Chapter 17
Sorry I haven't done this till now, lotta stuff going on, guy of my dreams could be in hospital cuz of my stupid friend(don't ask, he cracked his head open back-flipping into the pool) any way, here is chapter 17!
Jared still laughing tried to say, "Your kidding me, right?"
Brendan looked at Jared, "Lets see you try to pick up a girl" Brendan shot back.
Jared stopped. He rolled his eyes. "Whatever dude," Jared said leaning backwards. Jared fell over and smacked his head on the seat behind him. Brendan, Seth, and Macey started laughing. Emily ran over and helped Jared up.
"You should be carefull Jared!" Emily shouted. Brendan covered his mouth trying not to laugh. "What's so funny?" Emily said looking at Brendan. Brendan stopped.
"Sorry," he mumbled. Jared looked at Brendan.
"Who's the hot-shot now?" Brendan whispered. Emily walked back to finish her battle. Emily finished and approched everyone with the badge. The badge sparkled in the light. Macey rolled her eyes.
"What's your problem Macey?" Emily asked.
Macey shrugged, "It's easy to earn a gym badge, and I mean easy"
"Oh that's what you think?" Emily asked with her hands on he hips.
"Sounds like a battle to me," Seth said looking at the two girls.
"Alright, Double Battle. I choose the partners." Macey explained. "I choose Jared for me, and for you, Brendan" Macey said grinning. Emily's jaw droppped as she looked twoards Brendan. Brendan grinned.
They all walked outside. Macey and Jared took out their pokeballs.
"Umbreon, go!" Macey shouted as she threw the ball.
"Mawile, lets go!" Jared screamed trowing the pokeball.
Hmm, a Dark and a Steel type, maybe Swampert Brendan thought looking at the pokeball, yeah, Swampert
"Swampert, stand by!" Brendan roared throwing the pokeball as Sampert came out.
"Gardevoir, go!" Emily said throwing the pokeball. Brendan looked at Emily.
"What are you doing!" Brendan shouted. "Gardevoir is a Psychic! And Umbreon is a Dark! Gardevoir is sure to go down before two attacks!" Brendan screamed at Emily.
"I'll do what I want, just battle" Emily said looking twoards the pokemon. Brendan blinked and looked into blank space. "Um Brendan? Brendan!" Emily screamed. Brendan didn't respond.
Swampert turned around and hit Brendan with a Water Gun attack. Brendan got drenched. Brendan shook his head. "Alright" Brendan said wiping his face with his hand.
"Umbreon, Dark Pulse!" Macey ordered.
"I was afraid of that," Brendan said softly. Brendan panicked, "Swampert, Hydro Pump!" Brendan screamed at the top of his lungs. Swampert stopped Umbreon before the Dark Pulse hit. Emily looked over at Brendan and smiled.
"Alright, Gardevoir, Psychic!" Emily shouted. Gardevoir hit Mawile with Psychic attack.
"Mawile looks weak, lets finish it with Surf!" Brendan comanded. Swampert soaked both Umbreon and Mawile with Surf. Mawile was out Umbreon stood there. It took a lot of damage.
Emily looked at Umbreon and grinned, "Gardevoir, Hyper Beam!" Emily screamed. Gardevoir shot a hyper beam, but Umbreon jumped out of the way.
"Swampert, counter attack with Water Gun!" Brendan said looking up at Umbreon. Umbreon was sent flying. It hit the ground. Emily looked at Brendan and smiled. Brendan smiled back.
Seth rolled his eyes and walked up to Emily. "Great job," Seth said winking. Emily smiled, "Thanks" Brendan walked up to Swampert.
"You did good Swampert, but I have one more job for you" Brendan began to say. He whispered something to Swampert. Swampert turned to Seth and Emily. Brendan ran away from Swampert.
Swampert hit Emily with a water gun attack. Emily fell to the ground. Brendan ran over to Emily and got down on his knees. "I am so sorry. I didn't think Swampert would do anything like that. Come on, I know a place where you can dry your clothes." Brendan said helping Emily up.
Brendan wrapped his arm around Emily and walked into Eterna City with Jared, Macey and Seth following behind.
"Has Brendan always been like this?" Seth asked Macey.
"No, I don't remember him ever acting anything like that," Macey said looking twoards Brendan and Emily up ahead.
Well, he isn't getting in my way Seth thought narrowing his eyes twoards Brendan.
They walked into a house with a young man sitting at a table writing down stuff and looking at Emily's Combusken. "Hey guys, this is my grandpa, Pro.Birch" Brendan said sitting on the counter.
