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oni flygon November 11th, 2003 7:00 PM

Ties of love and Friendship
 
Note: The first few chapters aren't edited. I have a few mistakes in them so please wait for me to post the edited versions.

History
07/21/04
Chapter 1 edited
Chapter 2 edited
Prologue added


Hello! It's Oni, your favorite Yellow obsessed PC member. Here's my second fanfiction. Don't worry. It's going to be a long one...so, enjoy!

Note: This takes place 15 years after the G/S/C chpaters of Pokemon:Special. Yes this is another Pokemon Special fanfic.
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon nor Pokemon: Special. Pokemon Special is written by Hidenari Kusaka and illustrated of MATO (and later Satoshi Yamamoto).

Ties of Love and Friendship


Prologue:

When I was a kid, I used to ask my mom about my dad before I go to sleep. Every night, she would tell me about a trainer with my eyes. The same eyes that saw many battles and endured many hardships. I’d ask my mom what happened to him. But then, she just sang me to sleep. In my dreams, I’d see my father, smiling. I only saw his face once—in a photograph, with my mother, which was taken when they were young. That same face loomed in my dreams every night. The same sharp green eyes and messy dark brown hair…just like mine.

My name is Gary and I’m eleven years old. The day I woke up and became a trainer, my whole life has changed. Everything I knew ever since I was young turned out to be very different that I thought.

This long journey, which I started, was something that I didn’t expect. Along the way, I met friends, enemies, and answers to the very question about my father. Now begins my journey tied by love and friendship.


Chapter 1: New Beginnings

“Wake up, honey,” My mother’s voice rang inside my head “You know what day it is today, huh, Gary?”

I sat up my bed, pushing away the covers slowly and rubbed my eyes. I tried to remember what day it is. Yesterday was my eleventh birthday. Every trainer in town either stays home or leaves home to start their training. My mother was sitting next to me wearing her usual house wear and an apron.

I was in my blue-checkered pajamas when I replied, “Mom, I think I want to start my training,”

“Gary,” My mother said as she hugged me. “I’m so proud of you.”

I rubbed my eyes again as she released me from her embrace.

“Now, if you’re ready, I’ll be downstairs.” She said as she turned. Her long yellow hair flowed behind her.

I quickly stood up and dressed quickly. I went to my bathroom, washed my face and brushed my teeth. Today, I’m going to start my Pokémon training. Soon, I was dressed with my favorite pair of jeans and boots. I wore my long sleeved purple sweater and I combed my hair in my own style; like my dad’s messy, matted hair. I quickly came down the stairs to meet my mom in the kitchen.

I could smell the sweet aroma of breakfast as I descended down the stairs quickly. As I entered the kitchen, my mother stood there to meet me. She let out one small sigh and embraced me.

“Mom,” I muttered in an annoyed voice. “Don’t worry, I’ll just be fine.” I then noticed tears coming out of her eyes. “Mom?”

She suddenly released me and wiped her tears off with her apron. “Sorry,” she said with small sobs. “You just remind me of your father.” Her voice was cracked and chocked.

“Mom,” I began but she quickly interrupted me.

“No, It’s ok.” She replied in her own voice. “Breakfast’s ready.”

I looked at her face again, to see her dried tears from her sparkling eyes. I felt very stupid inside denying her love.

~*~*~*~

“Now, be nice to the professor,” My mom said as she straightened my shirt.

“I know mom,” I replied in a very frustrated voice. “That’s the third time you said me.”

I glanced behind her to see Chuchu, Mom’s Pikachu sleeping lazily in front of the porch. She yawned once then continued sleeping.

“Now, if the Pokémon looks cool or cute doesn’t mean it’s the right choice, ok?” She said in her lecture voice. She then led me to the door. “Now, are you sure you have everything?”

“Yes, mom, everything’s here.” I was already outside of the doorstep when she stopped me.

“Gary,” She came running to me. “I want you to have this.” She then handed me some sort of medallion. It was faded and cracked around the edges. I couldn’t make up the colors of the medallion. “Your father used to wear this when I met him. I’m sure it will help you someday,”

I took the pendant from her hands. “Thanks, mom.” I said as I hugged her one last time. This was the only part of my father that was close to me.

“It’s okay,” she whispered. “I know this is hard for me, but I know your father will be proud.” Tears began to flow from her eyes once again.

“Mom, I promise I’ll make you proud.” I said within her tight embrace. She kissed me one last time and waved me goodbye. Deep inside me, I was going to cry. I’m going to miss my mom. I know how she feels every night; I slip away from her grasp.

~*~*~*~

We live in Pallet town, the town where my dad and great-grandfather used to live. Everyone told me that my father used to be the gym leader of Viridian city and my great-grandfather was a well-known scientist. I never remembered seeing my great-grandfather. I guess I was too young.

I walked tirelessly to my great-grandfather’s lab in the outskirts of Pallet town. My aunt and my grandfather’s aid replaced him and continued on his research. I used to go there many times when I was small. My mom and me held hands together as we looked at different Pokémon in the fields and their habitats. Now, I’m going here one last time to begin my journey.

I knocked at the wooden door twice and waited patiently. Finally, the door opened and there stood my aunt. She was quite tall and beautiful with her long dark brown hair. Her long, white lab coat reached up to her knees. She was wearing a green shirt and jeans inside. My aunt greeted me with a smile that looked similar to my dad’s.

“Come on in, Gary,” she said as she led me into the laboratory.

The walls were filled with many books and graphs. Almost all of the heavy books and graphs were written and made by my great-grandfather. I noticed portraits of my great-grandfather, aunt and my father in one desk.

“My, Gary, is that you?” The professor was behind a stack of papers when he noticed me. He stood up and approached us. “Look how tall you have grown.”

“Thanks,” I said, a bit blushing.

“Now,” he began. “So you went here to choose your first Pokémon eh?” he said.

“Yes, professor.” I replied in a firm voice.

“Okay, follow me.”

My aunt left us as the professor led me to a room where machines were quiet and the wall was painted white. Three Pokéballs are sitting at a table.

“Now,” The Professor began. “These Pokéballs contain three different Pokémon. If you choose very wisely, your Pokémon may win you many battles.” He then let out the three Pokémon all at once.

The professor threw the three Pokéballs at the same time. The red and white spheres exploded in mid air and out from the smoke, three forms emerged. One green Pokémon stood on all fours and had a bulb on its back. It wagged its small tail as it looked curiously around the room. The other one was blue turtle Pokémon with a shell behind its back. It bobbed its head up and down as it looked back at the Professor with an uneasy gaze. The third Pokémon, was a red lizard Pokémon with a long tail ending in a flame. It looked at me with utmost curiosity with its docile eyes. It then yawned and approached me. I kneeled down as I patted the Pokémon’s head, which was full of short, soft, warm fur.

“You seem to like Charmander eh?” said the professor.

“Yeah,” I said as I laughed while picking up the Charmander.

“Gary,” The Professor began. “Has your mother told you what was your father’s first Pokémon?”

“No professor,” I responded “Why?”

The professor laughed as he kneeled down, examining the Charmander. “It’s quite a coincidence since Charmander was your father’s first pick.”

~*~*~*~

“Gary, this is a Pokédex,” The professor then handed me a red, rectangular, plastic book. I pressed a button and it opened. Buttons filled up most of the space alongside with a small monitor screen in the center.

“Your father and his friends had one of these.” He said smiling. “They used one of the old versions of the Pokédex to record all the Pokémon in the world. I know you know a lot of Pokémon but…I think it’s best that you always have this incase, okay?”

I was about to argue that I’m not a kid who doesn’t know a thing about Pokémon but I stopped myself and just smiled. “Thanks, professor,”

To Be Continued...

Kenta November 11th, 2003 8:03 PM

very nice piece of work!

I hope to read more soon^^

PKMN_grl November 12th, 2003 5:51 PM

Ooo... Nice, continue please!

oni flygon November 14th, 2003 9:54 PM

Updated 4 times...

Chapter 2: Vivid Memories

I waved goodbye to my aunt and the professor. I may return here someday laughing and watching the Pokémon roam freely. But now, I’m already walking to the next city. Long grass covered my path. As well as trees that gave me shade for every step I take. After a few minutes’ walk, I saw a glimpse of houses in the horizon. Then, there came tall skyscrapers next. I came running down the meadows to go to my first destination, Viridian City. I didn’t care if my feet hurt, all I just want to know if my father was there, waiting for me. I was too stupid to notice a trainer walking by.

“Hey!” I crashed into a girl with short dark hair and dark brown eyes. She looked quite older than me. “Watch where you’re going, kid!” She yelled.

“Sorry, but I have to go,” I said as I stood up.

“You’re not going anywhere,” She shouted, suddenly dragging me by my shirt.

“Hey,” I resisted. “Stop it!”

“What you need to know is to learn some manners.” She said as she kept dragging me.

After a few minutes of resistance, I know it’s very foolish to fight back since it’s obvious she’s a lot stronger. She stopped by a large building with big bold letters that said: “GYM.”

“Why are you taking me here?” I yelled as she pushed me inside.

“Keep walking,” She said, now in a much cooler voice. “Hallway to the left.”

I followed her instructions, as I turned left. And there I was in a beautifully decorated hallway full of pictures from side to side. There were pictures of people I haven’t seen before. The pictures were huge, occupying an enormous amount of space. Under the pictures, there were bronze plaques with names and numbers written as years.

“Where are we?” I asked her as she released me from her grasp.

“Hall of Gym Leaders,” She replied. “You look very familiar so I have to drag you here to see for yourself.”

“Huh?” Bewilderment pervaded me.

“Look!” She pointed to a picture that I immediately recognized as my father. “You look a lot like Green.”

I stared at the picture. There was something different to this picture than the picture I kept inside me. For instance, my father in that picture looked a bit stern looking than what I knew in the picture that I have kept. I always thought that he was supposed to be a kind person. The sharp eyes of my father’s portrait glared back at me as I continued to stare.

