~FireLeaf~
♫ Miss Murder ♫
Okay,here's the next chapter...now that school's starting back, I'm not on the internet as often and I'm...er...getting a bit lazy lol
CHAPTER 5~
“Sit and we will talk. But don’t try to leave, unless you want to lose your ears.”-Talon of Swooping Eagle
“Wow, this place looks huge!” Dawn cried out.
Everyone gazed in awe at the enormous size of the Ribbon Syndicate. Recently, they found out that the contest that Dawn and Sara wanted to enter was an annual contest held.
“No wonder it was so close to the Grand Festival!” Zoey had said.
“This is a pretty high class place,” Sara remarked once they were inside, and had already signed up. “For a normal contest, this place looks better than the Grand Festival arena!”
“I know,” Dawn sighed. “It’s all about Ribbons! I could live here!”
Zoey giggled. “You’ve got that right, Dawn.” Suddenly an annoyed voice rang out.
“DREW!!! What do you mean, I look fat?”
“Please…you look like a Snorlax who went to four buffets in a row.”
Zoey, Dawn and Sara turned around and caught sight of a brunette, dressed entirely in red, yelling at a handsome green haired boy. Sara cocked her head in confusion.
“Hey! I know those guys! They were on Coordinators Xtra magazine!”
The brunette wore an angry face, as she glared angrily at the boy, who didn’t look like he cared one bit. It reminded Dawn of that time in Oreburgh City when Paul couldn’t remember her name. She wondered if he still remembered. Hmm…probably not.
“MAY???!” Dawn jumped in surprise as a voice rang out behind her.
Ash stood a distance away, gazing at the quarreling couple with wide eyes. The brunette froze.
“Ash!” May cried out in surprise, and the green haired boy had a sour expression. She ran over to him in joy and hugged him tightly. “I haven’t seen you in such a long time!”
She bent down and stroked Pikachu lovingly. “Hey, Pikachu.”
“Hey, I thought I heard…” Brock came into the room, and stopped dead in surprise. “May! It was you!”
“Brock! You’re here too?” May embraced him, a little more gently, with glowing eyes. “I missed you guys so much. What are you doing here?”
Ash smiled. “We missed you too.” His eyes flashed, as though his words meant more than it seemed. “Some of our friends wanted to participate in the contest here. Come over here and meet May and Drew, guys!” he said to the three girls, who were as confused as ever.
Dawn shook hands (she knew it was incredibly nerdy) with Drew and May shyly. Zoey just came out with a simple hello, and Sara didn’t speak at all; she just nodded curtly.
“So,” May said mischievously, “have you guys heard about the contest ball?”
“A ball? Like a basketball?” Ash asked, and Drew snorted impatiently.
“No, idiot,” he smirked, knowing how clueless Ash was, “a ball as in a dance.”
Dawn froze. A dance? Huh? The flyer didn’t say anything about a dance!
“A dance? Well, that’s a waste of time, those people could be training or something! They can't get distracted like that!” Sara said.
Zoey narrowed her eyes slyly. “What? Are you giving up a chance to dance with the boy of your dreams?”
Sara glared at her. “I have no interest whatsoever in men. They’re all the same; all idiots.”
“Hey!” Brock, Ash and Drew yelled in unison, while Sara smirked and Dawn and Zoey laughed.
This was going to be a long, long time here.
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“Maylene?” Mira opened the hospital room door, and found the Veilstone Gym Leader lying there on the bed.
“Oh…Mira? Is that you? Come here.”
Mira stepped closer to the paralyzed, pink haired girl and trembled. She wondered what it was like to be stuck in a hospital room for 3 years straight, with nothing to do but read boring newspapers and listen to nothing but nurses’ childbirth stories.
“Hey, Maylene, how are you?” she asked shyly.
Maylene glanced at her Lucario, who was snoozing in a corner, and looked back at Mira, smiling. “Fine.”
A huge grin swept over Mira’s face, anticipating the excitement of whatever she was about to say. “Guess what?”
