gladdecease
Master Coordinator
Well, it looks like gladdecease is starting a story. The only thing you might want to know is that [this] is translated Pokémon talk. Enjoy! Read on!
"Another day, another badge!" Ash said happily, holding his new Mossdeep Mind badge up so it would reflect the sunlight.
"That was an awesome battle, Ash." Max commented. "Tate and Liza had a really powerful team!"
"Yeah, but nothing Torkoal and Pikachu couldn't handle." Ash commented.
"Won't you ever admit that a gym battle was actually challenging, Ash?" May inquired. She was starting to get annoyed by Ash's overconfident attitude.
"Why should I if they never are?"
"I know quite a few gym leaders that would contradict you on that statement, Ash. Myself included." Brock argued.
"Name one, besides you." Ash challenged.
"I'll name five easily: Sabrina; Lt. Surge; Brawly; Erika; and you-know-who." Brock proclaimed. Ash sweatdropped.
"Okay...so I have lost once in a while...but not always! And I didn't lose to her!"
"Right...you just didn't win. Just like you didn't win against me, or Sabrina, or Erika..."
"Oh, be quiet!"
"Was Ash just given some of his badges?" Max asked disbelievingly.
"Well, Ash battled me with only Pikachu. I was a rock gym leader. You can imagine how it went." Brock explained. "He lost the first time. The second time, he battled with Pikachu again, and this time a Thunderbolt's sparks set off a fire alarm, which soaked Onix through. Even though Onix was vulnerable to an attack, Ash forfeited. I considered it to be such a noble thing to do that I gave him the badge."
"Oh...that's how. I don't think that would be fair...but that's your decision, I suppose...So who was you-know-who?" Max asked.
"Yeah. Where did she come in to this story?" May asked, her curiosity piqued
"She was the second gym leader Ash faced. They had a two-on-two battle, and she won the first round: Butterfree vs. Staryu. The second round of Pidgeotto vs. Starmie was interrupted by Team Rocket, so they never finished the match. The other gym leaders of that gym gave Ash the badge for saving their gym."
"Was it the Cerulean Gym?" Max asked, confused.
"Yep." Brock confirmed.
"The Water Pokémon gym of Kanto?" Max questioned.
"The one and the same."
"Why wouldn't Ash use Pikachu?" May queried. "Wouldn't it have won easily?"
"It would be the most logical choice." Max agreed.
"Pikachu refused to battle a friend." Ash suddenly spoke up. "He wasn't as obedient back then as he is now."
"A friend?"
"So you knew the Cerulean Gym leader?"
"Yeah..." Ash became quiet again, apparently deep in thought.
"So, which one did you know?" Max asked, his curiosity piqued.
"How many are there, Max?" May asked. She normally wouldn't care, but she wanted to make Ash talk. For him to be so quiet...just wasn't normal.
"There are three: Daisy, Violet, and Lily Waterflo-"
"Four."
"What?"
"There are four Cerulean Gym leaders, not three."
"That's not what the Pokénav says in its gym leader database..."
"Well, it's wrong!" Max backed up, startled by Ash's sudden outburst.
"Okay, okay Ash...if you say so..." Ash was looking angrily at Max. You could almost say he was glaring at the young Pokémon enthusiast, which was a first for Max to experience from his normally pretty even-tempered Pokémon training friend.
"Pikapi..." Pikachu said, trying to calm Ash down. "Pichupi chu Pichapi pi chu Pikachupi...pi chu pika." Ash relaxed a bit.
"I know, Pikachu. It isn't their fault. I just get upset when people talk like that about her...like she doesn't count. You know that. And you do too, Brock." Ash turned towards his breeder companion.
"Hey, man...I didn't know you were so protective of her behind her back...you certainly weren't like that when we traveled with her..." Brock snickered. "What's happened to cause this sudden change in attitude?" Ash flushed.
"This...isn't the time - or place - to talk of that kind of thing." He cleared his throat. "Anyway, where's the closest gym, Max?"
Brock looked over at his Pokémon trainer friend. The conversation topic may have been changed, but something was up with Ash. He refused to actually say what had happened to him, but something most definitely had happened before Brock had returned to travel with him. It was almost like...he didn't trust Brock with his secrets anymore.
Before long, the group had decided to travel towards Sootopolis City, which contained, as Max had informed the group, a Water Pokémon Gym. Far from cheering Ash up, he simply went deeper in thought.
