Found Love

[pokegirl54]

~Chapter One~
Lotus

It was cloudy, calm evening in Brock's hometown Pewter City. Trainers and their trusty Pokemon strolled through the dirt streets of the city, shopping for unknown items just for their Pokemon.

In the house of Brock, Brock was busy cooking up a scrumptious, hot pot of gumbo for lunch for his slew siblings. "I'm going out to train with Onyx, Brock," Forest announced.

"Alright, but be back at 1:00 for lunch, okay," Brock replied.

"Oh, can we go watch Forest train, Brock?" Brock's entire brothers and sisters asked in unison.

"Okay, but be back at 1:00. Got it?"

"Got it!" they screeched, filing out of the door.

A cheery smile crossed Brock's lips, but then it reversed back to a frown. Brock was 18-years-old and rather handsome now. Sure he still had his usual spiky, dark chestnut hair, but he sort of matured away from his flirtatious act when he saw stunning women like Nurse Joy after Ash left to start another journey. Brock had come across Ash along with Pikachu and Ash offered for him to come along with him, but Brock declined because his parents were on a tour on the whole world right now and Brock was worried about his siblings their safety. He got to be lonely even though his brothers and sisters were around.

Brock gazed out at the silver colored clouds traveling across the formerly blue sky. Brock brushed the thought aside and continued chopping vegetables for his vegetable gumbo.

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In the forest nearby Pewter City a 17-year-old, plum haired with the most appealing maroon eyes female trainer frantically ran into Pewter City, her unconscious, bruised up Flareon carefully in her grasp. "Don't worry, Flareon, I'll get you to a Pokemon Center."

The woman scanned Pewter City wildly for the Pokemon Center. "Where is it!?" the asked herself, losing her patience. "Wait, maybe the Pewter City Gym knows where the center is it. The desperately dashed off towards the gym, where Brock was peacefully cooking.

The trainer banged audibly on the front door, pleading, "Help, help! My Flareon needs to get the Pokemon Center quick! Please open up!"

Brock opened the door. "Um, sorry, but the gym is closed today. I'm afraid ____" Brock stopped as he noticed how beautiful the appeared.

"Sir, I'm not looking for a battle. I just want to known directly where the Pokemon Center is."

"R-r-r-right over there," Brock stammered, pointing to the right.

"Oh, thank you, sir, I'm forever in your debt." The trainer left in a flash for the Pokemon Center.

"Wow, she's so beautiful," Brock commented, his face going tomato red. "I wonder what's her name?"

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~The Pokemon Center~

"Nurse Joy!" the screamed.

An alarmed Nurse Joy dropped her book. "Oh, dear, what happened to this poor Flareon, young lady?"

"Flareon and I were challenged to a Pokemon battle a couple of hours ago. The trainer that battled me turned out to be a band of bad guys that called themselves Team Rocket, Nurse Joy," she explained.

"Team Rocket? That name sounds familiar. Could you give me a description of Team Rocket?"

"Well, there was a talking Meowth, a red haired woman who had her hair in a swirling hairstyle named Jessie, and a boy with shoulder length blue hair named James. They tried to steal my Flareon and I got it back with my Roselia, but Flareon ended up falling in a river. It's terribly sick from falling in since it's a fire type."

"Now it's all coming back to me. Team Rocket is a dangerous group who disguise themselves. You should really be careful. Now, let me see your Flareon to do a check up on it. Chansey, get me a 2 feet stretcher, stat!"

"Chansey!" (Translation: "Right!") Chansey scurried off to get a stretcher.

"Will my Flareon be okay?"

"I'm sure she'll be. In the meantime, why won't you make yourself comfortable, Miss......."

"Lotus, Lotus Marine."

to be continued.......

 

[pokegirl54]

~Chapter Two~
The Fortune Cookie

"Well, Miss Lotus Marine, your Flareon will surely be fine. Would you like me to check up on your other Pokemon?"

"Sure, Nurse Joy." Lotus took all 5 of her Pokeballs out from her teal backpack and handed them over to Nurse Joy.

"Thank you."

"Chansey!" (Translation: "I have the stretcher!")

"Great work, Chansey! Lotus, you can wait in the waiting room while I work on Flareon and the rest of your Pokemon."