“What?”
Mira stood on her toes. “I got into the Battle Tower finals!”
The Gym Leader raised her eyebrows. “Wow, really?” she closed her eyes. “That’s great.”
Maylene was incredibly weak after surgery after surgery; her family was nearly bankrupt after spending so much money to heal Maylene’s paralysis. Yet in the end, it was all in vain, and the poor girl got even weaker.
Mira knew she was getting worse. Every time she looked at one of the nurses, they cast their heads down, not willing to meet her gaze. Maylene was closing her eyes for longer and longer moments now, and she noticed there were three more beeping monitors in the room today.
“I mean…you will be able to come to the finals, right?”
Maylene met her gaze with pink eyes filled with regret. “I’m sorry; I can’t.”
“WHAT?!” Mira practically screeched, her eyes starting to fill with tears. “But…but…b-b-but you promised!”
“I’m sorry…I can’t go anywhere. It’s…my time now. Tell Reiji I said bye.”
Lucario was awake by now, from Mira’s cries, and just stood frozen there in shock.
“No!” Mira’s eyes widened in horror. “Don’t say that!”
“I’m so, so sorry…” Maylene stiffened all of a sudden, and looked up to the ceiling with a mystified expression. “…Mother? Is that you? I’m ready.”
“No…No! Maylene!” Mira shouted, once she realized what was happening. “SISTER!! Don’t die!” It was too soon, all too soon!
“I’ll see you in about 80 years, my dear sister.” The Fighting type Gym Leader shuddered once, and then she was still and did not move again.
Mira murmured her name, but it was too late. Maylene was dead.
Mira felt no pain, strangely, but her cheeks were wet, and taking a deep breath, she looked at Lucario, whose eyes became puffy, and she forced herself to turn away.
She felt as if she was going to be sick, and she didn’t want to do it in the hospital.
However,as soon as the automatic doors closed behind her, and she was outside, she burst into a fit of crying and gazed up at the sky.
Oh, Giratina, why did you have to take her already?
Eh, I'm pretty lazy,no?
CHAPTER 5~
“Sit and we will talk. But don’t try to leave, unless you want to lose your ears.”-Talon of Swooping Eagle
“Wow, this place looks huge!” Dawn cried out.
Everyone gazed in awe at the enormous size of the Ribbon Syndicate. Recently, they found out that the contest that Dawn and Sara wanted to enter was an annual contest held.
“No wonder it was so close to the Grand Festival!” Zoey had said.
“This is a pretty high class place,” Sara remarked once they were inside, and had already signed up. “For a normal contest, this place looks better than the Grand Festival arena!”
“I know,” Dawn sighed. “It’s all about Ribbons! I could live here!”
Zoey giggled. “You’ve got that right, Dawn.” Suddenly an annoyed voice rang out.
“DREW!!! What do you mean, I look fat?”
“Please…you look like a Snorlax who went to four buffets in a row.”
Zoey, Dawn and Sara turned around and caught sight of a brunette, dressed entirely in red, yelling at a handsome green haired boy. Sara cocked her head in confusion.
“Hey! I know those guys! They were on Coordinators Xtra magazine!”
The brunette wore an angry face, as she glared angrily at the boy, who didn’t look like he cared one bit. It reminded Dawn of that time in Oreburgh City when Paul couldn’t remember her name. She wondered if he still remembered. Hmm…probably not.
“MAY???!” Dawn jumped in surprise as a voice rang out behind her.
Ash stood a distance away, gazing at the quarreling couple with wide eyes. The brunette froze.
“Ash!” May cried out in surprise, and the green haired boy had a sour expression. She ran over to him in joy and hugged him tightly. “I haven’t seen you in such a long time!”
She bent down and stroked Pikachu lovingly. “Hey, Pikachu.”
“Hey, I thought I heard…” Brock came into the room, and stopped dead in surprise. “May! It was you!”