“H—he’s my father,” I stammered.

“Really?” Yelled the girl in an almost hysterical way. “I can’t believe it! No wonder!” she then shook my hand.

“The name’s Lynn, current gym leader of Viridian City.” She said with a toothy smile.

“Um…Gary,” I replied, lost in words. “Nice to meet you.”

~*~*~*~

“Seven years after your father became Gym leader, he resigned.” Lyn said as we walked across the empty corridor. “Making him the youngest Gym Leader and Gym Leader with the shortest term in Viridian city’s history”

“Lyn,” I insisted on impatiently. “What can you tell me of my dad?”

She looked at me bewildered. “Well, first of all, he doesn’t like going to this gym and he likes to go around a lot.”

For me, that was a dead end. I know my father was much more than that.

“So,” She began. “You said that you’re starting your training?”

“Yeah,” I replied with eagerness while nodding me head.

“How about a practice battle?”

~*~*~*~

I was lead into the stadium. Lights glared brightly at me as I nervously took out my Pokéball containing my Charmander. I stood in one end of the battlefield while Lyn stood on one end.

“So you’re a beginner, eh?” Lyn began. “I’ll use this Pokémon then. Go, Houndour!”

I trembled, as she sent out a dog Pokémon with what seems to be a miniature skull imbedded in its forehead. Bones seem to surround its black body. Its piercing glare sent shivers through my spine.

I gathered all of my courage and threw my Pokéball. “Go, Charmander!” I yelled.

Charmander emerged from his Pokéball and first stared at me then at Lyn and her Houndour.

“Nice choice,” Lyn said with an irritating voice. “I’ll let you go for the first move.”

I nodded once. I tried to remember Charmander’s attacks. “Charmander, use scratch!” I commanded.

My Charmander growled and ran towards the Houndour. It swung its claws attempting to graze the Houndour. The hit connected and Houndour jumped backward once.

“Houndour, Mean Look!”

Houndour glared at my Charmander. Unexpectedly, everything turned dark. I saw nothing except the Houndour’s eyes. Pairs of eyes appeared around me. Different sets of eyes that stared at me. I couldn’t breathe; I fell to my knees grasping my throat. I felt a cold chill surround me. Cold sweat trickled down my face.

“Is this dying?” I asked myself.

“Gary!” A voice echoed around me. I tried to respond but my breath held me back. “Gary!” This time, the voice was louder. The darkness disappeared and I was back in the gym. I was breathing hard. As I raised my head, I saw Lyn with a concerned look. Charmander and Houndour were staring at me.

“I’m so sorry!” she said. “I didn’t know Mean Look could affect humans.”

I tried to catch my breath. Every vain in my head throbbed rapidly. My heart pounded uncontrollably. Before I can speak, doors of the gym slammed open.

“Okay,” shouted a female voice. “Who’s the Gym Leader here?” her arrogant voice resounded through the whole gym. I looked over to the entrance and saw a sandy blond haired girl. Her face, filled with freckles, showed a smiling face with glaring eyes. She wore a dark red jacket and an untidy white shirt under it. She had faded jeans that seem to be too big for her.

“Michelle,” Said a voice behind her. “I don’t think this is the first gym.” The other voice came from a boy. He looked a lot like the girl and even dressed like her, except that he wore a dark shirt instead of a white shirt; they must be twins.

“Who cares,” She said with her arrogant voice. “I want a challenge instead of walking around with you!”

“We still have a lot to go,” argued the boy.

“I’ll be back,” Lyn said as she moved swiftly towards the girl.

“I’m here for a challenge!” yelled Michelle.

Lyn smirked as she folded her arms. “Let me see your badges.”

“Badges?” Michelle muttered with a bewildered look.

“Yeah, you need seven to challenge me officially.” Lyn replied. “Rules, you see.”

“I told you!” said the boy from behind Michelle. He was pointing finger at her.

“Shut up, Nick!” Michelle retorted.

“But you can have a practice battle if you want.” Lyn continued before Michelle could turn violent on Nick.

“Awesome!” Michelle yelled as she released Nick’s red jacket.

~*~*~*~

I sat down with Nick on a bench near Lyn during the battle.

“Are you sure you can sit up, Gary?” She asked reassuringly.

“I’m just fine.” I replied with a smile.

“Hey!” Michelle yelled, pointing at Lyn. “Are we going to battle or what?”

“I’m sorry, but she’s a bit impatient.” Nick said to Lyn as he scratched his sandy blonde hair. “She’s always like that…”

“It’s all fine by me,” Lyn replied with a smile. “You go for the first move!”

“Awesome!” Michelle said as she gripped her fist. “Go, Squirtle!”

She released a blue Pokémon, which I recognized was the same one from the laboratory. It bobbed its round head up and down.

“Good choice,” Lyn sighed. “Go, Houndour!”

Michelle’s smile widened. “Fire’s weak against water you know. Some gym leader you are.”

“Just attack.” Lyn mumbled irritably.

“Squirtle, water gun!” Michelle yelled all of the sudden.

Squirtle shot out a small blast of water from its mouth and towards Houndour. Houndour evaded the attack by a blink of an eye. Its agility was pretty impressive in comparison to its level.

“Squirtle, keep firing!” Squirtle sent out many blasts of water to Houndour but each attack missed. Then I noticed a pattern. Houndour circled Squirtle with every attack. As it circled, it closed it one step at a time.

“C’mon Squirtle!” Yelled Michelle. My heart throbbed with excitement as Houndour closed in. Doesn’t Michelle notice? I felt a very strong urge to attack. But patience overwhelmed me. Michelle’s Squirtle was now very exhausted. I noticed its power of the water gun weakening.

“Houndour, finish it of with take down!” Lyn commanded.

A rush of satisfaction went through me as Houndour lunged at Squirtle knocking it out. Michelle was appalled.

“How did that happen?” She yelled. “Squirtle, return!” Squirtle was immediately retuned and the Pokéball bounced back into Michelle’s hand. She stormed towards Lyn with a very irritated face.

“You said your Houndour’s weaker.” Michelle yelled as she tried to match Lyn’s height.

“Look, you had your practice battle, so scram!” Lyn said.

“Okay, you heard her Michelle,” Nick said as she dragged his sister out of the gym.

“Listen you,” She said pointing to Lyn. “I’ll be stronger, just you wait!” She screamed as she was dragged away from the Gym.

~*~*~*~

“Hey Gary, I want you to be strong so that you don’t have bore me like that girl, okay?” Lyn said as she waved.

“Don’t worry, I will!” I yelled and waved back.

I walked down the road to the outskirts of the city. Much of the outskirts are mountains and trees. A vast forest seems to loom ahead in the horizon. As I walked, something caught my eye. I looked to my right and atop of a tall hill, two dark hooded figures looked down at me. I sensed something mysterious within the dark figures. Something evil. With a blink of an eye, they disappeared. I tried to ignore the eerie sight as I walked. Do these people know my father?

To Be Continued

Comments? Critisicms?

Omega-Brendan November 16th, 2003 12:28 AM

Why isn't there any mention fo Red???

I need to know something about him, argh, you going to do Mangaspecial shipping and also Chosen shipping might fit in Kanto...

so it will be Ash eh? and for Blue?? maybe erm... ga, I'm stuck... *runs off*

Kenta November 16th, 2003 1:13 AM

great chapter you made!

keep up the good work!

PKMN_grl November 16th, 2003 8:01 PM

Oooo... Mysterious people...

Good work, continue pleaes!

oni flygon November 21st, 2003 10:16 PM

Thanks for the reviews guys. ^_^;; Don't wory Omega, Red is in here. XD

Chapter 3: Shadows of Fate

Walking alone has a more different feeling than I imagined. I felt alone and scared on my own. But I’ve gone a long way already. I’m not going to give up easily. Viridian Forest loomed ahead of me. The dark trees that loomed menacingly stared down at me. I gathered up my courage and entered the trees. I may encounter wild Pokemon here, so I better be ready.

“Come on out, Charmander.”

I felt confidence inside me as my Pokemon came out.

“Char!” It responded.

“We’re going to catch some Pokemon,” I said to it.

“Charmander!” It replied with eagerness. I felt much braver as I walked deeper and deeper into the forest with my Pokemon.

I heard a rustle in the bushes nearby. My Charmander was thinking the same as it readied for in attack position. But the rustling stopped. I felt an icy wind blow across my neck. It sent me chills through my spine. I looked back expecting to see something but found nothing.

“Let’s looks closer,” I said to my Charmander.

He nodded once and followed me as I walked near the shrubs. Every step I take, I hear the crushing of dead leaves under my feet. The wind blew once more and rustled the leaves of the trees. As I went near the bush, I heard a droning noise. The sound of multitude of wings flapping came closer and closer. I looked back and saw a Pidgey flying away. After the Pidgey came two Beedrills closely in pursuit. I ducked at once to avoid the assault. The three of them passed me swiftly as I looked around again.

“Let’s help Charmander,” I commanded “Ember!”

Charmander let out a yell and fired multiple red specks of fire. The attack hit both Beedrills. But it didn’t faze both of them one bit. They ignored their prey and focused their attention on my Charmander and me. At once, they charged towards us with their barbs pointing at us. I didn’t hesitate to grab my Charmander as the two chased us down. I ran as fast as I could but they gained at us inch by inch. I can hear my pulse beating in my ears as I ran as fast as I can. I closed my eyes almost accepting my fate and tripped over a tree root. I hugged my Charmander close to me and closed my eyes.

“Ice Beam!” Commanded a loud voice behind me.

At once, the droning noise ceased. I looked up and saw both Beedrills frozen. I looked back and saw a man with a dark hood. His long red hair was tied and let was left hanging outside of his hood. Behind the shadows of his face, I noticed two piercing silver eyes that looked down at me. Behind him, a blue-green Pokemon with sharp teeth stood with dark eyes. He let out his hand at me as if trying to help me stand up.