"Alright." Lotus plopped down in a chair and heaved a sigh. Her mind started to flashback to Brock. 'Who was he anyway?' Lotus pondered. Lotus shrugged the the thought off and looked in the window where Nurse Joy and her assistant Chansey were working on Flareon first. A wave of worry beamed at Lotus's heart. Lotus nurtured her Eevee she caught in the Johto Region into a blossoming Flareon with a Fire Stone when Eevee felt like she was ready. "Please be alright, please be alright, please be alright," Lotus prayed.

Hours passed by rapidly, and still the operation took progress. 'Mush be serious,' Lotus thought. Lotus glimpsed up at the red shot sign that stood before the operating room, wishing it would turn green in a snap!

Lotus gasped as she saw Nurse Joy mop up some musty sweat from her forehead and heading out the door with Chansey. The red shot turned green. "Your Flareon is doing fine, Lotus," Nurse Joy assured her. "The illness was serious, but Chansey and I finally cured Flareon. Flareon just needs to rest for the rest of the day and she'll be fine."

"What a relief," Lotus sighed. "Thanks Nurse Joy, you really helped out today."

"No problem. That's what I do. Why won't you stay here at the Pokemon Center for the night until your Flareon recovers fully tomorrow."

"I'd love to, but first I have to head by the Pewter Gym to thank a certain someone."

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Brock slurped up his final steaming, luscious bowl of vegetable gumbo. "So guys, how do you like the gumbo?"

"It taste great," the whole family complimented.

"I never thought I'd say I like vegetables, but this taste great!" Forest beamed. "You've really outdone yourself this time, Brock."

"Thanks." Once again, another knock was heard at the door, but this time more gentler. Quite annoyed if it was another trainer craving a battle, Brock twisted the knob open. He went numb as he saw it was the same he met before. Lotus.

The siblings all turned to see who it was. "Who's that, Brock?" Forest asked curiously.

"Hi, you must be the guy who directed me to the Pokemon Center. "i just dropped buy to thank you. I said I'd forever be in your debt. Well, to pay you back, how 'bout we go on a date at that new restaurant that just opened in Cerulean City. That's where I live. So what do you say?"

"S-s-s-sure," Brock answered nervously. 'Come on Brock, get a hold of yourself,' Brock thought.

"Great! You can pick me up at 8:00. Oh by the way, I'm Lotus Marine. What's your name?"

"Brock," Brock introduced himself. "It's nice to meet you, Lotus."

"It was nice meeting you, too. Well, I have to go back to the Pokemon Center and tell my mom I won't be home tonight. Bye, Brock!"

"Whoa, I just got a date with a pretty ," a stunned Brock said dumbfounded. "I gotta go pick out a suit to wear!"

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Lotus punched in the following numbers, 555-834-2143. A violet haired, 32-year-old woman with crystal blue eyes named Sophie Marine appeared on the screen with a grin on her face. "Hi, mom!"

"Hi there, Lotus!"

"Mom, I just wanted to tell you that I won't be over for dinner today," Lotus informed Mrs. Marine. "I'm going on a date with a guy named Brock at the hottest restaurant in Cerulean City!"

"Brock, huh? He sounds handsome," Mrs. Marine judged. "Is he?"

"Moooooooooooooooooooooooom!" Lotus groaned, red staining her cheeks. "Anyway, I was wondering if you can help me pick out a dress today. You know I'm not really the fashionable with clothes unlike you."

"I'd love t ____ Oh, is that Nurse Joy. Hi there, Nurse Joy!" Nurse Joy waved at Mrs. Marine, a sweatdrop forming behind her head.

"You're embarrassing me, mom! Luckily there aren't any Pokemon trainers over here right now. So, what do you say? Can you help me?"

"I'd love to, honey. Just come on over to Cerulean City and we'll pick out the perfect dress! Deal?"

"Deal! See you there, mom!" Lotus hung up the phone.

"Your mom sounds nice, Lotus," Nurse Joy said.

"Yeah, but she can embarrass me sometimes. Do you mind me coming back to the center tonight at about 9:30, Nurse Joy?"

"No, not at all."