“Brock! You’re here too?” May embraced him, a little more gently, with glowing eyes. “I missed you guys so much. What are you doing here?”
Ash smiled. “We missed you too.” His eyes flashed, as though his words meant more than it seemed. “Some of our friends wanted to participate in the contest here. Come over here and meet May and Drew, guys!” he said to the three girls, who were as confused as ever.
Dawn shook hands (she knew it was incredibly nerdy) with Drew and May shyly. Zoey just came out with a simple hello, and Sara didn’t speak at all; she just nodded curtly.
“So,” May said mischievously, “have you guys heard about the contest ball?”
“A ball? Like a basketball?” Ash asked, and Drew snorted impatiently.
“No, idiot,” he smirked, knowing how clueless Ash was, “a ball as in a dance.”
Dawn froze. A dance? Huh? The flyer didn’t say anything about a dance!
“A dance? Well, that’s a waste of time, those people could be training or something! They can't get distracted like that!” Sara said.
Zoey narrowed her eyes slyly. “What? Are you giving up a chance to dance with the boy of your dreams?”
Sara glared at her. “I have no interest whatsoever in men. They’re all the same; all idiots.”
“Hey!” Brock, Ash and Drew yelled in unison, while Sara smirked and Dawn and Zoey laughed.
This was going to be a long, long time here.
__________________________________________
“Maylene?” Mira opened the hospital room door, and found the Veilstone Gym Leader lying there on the bed.
“Oh…Mira? Is that you? Come here.”
Mira stepped closer to the paralyzed, pink haired girl and trembled. She wondered what it was like to be stuck in a hospital room for 3 years straight, with nothing to do but read boring newspapers and listen to nothing but nurses’ childbirth stories.
“Hey, Maylene, how are you?” she asked shyly.
Maylene glanced at her Lucario, who was snoozing in a corner, and looked back at Mira, smiling. “Fine.”
A huge grin swept over Mira’s face, anticipating the excitement of whatever she was about to say. “Guess what?”
“What?”
Mira stood on her toes. “I got into the Battle Tower finals!”
The Gym Leader raised her eyebrows. “Wow, really?” she closed her eyes. “That’s great.”
Maylene was incredibly weak after surgery after surgery; her family was nearly bankrupt after spending so much money to heal Maylene’s paralysis. Yet in the end, it was all in vain, and the poor girl got even weaker.
Mira knew she was getting worse. Every time she looked at one of the nurses, they cast their heads down, not willing to meet her gaze. Maylene was closing her eyes for longer and longer moments now, and she noticed there were three more beeping monitors in the room today.
“I mean…you will be able to come to the finals, right?”
Maylene met her gaze with pink eyes filled with regret. “I’m sorry; I can’t.”
“WHAT?!” Mira practically screeched, her eyes starting to fill with tears. “But…but…b-b-but you promised!”
“I’m sorry…I can’t go anywhere. It’s…my time now. Tell Reiji I said bye.”
Lucario was awake by now, from Mira’s cries, and just stood frozen there in shock.
“No!” Mira’s eyes widened in horror. “Don’t say that!”
“I’m so, so sorry…” Maylene stiffened all of a sudden, and looked up to the ceiling with a mystified expression. “…Mother? Is that you? I’m ready.”
“No…No! Maylene!” Mira shouted, once she realized what was happening. “SISTER!! Don’t die!” It was too soon, all too soon!
“I’ll see you in about 80 years, my dear sister.” The Fighting type Gym Leader shuddered once, and then she was still and did not move again.
Mira murmured her name, but it was too late. Maylene was dead.
Mira felt no pain, strangely, but her cheeks were wet, and taking a deep breath, she looked at Lucario, whose eyes became puffy, and she forced herself to turn away.
She felt as if she was going to be sick, and she didn’t want to do it in the hospital.
However,as soon as the automatic doors closed behind her, and she was outside, she burst into a fit of crying and gazed up at the sky.
Oh, Giratina, why did you have to take her already?
Eh, I'm pretty lazy,no?
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