“Thanks,” I said as I took his hand and stood up.

But immediately, he turned around, returning his Pokemon. He then began walking away.

“Wait,” I called out. “Who are you?”

“None of your business,” It was different voice this time. It was a cold young voice that seems to stop me in my tracks.

He jumped once and disappeared from my sight.

“Hold on!” I yelled. But everything that was left was my voice that echoed into the void.

~*~*~*~

I walked back where I started with my Charmander with a concerned look. I kept thinking of the hooded man. Was he one of the men looking down at me outside of Viridian City? I finally remembered my motive before the incident. I looked back at the bushes that were torn down by the assault and noticed something. The ground was spattered with blood all around me and led to a body. I remembered the Pidgey that was chased by the Beedrills. I lifted the limp body and noticed that it was still breathing.

“Got to find something,” I told myself as I took down my backpack. I tried to search for medicine but instead found bandages.

I wrapped bandages around the Pidgey’s bleeding wings. I was desperate as I felt the warm blood trickle across my palms. I started to panic when my hands started to glow. I then noticed the Pidgey’s wings being mended slowly. All the blood began to disappear and what were left were ruffled feathers. The Pidgey opened its eyes and looked at me astonished. It hoped across my hands and flew up and landed in my shoulder.

“I guess you’re pretty grateful huh?” I laughed. The Pidgey let out a shrill cry as it ruffled its feathers.

“Char-man-der!” My Charmander growled trying to get some attention. I patted his head and noticed bloodstains on my hands.

I couldn’t understand. Did I actually heal this Pidgey?

~*~*~*~

After meandering through the forest for two days, I realized something.

“Face it, I’m lost,” I cried out loud as I sat down.

“Face it, we’re lost,” echoed a familiar voice. “Hey, did someone just…”

I followed the voice and I was right. Nick and Michelle, the two trainers I met before in Viridian Gym were standing in a clearing arguing.

“Well, we couldn’t be lost if it wouldn’t be your crappy instincts!” Nick yelled as he pointed at Michelle.

“No way!” Michelle yelled back. “You were the one with the map upside down!”

“You said to go right when I said left!”

“It’s supposed to be right except when you said to go straight when we’re supposed to left!”

“But it’s supposed to be right you idiot!”

“Excuse me,” I butted in. “But I’m lost too.” I said with a smile.

“Great, more people to yell at.” Michelle mumbled.

“No, no, no,” I hesitated. “I want to help you guys or something.”

“Hey I remember you,” Nick said in his calm voice. “You’re the guy from the gym.”

“What?” Michelle growled, “He’s from that stupid gym huh?”

“No it’s ok, I’m just there for a visit.” I tried to calm down the agitated Michelle.

“You can join us,” Smiled Nick

“You get to scram.” Michelle mumbled.

“So,” Nick began stretching out an arm. “My name is…”

“Nick and Michelle. I know.” I quickly replied.

“And you’re,”

“Gary” I replied.

“Nice to meet you,” He shook my hand.

I looked at Michelle but she had her arms crossed losing interest.

“Can we go now?” She drawled.

“Ok, ok” Nick sighed. “Onwards.”

~*~*~*~

“Can we stop?” Michelle said in her frustrated voice.

“It’s going to be the fourth time if we do,” replied Nick not even bothering to look back.

“My feet hurt,” Michelle, added.

Nick let out a frustrated sigh. The scraping of Michelle’s shoes across the rocky ground irritated me. Every step she takes is like long fingernails scrapping across a chalkboard.

“I think we should rest, Nick.” I said trying to ignore the scraping feet.

“Oh, ok” Nick sighed. “But just for a few minutes.”

Michelle fell down and started to complain why we should be out of the forest by now. Sitting down, I tried to keep my focus while Michelle kept talking out loud. A headache started to grow in me. My head throbbed as blood passed veins in my head. I looked around feeling dizzy; everything was out of focus. A cold wind blew through the trees. Leaves rustled and fell as the wind blew…

“Come…to me,” hissed a voice.

I looked back at Nick and Michelle. Both of them are arguing and yelling at each other.

“Come,” Repeated the voice. It sounded cold and dry.

I felt myself standing and walking towards the shadows of the forest.

“Yes, yes,” chanted the voice. “Yes, come to me.”

I could not control myself as I tried to yell.

“Gary?” Yelled Nick. “Where are you going?”

I kept walking without looking back. My fists are clenched as I kept walking into the void. I could see a face—no a mask. A white mask was floating in the darkness staring at me with its evil grin fixed at me.

“Yes,” It whispered. “You…are mine!” it suddenly yelled.

“Now!” Yelled a voice.

A dark figure came out of nowhere kicked the mask. An ear splitting shriek was heard once the kick connected. The trees started to shake and leaves began to fall.

“Now, Toshin!” The figure yelled.

Another dark figure came and grabbed me by my arm. His dark heavy cloak weighed down on me as he started to run.

“Run!” said the man grabbing my arm. At that moment, I ran as fast as I can.

“Gary!” I heard nick and Michelle running after me.

“Friends, eh?” mumbled the man. I looked at the man and his hood was down. I noticed something odd about him. His long dark hair flowing with the wind along with a pierced ear with what seems to be a tooth hanging. A red tattoo with an intricate pattern I’ve never seen was in his left cheek. He then abruptly stopped when we reached the edge of the forest.

“Gary,” Nick gasped as he caught up. Michelle was trailing behind him gasping for air and trying to stand up.

“Who are you?” I asked the man.

He looked at me once with his dark eyes and smiled.

“It’s been like yesterday when I last saw you,” He replied.

A shriek was heard deep in the forest.

“Silver,” The man whispered with a concerned tone.

He began to run back but I halted him.

“Who are you?” I asked once more.

“Toshin,” He said “Toshin Heihshiro.” He didn’t hesitate to look back at me as he ran back into the forest.

To Be Continued

Kenta November 25th, 2003 12:48 PM

Very cool chapter!

Its cool that he used healing on the Pidgey. The trait moves on^^

so did he get that Pidgey?


so Silver is Toshin?

oni flygon November 26th, 2003 12:39 PM

*tweeks orignial draft a bit*

That confuses the readers bit... Yeah he got the Pidgey. Toshin is different from Silver. Silver was the one who kicked whatever-it-was. ^^

oni flygon November 29th, 2003 3:30 PM

Chapter 4: Requiem

“So,” Began Nick. “Have you met that guy before?”

“No,” I replied. “Haven’t seen him before.”

“Are you sure? He said he’s seen you before.”

“I’m positive I’ve never met him before.”

“What are you two blabbering about?” Michelle arrogantly said disrupting our conversation. “You two go along so well, you leave me all alone here.”

“Sorry, sis.” Nick said. “I’m just curious about that guy we met at the woods.”

“Who cares about him?” She yelled.

“He said his name was Toshin,” I said quietly trying to remember. “Toshin Heihshiro.”

~*~*~*~

The sun was setting already and we haven’t reached Pewter City yet. The clouds began to form shadows in the sky and the trees cast long shadows over us. The trail seems to go endlessly. The red rays of the sun glared ominously at us as if it proclaimed an ill omen.

“I think we better stop for the day,” Nick said as I pried my eyes off the setting sun.

“Finally!” Michelle sighed.

We set our backpacks down as Nick started the fire from gathered firewood. Everything was so peaceful as darkness enveloped around us. A few hoots and chirps were heard in the darkness. I looked at both Michelle and Nick. Nick was cooking while Michelle seems to be sleeping.

“You know how to cook?” I asked him.

“Well, my dad actually taught me how to cook.” He replied with an embarrassed smile.

I sighed once and looked down.

“Is there something wrong?” He said with a doubtful voice.

“Nothing,” I said wiping of tears behind my eyes. “I just never met my father.”

“Oh, sorry.” He apologized.

I pulled out the amulet my mother gave me and looked at it. The faded metal surface reflected the fires embers as they floated across the night. I sighed once more as I placed it around my neck.

“Soup?” Nick said as he handed me a bowl full of vegetables and bits of meat.

I accepted the soup and began eating it wholeheartedly. Maybe I can see my father someday…someday.

~*~*~*~

I gazed at the sky inside my sleeping bag. Nick and Michelle are already asleep and everything was quiet except for the soft crackling sounds of the smoldering fire. I closed my eyes thinking about my mother and thought how sad she would be this time without me. The wind blew and carried the embers with it across the sky. I sighed again as I opened my eyes. I wonder what was my father like?

~*~*~*~

“Rise and shine everyone!” I heard Nick call out.

I heard a soft mumble beside me. It must’ve been Michelle.

“C’mon everybody, it’s a new day!” Said Nick as he packed up his belongings. The clanging of spoons and bowls forced me to sit up. I rubbed my eyes and looked around. Michelle was drooling next to me with her sandy hair messy and pointing everywhere.

“Wake up, Michelle,” Nick said shaking her.

“Shut up,” Michelle mumbled. “Trying to sleep.”

Nick sighed.

“It might be afternoon once she wakes up.” Nick said to me.

“That’s fine, I’ll be waiting for you guys,” I said trying to tidy my hair.

“Thanks,” Smiled nick. “I think there’s a river on the far side. Maybe you can freshen up a bit there.”

“Thanks,” I replied as I wore my boots. “I’ll be back in a few minutes.”

~*~*~*~

I followed Nick’s direction and found myself in front of a clear river near the edge of the forest. I remembered the incident yesterday. I pictured in my mind the mysterious floating mask and its eerie smile. Then I remembered the two men that saved us.

I washed my face with cool water and took out my Pokemon.

“Charmander!” He cried out taking a drink of water cautious not to accidentally dip its tail in the water.

My Pidgey flew up high and sat on my shoulder ruffling my feathers and cooing. I looked at its wound trying to make sure that its fine but I never saw a trace or scars. It hoped down and took a drink of water.

“It was impressive of you to heal that Pidgey,” said a voice behind me.