They found a ferry that was headed towards the island Sootopolis City was loated on, and ordered themselves tickets through the Nurse Joy at Fallabor, where the ferry would ship off.
And Ash still didn't speak much...
'What did she mean? Why on earth did Misty give me her handkerchief?! I know what they normally mean - but this is Misty we're talking about here. She couldn't have been saying something like 'I love you' - right?' Ash sighed, then rolled over on his sleeping bag to face his electric Pokémon buddy. "I'm so confused, Pikachu. You were there, you saw her give me this." He held out the handkerchief. "What do you think she meant?"
"[Misty meant what she said - or in this case, as good as said.]"
"And what do you mean by that?" Pikachu sighed. Ash could be so dense sometimes.
"[Well, lets take you through this, step-by-step. Misty gave you her handkerchief, right?]"
"Right..."
"[And, normally, when a girl gives a boy her handkerchief, it means that the girl loves the boy, right?]"
"Right..."
"[So, if Misty gave you her handkerchief, and giving your handkerchief means you love someone, then that means...?]"
"She wanted me to keep my face clean?" Pikachu facefaulted, then slapped its face with a paw.
"[No, it doesn’t!]"
“Then what does it mean?”
“[Figure it out for yourself!]” Thanks to that comment and a Thundershock, Ash was immediately rendered immobile. After a few minutes, he regained the ability to speak.
“What’s got you in such a rotten mood, Pikachu?” He asked, confused. “I’m just wondering about this stupid handkerchief Misty gave me.”
“[Why are you asking me? Why not Brock?]”
“I can’t trust Brock like I can you.”
"[Well, if you trust me so much, tell me why you care so much.]
“What d’you mean by that, Pikachu?”
“[Why do you care? If that handkerchief really was so stupid, why didn’t you leave it at home, or throw it away?]”
“...”
“[Just as I thought. You -]" Pikachu began to say, but...
"Prepare for trouble!"
"[Oh, no.]" Pikachu rubbed its temples with one paw. It really didn't need this right now.
"And make it double."
"To protect the world from devastation."
"To unite all peoples within our nation."
"To denounce the evils of truth and love."
"To extend our reach to the stars above."
"Jessie."
"James."
"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light."
"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"
"Meowth! That's right!"
"Team Rocket!" Shouted Ash, May, Max, and Brock, right on cue.
"Pi pikachu!" Added Pikachu.
"Do you mind?" May grumbled. "It's kinda late, ya know..." Team Rocket almost facefaulted, but became very angry.
"How dare you?!" Jessie shouted, her head twice as big as normal.
"You cannot simply schedule a Team Rocket attack!" James added.
"Yeah, 'specially when we worked so hard tinkin' up a dis plan!" Meowth held up a giant rubber hand connected to a giant coiled spring.
"Didn't they use this one before?" Brock whispered to Ash. Team Rocket overheard and almost fell over.
"This is a new plan!"
"We worked really hard thinking up of it...right, Meowth?"
"Yeah, we worked hard tinkin' it up, jus' not recently." Jessie and James fell on their faces.
"Now it's hello Pikachu," the hand grabbed Pikachu, "and good-bye, twoips!" As Meowth finished his statement, Team Rocket hopped into their Meowth balloon and began to fly off, yelling to Meowth about being original.
"No! Pikachu!" Ash shouted as he began to run down the path near their campsite. Brock, Max, and May followed suit, Max grabbing Ash's backpack as he passed it.
They soon came upon a large body of either fresh or salt water. Team Rocket's Meowth balloon continued across it, the criminals aboard it cackling in glee at their apparent victory. Ash dove into the water and swam after them. Brock called out Mudkip and Max found Corphish's Pokéball. Brock started swimming after Ash, while Mudkip and Corphish helped Max and May travel through the choppy waters. May swallowed some of the water and immedietely spat it out. Definitely salt water. Thankfully, land was soon in sight. By the time May and Max were on shore, Brock was kneeling on the beach, panting slightly. Ash, equally exhausted, was driven on by his need to save Pikachu. He reached for his Pokéballs, but discovered to his dismay that he had left them in his backpack at the campsite. He continued calling out his electric Pokémon's name, though there was prctically nothing he could do to save it.