Pro.Birch coughed, "Hello, I hope my grandson has been respecting you all," Brendan rolled his eyes and smiled.
Emily walked in wearing a pair of shorts and a white T-Shirt.
"I'm guessing those are Brendan's clothes?" Seth mumbled to himself. Brendan looked at Seth.
"I am not going through this again," Brendan cried. Brendan jumped off the counter and ran into a room and slammed the door behind him.
"Should I go talk to him?" Macey said
"No, I'll go." Emily said walking down the hall. She knocked on the door. "Brendan, open up, it's me" Brendan opened the door and fell back onto his bed. Emily sat next to him.
Emily sighed, "What's wrong?"
Brendan had his face burried in a pillow. "Please answer me, I dont want to see you like this"Emily said with her hand on Brendan's head. Brendan picked his head up.
"That's better, now will you tell me what's wrong?" Emily said calmly looking at Brendan.
"Alright, you really want to know?" Brendan said looking up at Emily with a depressed look on his face.
"Yes, will you just tell me already?" Emily asked.
Brendan took off his white hat and his headband and it revealed his black hair and a scar almost touching his eye. Emily looked shocked.
"W-W-What happened?" Emily asked.
"Well, I tried protecting a girl I liked, and got cut up by the other guy, and I don't want it to happen again." Brendan said with tears streaming down his face. Emily looked down at the floor. Emily found a picture on the floor and picked it up.
"What's this?" Emily asked showing the picture to Brendan.
"Oh, it's me,my mom, and my dad" Brendan sighed looking at the picture.
"Who's that guy right there?" Emily whispered pointing to the picture.
"I really don't feel like talking about it," Brendan whined. Emily looked at Brendan. Brendan smiled. "Alright." "His name is Drew. He thinks he's a 'ladies man'" Emily giggled. Brendan smiled.
"I like your laugh" Brendan said smiling. Emily looked up at Brendan and kissed him on the cheek. Brendan blushed. "I thought you were Seth?" Emily shrugged.
"It'll be our little secret" Emily whispered winking. She got up and walked back into the room. Pro.Birch stood up.
"Is he okay? Please tell me he is okay," Pro.Birch pleaded.
"He's fine," Emily replied. Brendan walked back in.
Everyone gasped.
"I'm not wearing my hat, am I?" Brendan murmered. Emily covered her mouth and laughed.
"Brendan! What happened!" Pro.Birch screamed looking at Brendan's scar.
"My parents never told you?" Brendan asked. Pro.Birch fingered near the scar.
"Hmm, looks like it has been opened before and has been there for a while" Pro.Birch explained. Brendan pushed away.
"It's no big deal" Brendan tried to comfort Pro.Birch.
"Oh it is a big deal!" Pro.Birch roared. Brendan covered his scar with his hand.
"Look! Can you stop messing around with it!" Brendan shouted. Pro.Birch looked at Brendan.
"You have never yelled at me like that before" Pro.Birch whined. "Go to the basement, now! Work on that project I've been telling you to finish for 12 years!" Pro.Birch yelled pointing to the basement door.
"But I don't want to be a stupid pokemon professional! I want to be a master! Can't you tell this isn't my life!" Brendan shouted.
"Go, NOW!"Pro.Birch roared. Brendan backed up to the door opened it and ran down the stairs. "I'm sorry kids, he just doesn't listen sometimes"
"Do you know what he has been going through?" Emily shot at Pro.Birch. "He has a harder life that anyone I know, do you ever listen to what he tries to tell you?" Emily ran over to the basement door and walked down the stairs.
Brendan was sitting at a desk with papers and books surrounding him and an Espeon sitting on the windowsill. "What is he making you do?" Emily asked.
"He's trying to make me find the mystery of the Sky Pillar or something" Brendan explained.
"Sky Pillar, I've heard of that before but where?" Emily mumbled.
"Look, it isn't your fault, I'm just gonna leave right now." Brendan said trying to open the window. Emily grabbed Brendan's shirt.
"Brendan, please don't" Emily said trying to make Brendan stop. "Please don't" Brendan looked out into the pouring rain. A bolt of lightning hit right in front of the window where Brendan was. Brendan flew backwards into Emily and they flew into a pile of boxes. Brendan pushed a box off his head.
"Are you okay?" Brendan asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Emily said. She looked up at Brendan.
"Okay, time for the cold hard truth." Brendan sighed.
"What truth?" Emily asked leaning against Brenan.
"I'm in love with you, Emily. But I don't want Seth to think I'm taking you away from him and there is no way we can be together. I mean unless you-" Brendan began to say, but Emily covered Brendan's mouth with her finger.