I looked back and saw Toshin standing tall near the scattered trees.

“You,” I began but he was the first to question me.

“Was that the first time you did that?” He asked.

“Y-yeah,” I stammered. “I think.”

“Have you ever heard of the Legend of the Spirit of the Viridian Forest?” he said walking towards me and sitting besides me.

“No,” I replied. “What is it?”

“You see,” he began. “Once in every few years, the Viridian Forest Spirit blesses a baby born in a special circumstance and gives that baby its powers.”

“Are you telling me that, I’m that baby?” I replied bewildered.

“Maybe,” he said gazing at the flowing river. “You know, there are only two other people with your powers.”

I looked at him with disbelief.

“Do you know who they are?” He asked me.

“No,” I replied.

My Charmander sat beside me staring at me and at the mysterious person; My Pidgey was back on my shoulder cooing and resting.

He sighed and closed his eyes.

“You see,” He began. “Your mother also has your powers, she was one of the children chosen by the forest spirit.”

“M-my mom?” I stammered. “How did you know about my mom?”

“I met her,” He continued. “Long time ago. I met your father too.”

“You met him?” I said standing up. “Can you tell me about him?”

“I’m sorry,” Toshin replied “But you have to find out about him on your own.”

Toshin stood up without hesitating and began to leave.

“Wait!” I yelled.

“What is it, Gary?” He asked.

“There’s so many I wanted to ask you…like, how did you know my name?”

He smiled at me.

“Gary, if you ever reach Cerulean city, try visiting the cape north of there.” He then leaped and disappeared.

~*~*~*~

“So, what took you so long?” Nick asked as he swallowed his nearly burnt toast.

I tried to tell him that I met Toshin again but something keeps holding me back.

“I had trouble finding the river that’s all.” I lied.

“You musht haf a pur shenshe ov direction,” Michelle said with a mouth full of toast.

“Michelle, don’t talk with your mouth full!” Nick said eying his sister.

“I hate it when you act like mom,” She said after gulping down a glass of water.

“Well you have bad manners in the first place!” Nick began.

“Well I…”

“Guys, guys!” I said halting them both. “Do you always have to fight every ten minutes?”

“You’re right,” Nick said. “Sorry.”

“Hah! Loser!” Michelle yelled sticking out her tongue.

To Be Continued

Kenta November 29th, 2003 10:34 PM

Very good writing!

it gets better everytime!


Kepp it up! :classic:

oni flygon December 7th, 2003 4:24 PM

Chapter 5: Unlikely Friendship

“That’s it!” Yelled Michelle. She turned around and grabbed me by my shirt.

“Hey!” I yelled as she slammed me across a nearby tree.

“Look, buster, we’ve been walking around for hours and I can’t see the stupid city. Make a quick decision!” She yelled pointing at the road a head of us. The road was split in two and the signs were torn and broken.

“Well, I –“ I began.

“Shut up or battle!” She said taking out a Pokeball.

“Michelle, you shouldn’t be – “ Nick began behind her.

“You shut up too!” She interrupted. “So what’s it going to be, huh?” She said as she tightened her fists.

~*~*~*~

“Michelle, you’re going to regret this.” I said taking out my Pokeball.

“I agree with him, Michelle.” Nick said with his arms crossed.

He sat near his sister looking down sighing.
“Just shut up.” Michelle retorted.

The battlefield was set near the road. The long grass swayed as the wind blew and large smooth white rocks were scattered across the plains.

“Two on two?” I asked.

“That’s fine.” She said as she took out two Pokeballs.

“Wait,” I hesitated. “You want to battle two at a time?”

“Yeah, you scared?” She taunted.

“No!” I yelled trying to act calm.

I actually don’t know how to battle two against two. This will be my first try.

“Ok,” I said taking out my second Pokeball. “Go, Pidgey and Charmander!”

Pidgey came out ruffling its feathers and soaring high up above then landing on one of the rocks while cooing. Charmander wagged its tail avoiding the grass and trying not to burn it. He ended up standing in one of the rocks in the field.

“Nice choice,” Michelle said with a mocking smile. “Come out, Linus, Ursula!”

Her Squirtle came out with a nasty glare ready to battle. It leapt up to a rock facing my Charmander. Then came out her next Pokemon. It wagged its tail and stretched to let out it spiked fur.

“Meet Ursula the Squirtle and Linus the – “

“What’s that?” I interrupted while taking out my Pokedex.

“Zigzagoon. Raccoon Pokemon. These Pokemon have fur specially designed for survival. They can raise the needles inside their furs and fire them in rapid succession.”

I read the pixilated text next to a moving picture of what seems to be an adult Zigzagoon.

“Oh please,” sighed Michelle in an impatient voice. “Those are pretty common in the Hoenn Region. Haven’t you been there?”

“Well, not actually.” I replied.

“Squirtle!” Growled Ursula as it glared at my Charmander.

My Charmander looked back with a menacing glare then growled too. Pidgey doesn’t seem to bother looking at Linus as it picked up bugs from the rock.

“Let’s get the battle going!” Michelle yelled. “Ursula, water gun Charmander. Linus, pin missile Pidgey!”

Ursula sent out a blast of water from its mouth towards Charmander while Linus turned around and fired glowing spikes from its fur.

“Charmander, Dodge it!” I yelled.

Charmander leapt down the rock and dodged the water but I failed to command Pidgey. I heard a short cry of pain towards my left. Pidgey was receiving hard blows from the oncoming barrage of needles.

“Charmander, ember on Linus!” I commanded.

Charmander leapt on top of the rock and fired dozens of orange flames. The attacked hit Linus in multiple directions.

“Pidgey, are you ok?” I yelled.

Pidgey let out an annoyed pitch while shaking off tangled needles from its feathers.

“Ursula, Water gun Charmander!” Michelle commanded.

“No way!” I yelled as Ursula’s attack connected and slammed Charmander into a rock.

“Linus, finish off Charmander with fury swipes!”

“Pidgey, quick attack!”

Linus started to charge at Charmander until he was rammed down and dragged by Pidgey.

“What? Not fair!” Shouted Michelle. “Ursula, Water Gun Charmander!”

“Charmander, dodge it! Pidgey, Quick attack Ursula!”

Charmander was able to get up and run away from Ursula’s water gun.

“Squirt!” Yelled Ursula as Pidgey crashed into her from behind.

“C’mon Gary! You can beat her!” Nick cheered from behind. He abruptly stopped when Michelle glared at him menacingly.

“Linus, Pin Missile Pidgey. Ursula, withdraw! “

“Pidgey, use your gust to stop the needles! Charmander, attack Linus with ember!”

Pidgey flapped its wings and created a small tornado full of dust that sent the needles everywhere even back at Linus. While the needles were bombarding Linus, Charmander sent out a blast of embers towards it.

“Linus!” Cried Michelle as her Zigzagoon fell to the ground. “Return!” With a flash of red light, Linus was back at its Pokeball.

“Give up yet?” I said intimidating her.

“No way!” She yelled. “Ursula, Water gun Charmander!”

“Pidgey, sand attack! Charmander, dodge and use scratch!”

Before Ursula could attack, Pidgey sent out a blast of sand towards it. This caused Ursula to fire in another direction. Charmander then charged toward Ursula and scratched it with its claws. With that, Ursula fell to the ground, fainted.

“No!” Michelle squealed. “Return!”

I sighed and wiped off the sweat from my fore head.

“That was close.” I whispered as my Pokemon came running and flying towards me.

“You both were great!” I said patting my Charmander’s head.

“Congrats!” yelled Nick as he ran towards me. “That battle was awesome!”

“Thanks,” I replied feeling embarrassed.

I looked behind him to see Michelle expression. She wasn’t annoyed nor in a berserker attitude. She was sitting in the ground miserably while trying to hold back her tears.

“Michelle,” I said as I went next to her. “Sorry about that but I need to beat you.”

“Don’t apologize to me!” She sobbed. “Just go!”

I looked at her, confused.

“Go! Go on to that stupid city you want to go to!”

“But-“ I began.

“Go!” She yelled with her eyes closed.

I looked back at Nick and walked towards him.

“It’s alright,” he said solemnly. “You can go. We need to finish up something first anyway.”

“Are you sure?” I asked.

“Positive,” He replied with a smile. “Nice being with you anyway.”

“Yeah, thanks.” I said as I returned my Pokemon.

“We might cross paths again someday.” He said as he held out his hand.

“Yeah,” I replied grabbing his hand and shaking it.

To be Continued

Omega-Brendan December 8th, 2003 2:15 AM

0_0 Michelle's been to Hoenn!

and Oni, get one of those stuff for the avvys, I mean, me, shiny-purin, and PKMN_girl have them!

Kenta December 10th, 2003 2:08 AM

Awesome part to the story! 2 on 2 makes it very interesting!

that was a surprise to have a Zigzagoon in there already^^


keep up the great work!

Purin December 12th, 2003 7:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Omega-Brendan
0_0 Michelle's been to Hoenn!

and Oni, get one of those stuff for the avvys, I mean, me, shiny-purin, and PKMN_girl have them!

He's got them. Great fanfic oni! Keep it up!
Chapter 2's my fav so far.

punkie90 December 13th, 2003 5:51 AM

Wow! Nice story. Keep them coming!

oni flygon December 13th, 2003 11:12 AM

Is it me or most of the people's avatars who replied to this thread are all Pokemon Special XD

oni flygon December 13th, 2003 2:32 PM

Chapter 6: Grranted Power

Pewter City loomed ahead of me on top of the horizon. The lack of towering buildings made it look more like a town rather than a city. I kept walking even though my feet were already exhausted. I tried to find the Pokemon Center to rest but trying to find it a city full of houses was not an easy task.

“Calm down,” I said to myself. “Let’s ask anyone around here.”

Oddly enough, the streets were deserted.

“Hello?” I cried out trying to search for any signs of life.

“Anybody? Anyone?”