"Alright. Well, I have to head over to Cerulean City. Could you watch my Pokemon while I'm gone?"

"Sure."

"Okay, bye then!" Lotus entered the forest where she parked her bike and set her backpack down. "Cerulean City here I come!"

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Cerulean City
7:45 P.M.

"Come on, mom, the date is in 15 minutes!" Lotus snapped. "How can you possibly spend an hour looking for a dress!? You have tons of them, so just pick one!"

"This is your first date, so you must look marvelous when you approach Brock."

"Alright, but I'm only wearing eye shadow, not any of that icky makeup you usually wear. No offense."

"None taken. Good thing your father won't be home 'til 10:00. He'd burst if he found out that you were on a date with a boy."

"Dad is just overprotective. I could've gone out on a date when I was sixteen, but dad wouldn't allow it. Maybe I should just cancel it right now. I mean, Brock sound like a nice guy, but I'd be grounded for 2 months if he found out I'm Brock."

"I'm allowing it, Lotus! I'll do whatever I can to keep your father from knowing. You deserve to date whoever you want freely without anyone bossing you around."

"Thanks, mom."

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Pewter City
7:50 P.M.

"Forest, have you seen my tie!?" Brock hollered.

"I think it's in the closet," Forest said, continuing to watch TV.

"Found it!" Brock added his tie to his jet black suit. "Well, how do I look?"

"Handsome," one of Brock's sisters said.

"Thanks. Forest, you're in charge until I get back. Keep out of trouble." Brock ran out the door before Forest got to say anything.

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Lotus waited by her house for Brock. She wore an attractive, long sleeved aqua colored dress that stopped at her ankles with a matching aqua colored purse in her right hand. Her plum hair was well brushed and was tied into a ponytail and her bangs were braided. "Are you going on a date or what?" a voice asked.

Lotus turned to see Misty. "Misty!" Lotus tightly hugged Misty. Misty and Lotus became good friends when Lotus first moved here.

"So, who's the lucky guy?"

"Brock."

"Brock!?" a shocked Misty shrieked. "You asked Brock on a date?"

"Apparently so. I was challenged to a Pokemon battle by two mysterious people that appeared in the forest in by Pewter City. The trainer turned out to be a band of evil thieves that called themselves Team Rocket. their names were Jessie, James, and Meowth and they tried to still Flare (Lotus's Flareon). I released Flare, but she ended up falling in a river and it made her terribly sick. Brock told me where the Pokemon Center was at and I said I was forever in his debt for helping me so I decided a date would do."

"That Team Rocket! They just get under my skin! Misty frown then turned into a smile. "Good luck on your date. Tell me all about it tomorrow at the gym. Bye!"

"Bye!" Lotus waited a little longer for Brock's arrival, occasionally looking at her wristwatch.

"Lotus!"

"Huh? Oh, Brock!"

"Sorry I was late."

"It's no problem. Now, let's go!"

"Do you have a reservation?"

"Yes. Marine Lotus."

"Right this way." The waiter led them to a table. "Here are your menus, and I'll be back when you're ready to order."

Lotus and Brock shifted nervously in their chairs. "So," Brock started, trying to get a conversation going. "What do you like to do?"

"Oh, I love to cook. I'm an only child and my parents always come home exhausted so I cook for them. I also have a volunteering job here if the employees can't make it."

"Really? I cook, too."

"Cool!" Before they could continue their conversation two waitress came with a fortune cookie on each of their plates. "Let's see our fortune, Brock."

"Okay."

They both broke their cookie in two and pulled their paper out. 'Love and romance shrouds beneath you. But sorrow also eats at your future,' both Brock and Lotus read mentally. They looked at each other and chuckled lightly.

'It's just a fortune cookie, Lotus, they don't come true,' Lotus thought.

'Fortune cookies don't come true, Brock, their just for fun.'

to be continued......;136;

 

[Umbreon Ruler]

Normally I'm not a fan of love stories and, to be honest, I just read this because I was bored. But I actually thought that this story was pretty good. I like the way that you pay attention to the little things that make a story good, and my favorite part was the ending of chapter two. I do wish that it would have been an original character though, instead of Brock, but it was a very original story. I would have liked to see a little more action but it is a love story, so it wouldn't really fit in.