Emily kissed Brendan on the lips. The door opened Seth peered down and saw Emily and Brendan kissing.
Seth slammed the door behind him. They stopped. "Oh no, Seth!" Emily cried. She ran up the stairs and opened the door. She looked around the room.
"Where did Seth go?" Emily cried. Jared pointed to the door. Emily ran out into the rain.
"Seth! Seth!" Emily screamed. No sign of him. "Seth," Emily fell to her knees with tears streaming down her face. Brendan came running outside. He stood behind Emily looking out into the distance.
"I'm sorry, t's all my fault" Brendan said.
"No it isn't," Emily cried. Brendan got down next to Emily.
"Jared and I will go look for him in the morning, better get inside, it's getting pretty bad out here." Brendan explained.
"Can you carry me?" Emily asked. Brendan picked up Emily and carried her back inside and put her on the couch. Brendan handed her a blanket. Brendan jumped onto the counter.
Pro.Birch walked up from the basement with Espeon following behind. Espeon jumped onto the counter next to Seth. Pro.Birch was carrying a box filled with pictures. "Don't tell me those are the pictures?" Brendan whined.
"Yep your baby pictures," Por.Birch said smiling. Pro.Birch took out an old photo album and opened it. "Aw, these are the pictures from mine and your grandmother's wedding" Pro.Birch said as everyone gathered around.
"Aww, Brendan you look so cute in you little tuxedo" Emily said. Brendan blushed.
"And look, there are May and Ash" Pro.Birch said pointing to the pciture.
"Who?" Emily asked.
"They are Seth's parents, and Seth was there too, but he was very young" Pro.Birch explained.
"But why are they at your wedding?" Macey asked.
"Oh, I helped Seth's mother before she set on her journey but I wasn't married then." Pro.Birch said.
Emily spotted a picture. It was of Brendan and a girl. "Macey, isn't that you?" Emily asked.
"Yeah, Brendan and I were neighbors back then" Macey said shrugging.
They looked through all the pictures and it was almost midnight. "Alright all, time to get some shut-eye" Pro.Birch said getting up.
"You can sleep in my room, Emily" Brendan said. Emily nodded and walked in and shut the door and went to bed. Brendan slept on the couch in the living room while Macey and Jared slept in the guest room.
Espeon lied on Brendan. Brendan lied there looking up at the ceiling. "This is all my fault that Seth left, why isn't Emily furious at me?" Brendan said to himself. He heard a door open. Someone walked into the kitchen and turned on the light.
"Looks like someone is feeling guilty about what happened today." Emily said sipping a glass of water. Brendan just sat there. Emily smiled and walked back into the room. Brendan rolled over on the couch. Espeon jumped off onto the floor.
"Sorry Espeon," Brendan said. Brendan threw the banket off of him and walked into the basement. Brendan worked on that project Pro.Birch had him doing. But nothing worked. Brendan fell asleep at the desk. Morning came.
Everyone was sat down at the table still in their pajamas. Except Pro.Birch, he was still sleeping. Brendan walked up the stairs rubbing his eyes. "Goodmorning sleepyhead" Jared said.
"Shut up Jared" Brendan said. Brendan sat down and put his head on the table.
"Why don't you go back to sleep?" Emily said with her hand on Brendan's head. Brendan mumbled something. Emily shrugged.
"Well, we better go look for Seth," Jared said getting up. Jared grabbed Brendan's hair and pulled his head up. They both walked into Brendan's room. Jared got dressed. Brendan pulled on a red and black shirt and yellow gloves, black pants with yellow at the bottom, and red and black trainers, and put on a black headband with a red pokeball on it and put on his white hat.
Jared and Brendan walked outside into the wet Eterna City. Brendan pulled out a pokeball, and threw it. "Skarmory, go!" Skarmory came out. "Skarmory, scope the area for Seth Ketchum. Skarmory flew off in a huff into the gray sky.
Brendan and Jared went seperate ways. Brendan scoped out uptown, Jared scoped downtown. They walked around for a few hours. Then Brendan heard a scream.
"What did he do now," Brendan wondered. He looked Jared's way and saw him running with a Mightyena biting at him. Brendan smacked his hand on his face. He took out a pokeball and threw it,"Absol go! Fight off that Mightyena!" Absol came out and ran twoards the Mightyena. Jared tripped and flipped foward.