I continued to walk stumbling through potholes and rocks that were scattered throughout the streets. There was nothing except for the faint blowing of the wind and the rustling of leaves from nearby trees. Everything was closed – stores, houses and even the gym.

“Pewter City Gym” Is what I read from a makeshift sign that seemed to be standing there for many years.
“Gym Leader: Brock”

~*~*~*~

After a few minutes of walking, I found myself in front of a building that seemed to be once a museum. I noticed a sign hanging at the door.

“Pewter City Space Museum. Closed until Further Announcements.”

The sign was full of scratches and the outside walls of the building were full of graffiti. Inside me, a sudden urge to go inside enveloped me. Maybe there are clues to the people’s mysterious behavior? I was about to touch the knob when I heard a voice from behind me.

“Stop where you are,” Said the feminine voice.

A girl with long dark hair was standing behind me. Her clothes seemed to be heavy and very dark. I noticed exactly six Pokeballs tied to her belt. Her dark hood was down and her cape behind her. A familiar tattoo with intricate patterns was in her left cheek. Most noticeably are her bright dark eyes that seem to look inside me.

“Are you a trainer looking for the Gym Leader?” She asked in her steady voice. Her eyes fixed into mine.

“Y-yeah.” I answered. “Where are the people?”

“That is not to my concern.” She replied and began to walk around me. Her eyes still fixed into mine.

“You’re Pokemon are still weak against the Gym Leader.” She began. “You should train some more.”

“What? How would you know?” I replied gripping my fist.

She then returned to the spot where she started with her eyes fixed as if she was looking through my soul.

“I see everything. Your life, your soul, your powers…everything.” She said Mysteriously.

“I don’t believe you,” I replied trembling. “And who are you?”

“A friend,” She said finally taking her eyes from mine. “What you see is not what you think.”

“What do you mean?”

“Here, take this.” She said giving me a Pokeball.

“No, I can’t accept a-“

“It’s ok, her name’s Aby.” She said placing the Pokeball into my hand. “Take good care of her.”

With those words, she began to walk away.
“Wait! Why are you giving this to me?” I yelled trying to catch up.

“All will be clear soon.” She replied not looking back.

Suddenly, a flash of light came from her. The light was too bright so I shielded my eyes. When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the outskirts of Pewter City. Now, the city was full of people and the shops were open. It was livelier than I’ve seen before.

“Could it be a dream?” I thought. I clenched my hand then realized I was still holding the Pokeball that she gave me.

“What you see is not what you think…” Her words echoed through my mind.

~*~*~*~

“Your Pokemon are fighting fit! Please come again.” Said the nurse across the counter.

“Thanks,” I replied with a smile.

I then remembered the girl’s suggestion.

“Um, ma’am,” I asked the nurse.

“Yes?” She replied still with a smile.

“Where could I find a good place to train around here?” I asked.

“There’s a good one right outside of the city.” She replied. “Be careful though, there are too many wild Pokemon there.”

“Ok, Thanks.” I replied as I took my step outside of the Pokemon Center.

~*~*~*~

I followed the nurse’s direction and found myself in an isolated area of tall grass and tall trees that swayed with the wind.

“Come out, Blaze, Sage and Aby!” I said releasing all three of my Pokemon out from their Pokeballs. I decided to nickname my Charmander “Blaze” and my Pidgey “Sage.” Aby looked up at me with her closed eyes. I took out my Pokedex pointing it at her.

“Abra. Psy Pokemon. These Pokemon are able to teleport in long distances and posses great Psychic abilities. However, they need to sleep 16 hours a day.”

Aby growled letting out a low sigh as it tucked its head back into its arms.

“Let’s begin our training guys.” I said as my Pokemon gathered around Aby.

“Charmander!” Growled Blaze as he tried to wake up Aby.

“Blaze, just let her sleep for the while.” I said while patting my Charmander. “She might wake up… maybe soon.”

‘Young Master, you do not need to wake me up.’ Said a whispering voice.

“Huh? Who’s there?” I looked around me trying to find the source of the voice until I heard it again.

‘It is I, Aby.’ The voice sounded as if someone was whispering at me.

“Aby?” I said as I sat near her.

‘Yes. You do not need to talk aloud. I can see what you are thinking young master.’ She replied with her whispering voice. Her voice sounded more like of a young girl’s whispering.

‘Oh, I see.’ I replied through my thoughts.

‘Master Sakaki has given me instructions to train your powers, Young Master.’ She said with her closed eyes glowing.

‘Sakaki? Is that the girl I met before?’ I asked.

‘Yes, it is she.’ Aby replied. ‘Your training must start now for bigger challenges loom ahead of us.’

‘What challenges?’

‘Challenges that will test your heart, your valor and your will Young Master.’ She said in a monotonous tone. ‘Your role in this world will be revealed soon.’

‘What do you mean Role in this world?’ I asked.

‘Forgive me Young Master for I cannot tell the rest.’

A long pause then followed. I looked back at my Blaze and Sage’s concerned faces.

“So, let’s begin our training.” I said vigorously.

~*~*~*~

“Blaze, you should be able to cut those rocks with your scratch attack.” I said as Blaze failed to do a scratch attack at the rocks I’ve thrown to it.

“Char!” He nodded.

“Here’s one more time!” I yelled as I threw rocks in the air.

Blaze let the rocks fall first then began slashing them one by one. Instead, Blaze only knocked them away into nearby trees.

“Charmander!” he sighed with frustration.

“It’s ok,” I said reassuringly. “We just need time. Now, don’t give up and let’s try that again!”

I threw another batch of rocks towards Blaze. Blaze lunged forward and began slashing at the rocks. This time, the rocks dropped down without getting thrown into nearby trees. I felt the large scratch marks the Blaze made engraved into the rocks.

“That’s it Blaze, just keep on trying!”

~*~*~*~

“It’s your turn Aby,” I said releasing her from her Pokeball. “Now try to attack these rocks, ok?”

She didn’t respond. I accepted that as an affirmative response and started the training.

“Ready?” With that, I sent rocks towards the air.

The rocks stopped in mid air and floated above the ground. Then, with a blink of an eye, Aby sent the stones through the trees, which caused holes into anything that the rock passed through.

“Whoa,” I gasped in amazement.

‘Young Master, that is only a sample of my power.’ She suddenly said. ‘Master Sakaki has not told me the rest of my powers.’

‘Does that mean that you still have more powers?’ I said eager for a response.

‘That is not yet to my knowledge.’ She replied.

~*~*~*~

A few days passed by and our training was complete I decided that tomorrow, I’ll be challenging the gym leader.

To Be Continued

Kenta December 13th, 2003 6:49 PM

Very nice!

Very interesting with the Abra part.


I cant wait to read the gym battle. It will be great!

oni flygon December 23rd, 2003 1:29 PM

That was a long week... O.o;; I didn't manage to post Chapter 7 last Saturday... so, here it is!

Chapter 7: Reawakening

I looked up at the tall gray building with a makeshift sign. The painted letters that spelled ‘Gym’ were already faded by time. It looked so tall unlike the last time I saw it. I twisted the rusted knob and entered. Dim lights showed the arena. Bleachers, dirty and dusty left unattended on both sides of the arena. The battlefield, full of rocks and holes show the remainder of the most dramatic of battles.

“I’m here for a gym challenge!” I yelled out.

My words reverberated across the walls of the dank gym.

“Speak your name and your hometown.” Said a sunken voice across the arena.

“Gary of Pallet Town.” I answered. My answer echoed into the distant corners of the gym.

A figure stepped out of the shadows to reveal a man with spiky hair and a broad face. His body was well built and his arms crossed across his chest. He wore a plain messy shirt and loose pants.

“I am Brock the gym leader of Pewter city. I have taken service of this gym many years ago.” He said in a firm voice.

I remained silent as he took out his Pokeball.

“The gym rules,” he began. “Two against two. Single battle.”

“Fine by me,” I replied ready and willing.

“Come out, Geodude!” He yelled as he threw out his Pokeball.

Out came a large rocky Pokemon with its arms swinging in and out of position.

It floated above the rocks and crashed into the ground with a horrible thud.

“Ok, come out, Sage!”

Sage came out of its Pokeball and flew out and landed on one of the rocks.

Brock smirked.

“You do realize that Pidgey is a flying type.” He said gloatingly.

“I’m aware of that,” I replied gripping my fist.

Pidgey has the worst disadvantages against a rock type like Geodude. I’m hoping my training would pay off.

“Geodude, tackle!” Commanded Brock.

Geodude advanced and leapt towards Sage.

“Sage, fly up and use quick attack!” I commanded.

Geodude launched itself forward and missed Sage. Sage flew up high to the gym’s roof and attacked Geodude from above. The attack connected but Geodude seems to be unfazed.

“Like I said, that thing doesn’t stand a chance against rock types.” Brock said as he sighed.

“I’m still not giving up!” I yelled. “Sage, use gust!”

Sage flew behind Geodude and sent out a powerful tornado.

“Pity,” spat Brock. “Geodude, use tackle.”

Out of the strong tornado, Geodude leapt out and tackled Sage with a direct hit.

“Sage!” I yelled out as Sage struggled to fly away.

“You see? Inferior trainers like you never learn!” Brock yelled as the dust cleared.

“I always learn from my mistakes!” I yelled back checking if Sage was still fine.

“Sage, hang in there!” I yelled out.

Sage tried to fly off but its wing was injured by Geodude’s tackle.

“Geodude, finish that Pidgey off with rock throw!”

The moment Brock yelled out his command, an idea came into my mind.

“Sage, dodge it!” I commanded hoping that my plan would work.

Geodude leapt up and came crashing to the ground. Sage managed to dodge the attack and hide behind a rock nearby. A loud thud echoed throughout the gym as Geodude executed its attack.

“Sage, use gust one more time!” I commanded.

Sage flew up and created another dusty tornado and sent it towards Geodude.

