Aura sighed and changed from her soaking boots into the ones she had just received. “I swear if that thing ever crosses my path again there will be one less Poochyena in this game,” Aura growled. The two then dressed in their new found clothing. Aura felt completely ridiculous in the frilly western dress and Sparia seemed to have trouble putting the hat on with his protruding crown. “Here, I’ll rip a hold in it.” Aura took the hat and pulled it, making a hole big enough for Sparia’s crown like feature to stick through. The Empoleon grumbled in disgust at the hat, which smelled of Poochyena. “We just have to wear these while we go look for Ixia and her Wigglytuff,” Aura said more to sooth her discomfort in the frills and lace dress that Sparia’s discomfort at the hat. Aura walked back over to the western style saloon and threw the doors open; her boots clicked on the hard wood floor. Everyone stopped talking to stare at her. Aura felt slightly self-conscious in the dress, but she stood confidently and strode on over to the counter. As she sat down, the chatter commenced once more. “What can I do for you, lass?” the barkeeper asked. “Nothing, I’m here on a bounty search,” Aura motioned for him to keep his voice down and he nodded to show he understood. “You don’t say, may I ask who?” he asked as he polished a mug. “Some girl by the name of Ixia and her Wigglytuff. There isn’t a picture to go with the post, but there was a locator chip and it says that she’s somewhere in this place,” Aura motioned to the building around them. “Got any information?” “Well, there’s a Wigglytuff over there, if that’s what you’re meaning,” the bar tender offered. Aura nodded a thanks and passed him some poke money for the information, which he gratefully accepted. Aura pushed her stool back and stood up, looking for the Wigglytuff. It wasn’t hard to spot as it was wearing an elaborate Western costume with a very flamboyant hat. It was standing up on stage and had just started the player piano. The other gamer sin the saloon got up and started hollering and having a good time. The Wigglytuff opened its mouth to sing and Aura instinctively pulled out her pair of Whismer ear plugs. She placed them in her ears and watched as Wigglytuff sang. As it sang, the others stopped dancing and stood still. Their eyes then began to glow red, except the bartender who went right on cleaning mugs. “Is that mind control?” Aura asked Sparia, but she saw that Sparia’s eyes were also glowing red. “Damn it, I forgot to give her a set.” Aura smacked her forehead. At the sound of her voice, all the gamers turned and looked at her. Wigglytuff stopped singing and looked up at her as well and it didn’t look very happy. “Oh shit,” Aura cursed as the gamers started to attack her. With her katanas she made quick work of the gamers and their partners; however she was unwilling to harm Sparia. “Snap out of it!” she shouted. Sparia ignored her and Aura used one of her katanas to block a steel wing. While blocking Sparia’s attacks, which was relatively easy since Aura knew Sparia’s attacks and tactics as well as her own, Aura made her way to the Wigglytuff, who was grinning very arrogantly. It was wearing a cowboy hat and a belt with what appeared to be a paintball gun on its side. “If this Pokémon is this bad, then I’d hate to meet the trainer,” Aura grumbled, and then something seemed to click in her mind. She dodged a metal claw and took out the bulletin. She scanned it and then slapped her forehead. “We’re not looking for Ixia; we’re looking for the Wigglytuff. That’s why it specifically mentions the Wigglytuff,” she cursed as she shoved the bulletin back into her inventory. Aura raised her katanas and prepared to strike the pink Pokémon, however Sparia used her wing to block the attack from striking the Wigglytuff. “You pink little bastard!” Aura cursed. “That’s it,” Aura took out her Calming bell and rang it once. Sparia stopped attacking and blinked. The bell broke after the use. Aura didn’t mind using the item as much as she usually would because it was for Sparia and the item wasn’t rare. Calming bells were used to heal Pokémon from berserk status and Confusion, both of which had been inflicted on the Empoleon. “Ready to show this Wigglytuff that it should learn to shut the fuck up?” Aura asked, smiling at her penguin Pokemon partner. Sparia nodded and together the two used point smash to quickly defeat the pissed off pink puff. Sparia picked up the Wigglytuff, which Aura had bound with her Seviper rope. “Alright, the moderator’s office is on this side of town, unfortunately. That means we have to be in these ridiculous outfits longer.” The two made the quick walk to the moderator’s office and burst through the saloon style doors. “I see you have captured Big Voice the kid,” the moderator commented, adjusting his cowboy hat. He had a piece of wheat sticking out of his mouth, which he was chewing on. “The hell is wrong with your voice?” Aura asked him, raising her eyebrow. Sparia sniffed in disgust at the sweat stains on the mod’s shirt and brown vest. “Little missy, I will not tolerate such language in my presence. You can call me Sheriff and I run this town. I like to keep it peaceful.” He walked over to meet him, boots clomping against the floor. “This whole town is one big loony bin,” Aura grumbled. She was hoping that the bounty would be dealt with swiftly so she could escape this hell hole. “Well, now that Big Voice is in custody, Ixia will be happy. We can begin the deleting now,” he sighed, his accent strong. “Deleting? What deleting?” Aura asked, not liking where this was going. “We’re going to delete this Wigglytuff, of course.” The Sheriff walked towards Aura, who backed away. “Sorry, but I don’t condone the senseless deleting of Pokemon.” Aura unlocked her katanas from their sheaths. “Little missy, I dare say that if you don’t cut out this tom foolery, then I will have no choice but to put a bounty on your head.” “Good luck with finding someone who wants to take down a level 90 ex-top ten member with a rare Darkrai crystal.” Aura took pleasure in the look on the sheriff’s face. “Come on Sparia. Oh, and I’m taller then you, so that would make you the ‘little missy’.” Aura glared at him before she sped out of the building. The two made great time, ignoring Sheriff’s futile shouts. He knew no one would go after her, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t still complain. “Alright then, this should be good,” Aura said as the two entered the nearby desert area and the town had disappeared from their line of sight. “Set down Big Voice or whatever this thing’s name is,” Aura commanded. Sparia set it down and the Wigglytuff looked up gratefully. “So long, kid.” The Wigglytuff tipped its hat at them and walked off into the sunset. “What an unusually fucked up day,” Aura commented, taking the clothes off and putting them into her inventory. Then she realized that she had traded her only Kyogre Sapphire for them. “SHIT!” she yelled loudly enough to disturb some snoozing Cacnea. “Damn my conscious! Damn it to hell!”