Brendan helped Jared up and took Absol back and ran back to the house. Skarmory was sitting in the backyard. Brendan and Jared ran inside. "No sign of Seth" Brendan said. Emily began to cry. "Please, don't cry." Brendan walked over to Emily and wrapped his arms around her. "Please, don't" Brendan began to cry.
Pro.Birch walked in and saw Emily crying in Brendan's arms. Pro.Birch showed a little smile and walked back into his room. Jared looked at Brendan and Emily, then to Macey. Jared bit his lip.
"I think we should leave them alone," Macey said pushing Jared out of the room.
"Remember when Swampert hit you with Water Gun? It was my fault. I told Swampert to do that just to get closer to you. Like I said before I'm in love with you Emily." Brendan said.
Emily looked down at the floor. She looked back up at Brendan and smiled. She kissed Brendan on the lips. "Why must you tourture me?" Brendan said laughing. Emily laughed. "There it is again." Brendan said smiling and kissed Emily.
Emily got up and went to go get dressed, she wore a red shirt with a white shirt underneath, black shorts, a red bandana, and red and white trainers.
Everyone walked out and waved goodbye you Pro.Birch.
They entered Jubalife City. The city was filled with clowns and young children. They walked through and a man in a suit walked up to them. "Why hello, you look like a bunch of your children," the man said.
"Um yeah,that's Jared, Macey, Brendan, and I'm Emily" Emily introduced to the man.
"Well, I am from the poketch company, do any of you compete in contests?" the man asked.
"Um no,none of us do" Brendan said. "Well, our friend, Seth, does but he dissapeared last night"
"Wait, Seth, Seth Ketchum?" the man asked
"Yeah. You know him?" Jared asked.
"Know him, I almost arrested the boy!" the man shouted.
"Arrested him? Why would you arrest Seth?" Emily asked furiously.
"He tried to steal my pokemon and my poketches!" the man screamed.
"Why would he do that?" Emily cried.
"I think I know." Brendan said. "Um excuse me, where did you last see him?"
"In the Global rading System building!" The man shouted pointing to a blue building. They all ran twoards the building.
They saw Seth sitting in a chair balancing a pokeball on his finger.
"Seth!" Emily said running up to hug him. Seth stopped her.
"I saw you and Brendan, don't act like you don't know. I saw you two making out in the basement and in the living room" Seth whined.
"Look it wasn't what you thought it was," Brendan tried to explain.
"Fine, if you don't like Emily, kiss Macey" Seth shot and Brendan grinning. Brendan looked at Seth.
"You crazy?!" Brendan shouted. "I like Emily! So you kiss Macey!" Brendan shot back.
"No way,"Seth said.
"Then will you please come back with us?" Emily asked.
"Then kiss me the way you kissed Brendan." Seth said.
"You want a kiss? Fine" Emily said. She gave Seth a long kiss on the lips. She pulled away. "Happy?" Emily pushed Seth in the chest and walked back up next to Brendan and crossed her arms.
Seth smiled. "Okay, I'll come back" Emily ran up to Seth and hugged him.
"I'm so happy your comming back with us" Emily said smiling.
Macey looked at Jared. "So, Jared, who do you like?" Macey asked.
Jared shrugged. "Don't know" Macey sighed.
Brendan looked around the building. "Wow," "What is this building for?"
"Why trading around the world, of course" some girl said.
Brendan looked down and saw a little girl with pink pigtails.
"Hi! I'm Maria" the girl said. "Your cute. Do you have a girlfriend? Is any of these girls your girlfriend? Tell me Tell me Tell me!" Maria shouted.
"Don't you ask a lot of questions. Well I'm Brendan. And none of these girls are my girlfriend. Well I though one of them was but, guess not" Brendan said looking at Emily.
"Okay. So what is your name?" Maria asked Seth.
"I'm Seth and don't ask the girlfriend question I can answer that one. She is my girlfriend." Seth said with his arm around Emily. Emily smiled. Brendan looked at Emily and smiled.
Brendan shook his head. "I'm gonna miss that smile" Emily looked at Brendan. She walked over to Brendan.
"Aww, what's wrong?" Emily said.
"Nothing," Brendan said. Emily turned to Brendan and kissed him. Seth crossed his arms and rolled his eyes.
"It doesn't look like she's your girlfriend" Maria said.
"Well, now she's not" Seth said shaing his head. Brendan hugged Emily. "I'm sick of you two!" Seth shouted running outside.
Emily ran after Seth. "Seth, what is your problem?" Emily asked.
"It's you. Since you first looked at Brendan you fell in love with him." Seth cried.