“Fool,” sneered Brock. “You never learn from your lessons! Geodude, tackle now!”

“Sage, fly around and use quick attack!”

The moment Geodude came out from Sage’s tornado, Sage flew up and around Geodude. With a powerful quick attack, Geodude was pushed out of the field and crashed into the concrete wall.
“Geodude!” Brock yelled.

Geodude was trying to lift itself up from the cracked wall.

“Sage, this is our chance, use sand attack!” I yelled.

Sage flapped its wings and sent out a cloud of dust towards Geodude. Everything’s going in place there’s only a few more moves to execute.

“Geodude, rock throw!” Commanded Brock.

Geodude leapt into the air and tried to crash itself on Sage. Its attack missed again and landed with a hard thud. Signs of exhaustion were starting to appear on Geodude.

“Sage, you know what to do!” I yelled out.

Sage let out a shrill cry – a sign of an affirmative response. Sage flew up high to the roof of the gym and dived down the struggling Geodude. Sage used a powerful quick attack then another, then another and another! Sage attacked in several directions striking Geodude one by one in rapid succession. At last, once the attacks stopped, Geodude fell lifelessly to the ground.

“Geodude return!” Brock said as he held up his Pokeball. A beam of red light returned the Pokemon back to its Pokeball in an instant.

He took out a second Pokeball from his pocket and threw it. A long rocky Pokemon came out of its Pokeball. Its body was full of pieces of rock and a single horn was protruding from its head. It rose up with its menacing eyes looking down at Sage. It roared so loud that it shook the windows of the gym.

“Onix, sandstorm!” Brock yelled.

Onix roared once more and caused a massive sandstorm. Dust, sand and rocks flew everywhere around the gym. I shielded my eyes to avoid being blinded by the sandstorm.

“Sage!” I yelled out. “Stay in one spot!”

It was all too late. Debris and sand hit Sage in all sides. I could hear its muffled cries as the storm raged on.

“Onix, slam!” Commanded Brock.

I was too weak to yell out my command. Neither Sage nor I saw it happened. A rocky tail flew past me and hit sage with a direct hit. The storm cleared and all I saw was Sage’s bloody wing and Onix’s rocky glare. Sage lay on the floor with blood splattered across the rocks near it.

“No!” I cried out. “Sage, return!”

A flash of red light returned Sage to its Pokeball.

“Hang in there,” I murmured. “Just a few more minutes, please.”

“Be on your way boy,” Brock began. “You don’t want to humiliate yourself.”

“I never give up!” I yelled back.

My courage returned as I took out my second Pokeball.

“Come out, Aby!”

Aby came out of its Pokeball snoring silently and her arms crossed. Onix roared out loud. It might be trying to wake her up. Brock smirked and laughed out loud.

“Is that all you have?” He said trying to catch his breath.

“I’m still not giving up,” I smiled back.

“Who said you weren’t?” He said still laughing.

“Aren’t we going to continue?” I murmured.

“Oh, oh yeah.” Brock said regaining his senses.

“Onix, sandstorm again!”

Once again, Onix created another sandstorm. I could feel Aby sitting there sleeping while Onix repeatedly attacked her.

“Aby!” I yelled. “Wake up!”

‘I’m already awake, young master.’ She replied.

“Then do something!” I yelled feeling like an idiot.

‘You be my guide young master and I will be your eyes.”

And with that, everything became clear. The sandstorm seemed to have faded away and all I can see was Onix, it was behind Aby ready to strike.

‘Be ready young master,’ Aby said.

Everything was in slow motion. Onix was moving closer and closer towards Aby.

“Slam!” I heard Brock yell out in midst of time.

“Aby, teleport!” I commanded at the last moment.

The storm returned and all I can see again was dust. Then, everything went back as it was, slow and steady. Everything was clear. My command was successful. Aby sat on the other side of the battlefield while Onix looked dumbfounded.

I heard Brock swear. “Use slam again!”

“Teleport once more, Aby!”

I shielded my eyes as sand returned to my view.

‘Young Master, please close your eyes and concentrate.’ I heard Aby in the midst.

‘Ok,’ I replied as I closed my eyes.

It was a different feeling – I could feel different hearts beating slowly. I could feel Aby’s presence in the midst of the storm. It was the same thing for Onix too. It was the muffled beating of two Pokemon’s hearts. It was a feeling that I’ve experienced inside Lyn’s Gym.

‘Now young master!’ I heard Aby yelled.

“Aby, teleport!” I simply whispered.

I could see the battle. Onix’s tail swung and hit nothing but the rock that Aby was sitting next too.

I heard more swears from Brock.

‘Master, we’re not going anywhere doing this over and over.’ Aby said in the midst of the battle.

‘You’re right,” I thought back.

‘Aby, use confusion!’

“What the…” I heard Brock’s trailing voice.

A powerful shock hit Onix in a direct hit. This caused the sandstorm to stop.

“Onix, slam!” Yelled the frustrated Gym Leader.

“Aby, teleport again!”

Once again, Onix’s attack missed and Aby reappeared behind it.

“Let’s finish this with confusion!” I yelled as I opened my eyes.

A powerful flash knocked Onix out and drove it across the battlefield.

“Onix!” Brock said as he ran to his defeated Pokemon.

I wiped the drop of sweat from my forehead and returned Aby.

“Thanks,” I said to Aby.

‘No need for your gratitude, young master.’ She replied. I can see Aby smiling back at me.

“You have a very powerful potential.” Brock said as he stood in front of me. “I’m sorry I underestimated you.”

“Yeah, no problem.” I replied smiling.

“You’re worthy of this badge – take it.” He said as he handed out a gray octagonal piece of metal. “It’s the boulder badge. With this, you took your first step to the Pokemon League.”

“Thanks,” I said taking the badge from his hand.

~*~*~*~

“You’re quite shrewd,” Brock said as he shook my hand outside of the gym. “I’m sorry I underestimated you.”

“No problem,” I said. “I need to be on my way, sorry.” I said as I ran off to the Pokemon center.

Sage’s still hurt – I need to be there quickly!

To be Continued

Kenta December 23rd, 2003 6:15 PM

Great gym battle! Heh, Brock was angry^^

Sage really showed its stuff! Beating a Geodude like that


Onix got beat too. Aby was great!


Can't wait to read more

oni flygon December 31st, 2003 3:59 PM

Argh! My Fanfic is ruined because of that stupid censors... they will pay! >.<

anyways here's the latest chapter!

Chapter 8: Regrets


“Sage will be fine,” the nurse said as she handed back my Pokeballs. “It just needs a few minutes rest to get that bruise healed.”

“Thanks,” I replied feeling very grateful.

I began to walk outside when someone sopped me.

“So you goin’ to Mt. Moon eh?” Said the voice behind me.

I looked back and an old man with a white mustache and baldhead stood there. His clothes were of rags all tied together with a belt.

“Well, yeah,” I replied.

“I warn ya kid,” He said menacingly. “Reckless trainers who wander too long there suddenly disappear!”

“Well I…” I began.

“Don’t have any respect do you?” He yelled.

“But sir, I…”

“Don’t tell them monsters that I didn’t warn you, kid!” he said then stormed out of the Pokemon Center.

“Just ignore him,” The nurse said as I turned around. “That’s old man Clements. He’s very superstitious.”

“Well, he sorta weird.”

“He just scares trainers who come by here. No one actually disappeared in Mt. Moon ever.” She reassured.

“Are you sure?”

“Of course! The cave’s collapsed from the inside. It more of a tunnel now.”

~*~*~*~

I sighed with relief as I went outside of the center. I looked around and saw a narrow path east of the city. I continued to walk, Old man Clements’ warning still in my mind. I tried to shake it of, but it still lingered in my mind.

“So yer a hard head eh?” A familiar voice from behind said.

I turned around and old man Clements stood with a Pokeball in one hand.

“What do you want from me?” I said with a shudder in my voice.

“Kids these days dun have any respects fer their elders.” He sighed gripping his Pokeball in one hand.

“Listen, I need to go now…”

“Yer goin’ nowhere unless ya beat me,” He interrupted as he threw his Pokeball. “Noctowl, show ‘em how real trainers do it!”

“You leave me no choice, mister! Go, Blaze!”

A brown owl Pokemon came from my opponents Pokeball. It let out a shrill cry and landed on a nearby rock. It twisted its head sideways and hooted.

Blaze came out of its Pokeball and looked around and saw its new opponent. He wagged his flaming tail as he stared down his opponent.

I scanned the battlefield for any advantage I could earn. The tall grass ruffled as the wind blew. There was only a single rock. It was the one that Old Man Clements’ Noctowl was standing on. There was nothing more.

“So that’s yer puny baby Pokemon eh?” Old Man Clements said with a grin across his face. “Noctowl, use peck!”

“Blaze, dodge it and counter with scratch!” I yelled out.

Noctowl swooped down and tried to attack Blaze but missed. While Noctowl was defenseless, Blaze leapt up and scratched Noctowl on the face.

Noctowl let out an injured hoot and fluttered to regain balance.

“Good job Blaze!” I cheered.

I heard a growl of appreciation from Blaze.

“Beginner’s Luck!” I heard a cry of outrage from Old Man Clements.

“Better give up already mister!” I said feeling confident.

“Noctowl, wing attack!” he yelled out the command.

“Blaze, use ember to stop the attack!”

Noctowl swooped down with its wings spread out. Blaze sent out bolts of flame from its mouth towards Noctowl. The attack was a direct hit but it wasn’t enough to stop Noctowl. The attack made a direct hit at Blaze causing him to recoil back.

“Blaze!” I yelled out as Blaze struggled to get up.

“Finish it off, Noctowl!” I heard his command.

“Blaze get up!” I yelled.

Blaze managed to get up but Noctowl’s attack was heading its way.

“Duck, Blaze!”

Noctowl’s wings brushed Blaze’s fur as Blaze narrowly dodged its attack.

“Missed!” Old Man Clements spat out.