Once May was dried off, she was ready to get to work. "Let's go, Bulbasaur!" May shouted, throwing a Pokéball. Out popped a blue-green Pokémon holding a flower. "Razor Leaf!" Bulbasaur let loose an incredibly sharp leaf that cut through the spring holding Pikachu captive. This caused Pikachu to fall out of the balloon and straight into Ash's arms. They tumbled down a small hill and into a small pocket of earth shaped to easily fit a person lying down.
"Okay, Pikachu," he said, releasing his electric buddy from the glove it had been held captive in. "Thunderbolt!" Pikachu complied, and the Meowt balloon exploded with a bit more of an impact than normal, sending Team Rocket flying.
"Look's like Team Rocket's blasting off again!"
"Great job, buddy," Ash said, rubbing Pikachu's fur. He looked back towards the top of a small hill, on which May and Bulbasaur were standing. "You guys did good, too!" Ash shouted to them. May seemed to have not heard Ash, because she continued to look around, as if she was searching for someone. Soon Brock and Max joined her on the hill. She talked to them, and they began looking as well, all thoughts of sleep forgotten.
"I guess they can't see us," Ash noted. He turned around. "Well, we could always go into the town over there, Pikachu," he said, pointing towards the lights up ahead. "They might have a Pokémon Center we can spend the night in and we can wait for Brock and the others to find us there. It's better then spending a night out in the cold..." He looked down at his yellow mouse Pokémon friend. "What'd'ya say, Pikachu?"
"Pika pika!"
"Well, lets go!" The Pokémon and trainer headed off into the night, hoping to find some shelter at a familiar place.
Hope you enjoyed the first chapter! Please comment! Later!
Edit: So sue me! I wanted this to be as accurate as possible, and there is no grass gym in the Hoenn League!
Second Edit: So sue me again! Same thing as above, and there are two Mossdeep gym leaders. There would be, just to torture me...
Third Edit: My gosh, am I a perfectionist or what?! Well, I hope this chapter will make more sense tied in with the rest of the story now...I'll change some parts of the other chapters soon...
Fourth Edit: For crying out loud...! *sighs* I cannot escape the confines of my perfectionism, can I...? Oh, well, Corphish is spelled right now.
Fifth Edit: Well, here's another few changes...Sootopolis is a city, I now know, so...
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"Another day, another badge!" Ash said happily, holding his new Mossdeep Mind badge up so it would reflect the sunlight.
"That was an awesome battle, Ash." Max commented. "Tate and Liza had a really powerful team!"
"Yeah, but nothing Torkoal and Pikachu couldn't handle." Ash commented.
"Won't you ever admit that a gym battle was actually challenging, Ash?" May inquired. She was starting to get annoyed by Ash's overconfident attitude.
"Why should I if they never are?"
"I know quite a few gym leaders that would contradict you on that statement, Ash. Myself included." Brock argued.
"Name one, besides you." Ash challenged.
"I'll name five easily: Sabrina; Lt. Surge; Brawly; Erika; and you-know-who." Brock proclaimed. Ash sweatdropped.
"Okay...so I have lost once in a while...but not always! And I didn't lose to her!"
"Right...you just didn't win. Just like you didn't win against me, or Sabrina, or Erika..."
"Oh, be quiet!"
"Was Ash just given some of his badges?" Max asked disbelievingly.
"Well, Ash battled me with only Pikachu. I was a rock gym leader. You can imagine how it went." Brock explained. "He lost the first time. The second time, he battled with Pikachu again, and this time a Thunderbolt's sparks set off a fire alarm, which soaked Onix through. Even though Onix was vulnerable to an attack, Ash forfeited. I considered it to be such a noble thing to do that I gave him the badge."
"Oh...that's how. I don't think that would be fair...but that's your decision, I suppose...So who was you-know-who?" Max asked.
"Yeah. Where did she come in to this story?" May asked, her curiosity piqued
"She was the second gym leader Ash faced. They had a two-on-two battle, and she won the first round: Butterfree vs. Staryu. The second round of Pidgeotto vs. Starmie was interrupted by Team Rocket, so they never finished the match. The other gym leaders of that gym gave Ash the badge for saving their gym."
"Was it the Cerulean Gym?" Max asked, confused.
"Yep." Brock confirmed.
"The Water Pokémon gym of Kanto?" Max questioned.
"The one and the same."
"Why wouldn't Ash use Pikachu?" May queried. "Wouldn't it have won easily?"