"It's not just me, It's Brendan. I mean, he's a great guy but you don't know what he is going through. It was gonna be a secret until last night. I still like you Seth, and I like you more than Brendan, trust me. Brendan could never replace you." Emily said. Seth smiled.
Emily hugged Seth. She kissed Seth. Everyone else walked outside. Brendan looked at Emily and Seth and smiled and looked at the ground. Jared came running over. He leaned over the edge of the bridge next to Macey.
Macey looked at Jared. Jared kissed Macey. Macey blushed and smiled. Jared fell over the edge into the rushing river below. "Oh no! Jared!" Macey screamed. Emily and Macey ran along the edge of the river. The boys followed behind.
"Swampert go!" Brendan said. "You too, Absol!" Seth shouted. Absol and Swampert came out. "Both of you, run and try to find Jared!" Brendan shouted. Swampert and Absol ran off. They kept running. They stopped and saw Jared's backpack hooked onto a branch.
"Oh no," Macey said with tears in her eyes. "Don't worry we'll find him" Emily said. Brendan and Seth stopped. Brendan looked up the river. He ran foward. "Brendan!" Seth screamed. Seth ran after Brendan. He saw Jared holding onto a rock. Brendan jumped onto a rock and reached out to grab Jared.
"Come on Jared!" Brendan shouted. Jared wasn't able to reach. Brendan stepped foot in the water and grabbed Jared's hand and pulled him up. Seth helped him onto land. Brendan almost got sucked into the river. But jumped to land just in time.
The girls ran over. Macey wrapped her arms around Jared. "I'm so glad your okay!" Macey shouted. Jared was soaked.
"Hey look, I think it's a lake or a pond" Emily said pointing into the distance.
"It is!" Seth shouted. They all ran up to the pond and got in.
Brendan sank in the water. "I need to unwind for a while" Brendan said softly. Emily sat next to Seth. Emily looked up at Seth. Seth was looking into the water.
"What's wrong?" Emily asked.
"Nothing, I think something is in here." Seth said.
"What do you mean?" Jared asked.
"What I mean is-" Seth began to say when a Mudkip popped its head out of the water.
"Aww how cute! A Mudkip" Emily said.
"Yeah I had one, that's how I got my Swampert" Brendan said looking at the Mudkip.
"Well I never had one" Emily said picking up the Mudkip. Mudkip cried happily. Emily smiled. She took out a pokeball and held it up to Mudkip and caught it.
Someone walked up behind Brendan. Brendan looked up and saw a boy with green hair and a Roselia standing by him.
"So, looks like your with a new group of people" the boy said.
"Oh, everyone, this is Drew" Brendan said annoyed.
"Hi Drew, I like your Roselia" Emily said looking at Drew.
"Thanks, but Roselia doesn't like to be judged" Drew said. Emily rolled her eyes.
"Why are you here Drew?" Brendan asked.
"I came to talk to you Brendan" Drew said. Brendan got up and got out and grabbed a towel.
"What is it?" Brendan asked in a hushed tone.
"Who is that girl" Drew asked looking twoards Emily.
"Her? Oh that's Emily." Brendan answered. "Wait, why?"
"Just curious." Drew said.
"Well something you don't know about her is that she is a good kisser" Brendan said. Drew looked at Emily and looked away.
Brendan went and got back in the water. Drew sat down by Emily on the grass.
"So, do you like flowers?" Drew asked.
"Um I guess, why?" Emily answered.
Drew took out a rose and handed it to Emily. Emily took the rose
"Well, um, thank you Drew" Emily said smelling the rose.
"How about me and you have a little battle? Loser has to kiss winner" Drew said grinning.
"No way! I'm not going through the whole kissing thing again." Emily said. She took another look at the rose. "Fine" Emily got up and got dressed.
"One pokemon, each" Drew said.
"Fine by me" Emily said taking out a pokeball.
"Roselia go!" Drew said.
"Combusken, Flamethrower!" Emily ordered. Combusken shot at Roselia with flamethrower.
"Roselia, Petal Dance" Drew said. Roselia attacked.
"Combusken, Ember!" Emily shouted. Roselia was down.
"Alright you won, now where's that kiss you promised me?" Drew asked.
"You seriously thought you were gonna get that kiss? Your crazy" Emily replied. Drew flipped his hair.
"No idea what your missing," Drew said walking way.
"I'm serious if that boy comes on me again I'll back slap him." Emily said leaning into Seth. Seth watched Drew walk away.
"There's something about that guy that I hate" Seth said.
"Dude! You have a problem with everyone!" Brendan said laughing.
They all changed and walked back into Jubalife City to see if there was a pokemon contest for Seth to enter.