“Blaze, try hiding in the grass!” I yelled.

“No use blurtin’ out yer strategy,” Old Man Clements murmured. “Noctowl, foresight!”

Noctowl’s eyes glowed light red as it searched the grass below.

“Blaze, now!” I yelled.

Blaze leapt up the rock and jumped up one more and landed behind Noctowl.

“What the-!” Old Man Clements spat out.

“Ember it down!” I commanded.

Blaze sent out a fury of embers at Noctowl. Noctowl flailed around trying to struggle to stay in flight. The embers continued until Noctowl crashed. The embers continued.

“Make ‘em stop kid!” I heard Old Man Clements yell out.

“Blaze stop!” I yelled. “Stop it.”

Blaze ignored my command and continued firing.

“Blaze!” I yelled out once more as I raised up my Pokeball. “Blaze return!”

With a flash of red light, Blaze returned to my Pokeball.

“Return, Noctowl!” I heard old man Clements. “Yer the monster kid!”

“What?” I replied.

“Never saw anyone attack at me like that! Better be on yer way. You might scare them monsters away.” He said quickly as he turned and went away.

~*~*~*~

I was once again alone. I looked around trying to find what drove Blaze into nearly killing Noctowl. I continued to walk; now the sun began to set. The mountains cast shadows across my path to the towering mount ahead of me. The sky, now vivid in orange color was cloudless and everything was silent…

To Be Continued

Omega-Brendan January 6th, 2004 2:02 AM

Where's the bit with Red??? I'm getting impatient...

oni flygon January 10th, 2004 3:44 PM

Patience Omega. He'll be appeareing somewhere near the next chapters... ^_^

Omega-Brendan January 10th, 2004 4:00 PM

When I saw your reply I thought it was an update... BTW, is this gonna be pokeshippy?

oni flygon January 10th, 2004 4:02 PM

I won't be updating this week btw... It's somewhere near Pokeshippy *runs away*

Omega-Brendan January 11th, 2004 11:47 PM

meh... I'm ok with Pokeshippy(in manga).

And why are there so much feelingshippy sites?

Kenta January 13th, 2004 3:47 PM

Great chapter Oni!

I hope to read more^^


Wheres the Questshipping :P J/K

I can wait for good stuff :D

oni flygon January 24th, 2004 12:32 PM

Sorry I didn't manage to update. I had alot of things to do since there was the Finals... ^_^

anyways, enjoy!

Chapter 9: Reminiscence

Mt. Moon towered in front of me. The setting sun cast shadows in front of me. I could imagine hands reaching out towards me. Nevertheless, I just ignored it. I was slightly scared – scared of what might happen to me. I know something’s wrong happening around me. I remembered when I was in Viridian City then I remembered what happened in the forest.

~*~*~*~

Darkness shrouded me and there’s nothing I can see. I sat alone near the cave’s entrance with a fire in front of me. The cold wind blew across my face as I watched embers fly across the sky. My eyes were heavy. I began to feel sleep drifting in me. Just then, I heard a crashing noise. It came from the cave. I screech came next. This made me more awake then ever. I stood up not knowing what to do. Another ear-splitting screech made the hair in the back of my neck stand.

“Calm down,” I whispered to myself. “I’m sure that’s just no-“

Another screech made me jump. Then came a crashing sound. I remembered Old Man Clements’ warning – the monster in the cave. I began to walk backwards away from the cave until something stopped me. I looked behind to see a tall dark hooded man. Silver eyes gleamed behind the shadow of his hood.

“Ahh- ”

He covered my mouth the moment I screamed. My eyes were wide open in terror.

“Don’t scream,” He said as he looked around. “I’m not going to hurt you if you cooperate.”

He then took his hand away from his mouth.

“Who are you?” I asked.

“You could have at least known by now.” He whispered.

I looked back at him with a confused look.

“I’m the one you met in the forest earlier before.” He sighed.

“You? You’re the guy who saved me from those Beedrills?”

He didn’t reply. Instead, he walked towards the entrance of the cave.

“I wouldn’t go there if I were you.” I warned.

“You could at least keep your voice down.”

I remained silent as he kneeled down and patted the ground as if trying to find an answer there.

“What exactly is your name?” I whispered as I kneeled near him.

“Silver,” He replied without looking up.

I noticed his long red hair, which was tied. It was tied in complicated braids. He stood up without mentioning a word then walked towards the entrance.

“Wait!” I yelled as I tried to catch up with him.

“Quiet!” He whispered loudly back at me. “If you want to follow, follow quietly!”

“What are you trying to find here?” I asked as I caught up with him.

“Just follow quietly,” He whispered back.

His long cloak trailed behind him as I followed. His dark boots pattered against the rocky cave floor. Our steps echoed throughout the cave as we kept walking. I can hear water dripping somewhere in the cave.

Suddenly, he stopped. Faded light was coming from an exit at one side of the cave.

“Are you sure you want to follow along?” He whispered.

“I’m sure.” I replied back.

He then continued towards the exit. The exit led us to a meadow that was bordered by the mountain walls. The wind blew hard, very hard. The tall grass was flattened by the wind as we walked into the meadow. Silver’s hood was blown down by the wind. His red hair fluttered with the wind as we struggled to walk across the meadow.

I looked forward and noticed stone monuments in front of us.

“What are those?” I said as I pointed on the stone monuments.

“This place used to be a very important place for moon worshipers.” He replied shielding his eyes.

“Moon worshipers?”

“Cults and stuff.” He replied. “Their rituals are said to be true.”

I remained silent as we entered the circle of smooth white stones.

“Huh?” I looked around. The wind wasn’t blowing inside the circle – and yet the wind was hammering down the tall grass.

“We’ll wait here.” Silver said as he sat down.

“What are we waiting for?”

“You’ll see.”

~*~*~*~

We waited for hours and hours. I looked up and noticed the full moon was directly on top of us. Suddenly, the wind died down.

“He’s here.” Silver said as he stood.

“Who’s here?”

“Stay near me. Whatever appears, don’t look at it directly in the eye.”

“Ok,” I agreed even though I don’t understand what he said.

A shriek drowned the moaning of the winds as I his behind Silver. I looked up and noticed that the moon was colored red – blood red!

“What’s happening?” I whispered.

He covered my mouth and waited. I looked at the opening and noticed several wisps of air. They can’t be Pokemon – the wisps of air were all wandering the meadow. I noticed that the wisps of air were wearing masks. The same mask I’ve seen before in Viridian Forest.

“Keep quiet and don’t breathe to hard.” Silver whispered.

I nodded my head to approve his command then he let go. The wisps circled us and wandered the meadow. The white wisps circled faster and faster and rose up and disappeared. I let out a sigh of relief but then, a horrible shriek filled the air once more.

“It’s still here – he noticed you.” Silver muttered.

I looked back and noticed more silver wisps behind us.

“Silver, we’ve got trouble…” I stammered as I stumbled backwards.

One of the wisps swooped down at me but Silver grabbed me and managed to pull me away from the wisp’s attack.

“What’s it doing?” I said trembling with fear.

“These things can posses human beings. The one that tried to touch you wants to take possession of your body.”

“But… why aren’t they attacking us?”

“Because were inside this circle.” He replied quickly.

I looked around. Several wisps were gathering around us. More like thousands.

Another shrieked filled the air. This time, I was prepared. The wisps cleared up and created a path. All I can see on the other side was a shadow. A figure walked closer and closer. The moon shined its silver light on the figure. I can see it clearly – a masked man. The same one I’ve seen earlier in the forest.

Silver remained silent as he confronted the masked being.

“What do you want?” He said as he gripped his fist.

The masked man pointed at me. I could see its bony finger directly pointing at me. For a moment, I felt I blacked out. I could feel myself collapsing but I tried to hold on.

“Leave him alone!” Silver yelled as he edged closer near the masked man.

“I-I’m just ok…” I stammered as I struggled to get up.

“Hehehe…” I heard a low laugh behind the mask. It was a cold dry laugh.

“He has a strong will,” The man’s voice was merely a whisper that I can hear. “He cannot be possessed easily.”

Both Silver and I remained silent. The masked man walked cautiously up to us. Every step he took, my heart pounded loudly. I began to breathe harder and harder. Everything seems to slip away from my mind.

“That’s enough!” I heard Silver yell. “Leave the boy!”

My chest began to ache. I fell to my knees clutching my heart. The pain became worse every second.

“That’s enough!” I heard Silver yell one last time. “Feraligatr, hydro pump!”

I heard a strong surge of water then the pain went away. I looked up and saw that the man was blown away into the other side.

“You might be powerful before, but you’ve lost much of your power.” Silver smirked as he returned his Feraligatr.

“You…” growled the masked man. “I’ve raised you…I’ve cared for you…”

“But then you killed me.” Silver interrupted. “You tortured my friends: my family.”

Another low laugh came from behind the mask.

“You’ve grown stronger… I will seek to that day… and that day when I take the boy again.”

The wisps began to circle around us. They circled faster and faster. Then, they disappeared.

~*~*~*~

“What did you mean when you said that he killed you?” I asked to Silver.

We were walking outside of Mt. Moon under the moonlight.

“I can’t tell you everything now.” He replied quickly. “You need to discover for yourself. Learn your own mind.”

“Learn my…mind?”

“Exactly. Now, I’ll leave the road to you.” He said as he change his path.

“Wait, you’re leaving me? But…but I wanted to ask you questions!”

He didn’t reply as he continued to walk ahead of me.

“Wait! Do you anything about my father?”

He stopped and looked back. He put on his hood covering much of his long red hair.

“All I can say… he was a brave man. You have your mother’s heart but you have your father’s will.” He simply replied. “The rest, you have to discover yourself to know.”

To Be continued

Kenta January 24th, 2004 4:46 PM

Very cool chapter! Its getting a lot more darker too! Very good imagination!
Keep up the great work!