"It would be the most logical choice." Max agreed.
"Pikachu refused to battle a friend." Ash suddenly spoke up. "He wasn't as obedient back then as he is now."
"A friend?"
"So you knew the Cerulean Gym leader?"
"Yeah..." Ash became quiet again, apparently deep in thought.
"So, which one did you know?" Max asked, his curiosity piqued.
"How many are there, Max?" May asked. She normally wouldn't care, but she wanted to make Ash talk. For him to be so quiet...just wasn't normal.
"There are three: Daisy, Violet, and Lily Waterflo-"
"Four."
"What?"
"There are four Cerulean Gym leaders, not three."
"That's not what the Pokénav says in its gym leader database..."
"Well, it's wrong!" Max backed up, startled by Ash's sudden outburst.
"Okay, okay Ash...if you say so..." Ash was looking angrily at Max. You could almost say he was glaring at the young Pokémon enthusiast, which was a first for Max to experience from his normally pretty even-tempered Pokémon training friend.
"Pikapi..." Pikachu said, trying to calm Ash down. "Pichupi chu Pichapi pi chu Pikachupi...pi chu pika." Ash relaxed a bit.
"I know, Pikachu. It isn't their fault. I just get upset when people talk like that about her...like she doesn't count. You know that. And you do too, Brock." Ash turned towards his breeder companion.
"Hey, man...I didn't know you were so protective of her behind her back...you certainly weren't like that when we traveled with her..." Brock snickered. "What's happened to cause this sudden change in attitude?" Ash flushed.
"This...isn't the time - or place - to talk of that kind of thing." He cleared his throat. "Anyway, where's the closest gym, Max?"
Brock looked over at his Pokémon trainer friend. The conversation topic may have been changed, but something was up with Ash. He refused to actually say what had happened to him, but something most definitely had happened before Brock had returned to travel with him. It was almost like...he didn't trust Brock with his secrets anymore.
Before long, the group had decided to travel towards Sootopolis City, which contained, as Max had informed the group, a Water Pokémon Gym. Far from cheering Ash up, he simply went deeper in thought.
They found a ferry that was headed towards the island Sootopolis City was loated on, and ordered themselves tickets through the Nurse Joy at Fallabor, where the ferry would ship off.
And Ash still didn't speak much...
One night that week...
'What did she mean? Why on earth did Misty give me her handkerchief?! I know what they normally mean - but this is Misty we're talking about here. She couldn't have been saying something like 'I love you' - right?' Ash sighed, then rolled over on his sleeping bag to face his electric Pokémon buddy. "I'm so confused, Pikachu. You were there, you saw her give me this." He held out the handkerchief. "What do you think she meant?"
"[Misty meant what she said - or in this case, as good as said.]"
"And what do you mean by that?" Pikachu sighed. Ash could be so dense sometimes.
"[Well, lets take you through this, step-by-step. Misty gave you her handkerchief, right?]"
"Right..."
"[And, normally, when a girl gives a boy her handkerchief, it means that the girl loves the boy, right?]"
"Right..."
"[So, if Misty gave you her handkerchief, and giving your handkerchief means you love someone, then that means...?]"
"She wanted me to keep my face clean?" Pikachu facefaulted, then slapped its face with a paw.
"[No, it doesn’t!]"
“Then what does it mean?”
“[Figure it out for yourself!]” Thanks to that comment and a Thundershock, Ash was immediately rendered immobile. After a few minutes, he regained the ability to speak.
“What’s got you in such a rotten mood, Pikachu?” He asked, confused. “I’m just wondering about this stupid handkerchief Misty gave me.”
“[Why are you asking me? Why not Brock?]”
“I can’t trust Brock like I can you.”
"[Well, if you trust me so much, tell me why you care so much.]
“What d’you mean by that, Pikachu?”
“[Why do you care? If that handkerchief really was so stupid, why didn’t you leave it at home, or throw it away?]”
“...”
“[Just as I thought. You -]" Pikachu began to say, but...
"Prepare for trouble!"
"[Oh, no.]" Pikachu rubbed its temples with one paw. It really didn't need this right now.
"And make it double."
"To protect the world from devastation."
"To unite all peoples within our nation."
"To denounce the evils of truth and love."
"To extend our reach to the stars above."
"Jessie."
"James."
"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light."
"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"
"Meowth! That's right!"
"Team Rocket!" Shouted Ash, May, Max, and Brock, right on cue.
"Pi pikachu!" Added Pikachu.
"Do you mind?" May grumbled. "It's kinda late, ya know..." Team Rocket almost facefaulted, but became very angry.
"How dare you?!" Jessie shouted, her head twice as big as normal.
"You cannot simply schedule a Team Rocket attack!" James added.
"Yeah, 'specially when we worked so hard tinkin' up a dis plan!" Meowth held up a giant rubber hand connected to a giant coiled spring.
"Didn't they use this one before?" Brock whispered to Ash. Team Rocket overheard and almost fell over.
"This is a new plan!"
"We worked really hard thinking up of it...right, Meowth?"
"Yeah, we worked hard tinkin' it up, jus' not recently." Jessie and James fell on their faces.
"Now it's hello Pikachu," the hand grabbed Pikachu, "and good-bye, twoips!" As Meowth finished his statement, Team Rocket hopped into their Meowth balloon and began to fly off, yelling to Meowth about being original.
"No! Pikachu!" Ash shouted as he began to run down the path near their campsite. Brock, Max, and May followed suit, Max grabbing Ash's backpack as he passed it.
They soon came upon a large body of either fresh or salt water. Team Rocket's Meowth balloon continued across it, the criminals aboard it cackling in glee at their apparent victory. Ash dove into the water and swam after them. Brock called out Mudkip and Max found Corphish's Pokéball. Brock started swimming after Ash, while Mudkip and Corphish helped Max and May travel through the choppy waters. May swallowed some of the water and immedietely spat it out. Definitely salt water. Thankfully, land was soon in sight. By the time May and Max were on shore, Brock was kneeling on the beach, panting slightly. Ash, equally exhausted, was driven on by his need to save Pikachu. He reached for his Pokéballs, but discovered to his dismay that he had left them in his backpack at the campsite. He continued calling out his electric Pokémon's name, though there was prctically nothing he could do to save it.
Once May was dried off, she was ready to get to work. "Let's go, Bulbasaur!" May shouted, throwing a Pokéball. Out popped a blue-green Pokémon holding a flower. "Razor Leaf!" Bulbasaur let loose an incredibly sharp leaf that cut through the spring holding Pikachu captive. This caused Pikachu to fall out of the balloon and straight into Ash's arms. They tumbled down a small hill and into a small pocket of earth shaped to easily fit a person lying down.
"Okay, Pikachu," he said, releasing his electric buddy from the glove it had been held captive in. "Thunderbolt!" Pikachu complied, and the Meowt balloon exploded with a bit more of an impact than normal, sending Team Rocket flying.
"Look's like Team Rocket's blasting off again!"
"Great job, buddy," Ash said, rubbing Pikachu's fur. He looked back towards the top of a small hill, on which May and Bulbasaur were standing. "You guys did good, too!" Ash shouted to them. May seemed to have not heard Ash, because she continued to look around, as if she was searching for someone. Soon Brock and Max joined her on the hill. She talked to them, and they began looking as well, all thoughts of sleep forgotten.
"I guess they can't see us," Ash noted. He turned around. "Well, we could always go into the town over there, Pikachu," he said, pointing towards the lights up ahead. "They might have a Pokémon Center we can spend the night in and we can wait for Brock and the others to find us there. It's better then spending a night out in the cold..." He looked down at his yellow mouse Pokémon friend. "What'd'ya say, Pikachu?"
"Pika pika!"
"Well, lets go!" The Pokémon and trainer headed off into the night, hoping to find some shelter at a familiar place.
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Hope you enjoyed the first chapter! Please comment! Later!
Edit: So sue me! I wanted this to be as accurate as possible, and there is no grass gym in the Hoenn League!
Second Edit: So sue me again! Same thing as above, and there are two Mossdeep gym leaders. There would be, just to torture me...
Third Edit: My gosh, am I a perfectionist or what?! Well, I hope this chapter will make more sense tied in with the rest of the story now...I'll change some parts of the other chapters soon...
Fourth Edit: For crying out loud...! *sighs* I cannot escape the confines of my perfectionism, can I...? Oh, well, Corphish is spelled right now.
Fifth Edit: Well, here's another few changes...Sootopolis is a city, I now know, so...
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That was an evil thing to do...