Omega-Brendan January 24th, 2004 6:02 PM

Wha!? Does this mean Blue died??? I'm gonna cry...

oni flygon January 30th, 2004 10:27 PM

*posts the post that will bump this topic up and will get noticed*

um... maybe....maybe not :P but just keep reading... thanks for the comments ^_^

Omega-Brendan January 31st, 2004 4:26 PM

Eurgh... They say no BUMPing topics... Oh wellz... Can't wait for the next chapter.

oni flygon February 7th, 2004 4:33 PM

This chapter is gonna suck...it's short and...stuff... but anyways, enjoy!

Chapter 10: Revenge Battle

I remember last night vividly. I could still feel myself shiver at the thought I was being hunted down by someone – or something. The next day, I found myself walking alone outside of Mt. Moon. The sun’s already above me a sign that it’s noon. I clutched my stomach as I heard it grumbled. I didn’t manage to eat breakfast today maybe since I’ve already finished the last of my canned food. The last batch Nick gave to me. I know it was against Michelle’s will so he gave them to me secretly. I made my way limply under the burning sun until I heard a familiar voice.

“So, ye made it out eh?”

I turned around to see a familiar face – Old Man Clements.

“What do you want?” I mumbled as I continued ignoring him.

“So, were the rumers true, kid?” He asked as he confronted me.

“What rumors?” I replied sitting down on my knees.

“Rumers of the monster!”

“Oh that,” I sighed once more and clutched my stomach. “Bunch of rumors.”

“It all not true?” he yelled.

I sent out another frustrated sigh.

“So kid, want another battle like last time.”

I struggled not to throw him a glare. He approached me and ruffled my already messy hair.

“Aww c’mon kid,”

“Fine, fine…” I mumbled as I stood up and taking out my Pokeball.

“Goody!” He replied as he took out his Pokeball. “Noctowl, ready are ya?”

“Blaze, be ready!” I said as I threw out my Pokeball.

My Charmander came out and was feeling the same way I was – hungry.

“Yer baby Pokemon is hungry aint it?” He said as he readied his Noctowl for an attack.

I grumbled nonsense and tried to maintain my balance.

“Blaze, ember!”

Blaze sent out rapid shots of fire heading straight to Noctowl.

“Dodge ‘em Noctowl!” I heard him yell.

I looked up and saw that Noctowl managed to dodge Blaze’s attack.

“Don’t give up Blaze, smokescreen!”

Blaze sent out a thick smoke cloud all over us with Noctowl above in the air.

“Heh! Child’s play eh?” I heard Clements laugh. “Fine, blow it away, Noctowl!”

Noctowl flew up and flapped its wings. Winds blew away most of the smoke but I was ready.

“Blaze, you know what to do!”

The moment the smoke was cleared, Blaze leapt up and slashed Noctowl. Noctowl sent out a shrill cry of agony since Blaze’s attack was a direct hit.

“This it Blaze, ember!”

Blaze sent out another fury of flames towards Noctowl. Every attack connected as Noctowl crashed down.

“Noctowl!” Cried Old Man Clements as Noctowl struggled to get up.

It was all over when Noctowl was down.

“Well that was quick,” I muttered.

I looked at Blaze happily and to my amazement, he was glowing. I’ve seen this once before – and once only in my lifetime. Blaze was taller and bigger. Its eyes were not docile anymore except they were sharp and ready. He made slashing movements with its claws and made a low cry.

“Awesome!” I cried as Blaze looked up at me.

“Well ain’t that grand?” I heard Old man Clements say as he approached Blaze and me. “Haven’t seen a Pokemon evo in ages!”

“So this was…this is why you were following me?”

“Yep, saw yer battle at Pewter Gym. Then I followed you. When I challenged Blaze ov’r here, I knew he’s gonna evolve any moment.” He explained as I looked at Blaze’s new form.

“Well kid, you brightened up my day, See ya!”

“You’re going back to Pewter City, right?”

“Yep, good luck in Cerulean. I heard the leader ov’r there’s really tough. But I’m thinking yer gonna win with your Blaze ov’r here.”

To Be Continued

Kenta February 7th, 2004 4:57 PM

Great chapter! Short but sweet I say! XD! Its cool that Charmander evolved. Keep up the great work.

oni flygon February 16th, 2004 5:27 PM

AYE! Please reply! XD

Chapter 11: Strengthened Bond

Yesterday’s battle was still in my mind. It was all too fast but I recounted everything step by step. Every move I used and every decision I took. I was really proud of my first evolved Pokemon. If only I could show it off to someone…

~*~*~*~

“Wake up looser!” A familiar voice was reverberating inside me. “Wake UP!”

“Wha-?!” I woke up that morning feeling drowsy. My eyes focused and widened to see a familiar face shaking me.

“Michelle, why can’t you just leave him sleep?”

“Wake up loser! Wake! Up! Wake-“

“I’m awake, I’m awake!” I muttered as I rubbed my eyes and shoved of Michelle’s hands of my shoulder.

“Good, stay awake!”

I matted my messy light brown hair and stretched and yawned.

“Hey, watch where you’re yawning!” Michelle cried as she avoided my arms.

“How’s it going, Gary?” Nick asked as he went closer to me.

“I’m…fine,” I yawned.

Suddenly, my stomach grumbled. I embarrassingly move to my other side and clutched my stomach.

“Hungry?” Nick asked. “I think I got some cereal over here…” He said as he searched his backpack.

“So the loser’s angry, why don’t we just leave him?”

“Michelle, just because you lost to him doesn’t mean you have to be sore all the time.” Nick commented.

Michelle quickly walked away, her sandy blonde hair at her back.

“Sorry about her,” Nick said as he gave me a bowl of cold cereal.

“Thanks,” I replied as I began to eat the cereal. It’s been a while since I ate.

“So, how’s your training going?”

“Huh? Oh! I got Blaze to evolve.” I replied quickly.

“Your Charmander? Awesome! Let me see.” He quickly reacted.

“Ok, ok.” I replied as I took out three Pokeballs. “Blaze, Sage, Aby!”

All of my Pokemon came out …quite hungry, except for Aby.

“Awesome! You got an Abra!” Nick said as he looked at my Pokemon. “They look hungry.”

“Yeah well, they haven’t eaten for a long time.”

“Maybe this will help,” Nick said taking out what looked like a small blue plastic thermometer.

“What’s that?”

“This?” He said looking at it and taking out a few colorful block pieces. “It’s a Pokeblock case. It stores Pokeblocks.”

“Pokeblocks?”

“Well, in the Hoenn region some berries can be blended and can turn into Pokeblocks. They’re sorta like candy only for Pokemon. They have different taste.”

He then handed Sage a pink Pokeblock.

“Pink ones are sweet, so I guess they’ll love these.”

Sage and Blaze growled happily as they ate the Pokeblocks.

“Hey Nick,”

“Huh?”

“Where actually were you and your sister from?” I asked as I leaned on my knees.

“Well, we came from the Hoenn region and that’s pretty far from here. That’s where we got some of our Pokemon.” He replied while smiling.

“No wonder, why are you guys here?”

“Well, our parents forced us to go here. Mom and Dad said that it’d be fun here. They said they had friends around here. Hey you’ve beaten Brock?” He suddenly said as he looked over my Pocket. A boulder badge was hanging from it.

“Uh, well, yeah.” I stammered.

“Cool, me too. Only Michelle took a while before beating him.”

“It didn’t take that long!” I heard Michelle’s voice behind us. “It took me a few times…”

“Yeah right,” Nick replied eyeing Michelle.

Both began to argue in front of me like always.

“Guys, guys!” I said as I halted both of them. “Why don’t we just settle down and-“

“Shut up, Nick!” Michelle yelled as both of them struggled to get away from my grasp.

“You shut up! I’ll battle you and I’ll prove that you’ll loose!”

“You’re on!”

~*~*~*~

The battle was ready. Michelle and Nick were both poised for battle.

“Two on two?” Nick asked.

“Two on two,” Michelle repeated as she took out two Pokeballs.

Nick did the same as he ruffled his sandy blonde hair. It’s he first time I’ve seen the twins battle. I sat on the edge of the battlefield excited and ready.

“Ready when you are, sis!” Nick smiled as he threw his Pokeballs. “Leaf, Alm, Come out!”

Two Pokemon came out. One, I realized to be a Bulbasaur. The other was a Pokemon I’ve never seen before. It was reddish and sluggish with barbs pointing out of its body. It was small with big bulgy eyes and reminded me of a Caterpie. I looked at my Pokedex to see more about it.

“Wurmple, These Pokemon are only found around the Hoenn region. They are mostly defenseless but can attack Pokemon with the barbs at their backs.”

“Another Hoenn Pokemon,” I muttered.

“Let see about that!” Michelle cried. “Linus, Ursula!”

Her Zigzagoon came out along with her Squirtle. All were poised for battle.

“Ursula, Use water gun on Alm!”

Ursula did so and fired a blast of water towards Wurmple.

“Leaf, block it and use vine whip on Ursula!” Nick yelled out.

Leaf came across the blast of fire and prevented Alm from being harmed. Then, Leaf sent out vines from its back towards Ursula. The vines scored a direct hit as they smacked Ursula away.

“Ursula!” Michelle cried as Ursula struggled to get up.

“Alm, use poison sting on Ursula!” Nick commanded.

Alm lowered its back and fried multiple poison barbs towards the fallen Ursula.

“Linus, use you pin missile!”

Linus sent out a wave of stingers towards Alm’s poison stings. The stings were stopped just before they reached Ursula.

“Quick thinking,” Nick said. “Leaf, use your leech seed on Linus!”

Linus was out of guard when the seeds from Leaf reached him. The seeds formed around Linus and constricted him.

“Linus!” Michelle cried.

“Alm, use poison sting on Linus!”

Alm sent out a wave of poison barbs towards Linus. Michelle tried to stop them using Ursula, but she was off guard and trying to stand up. All the barbs connected which caused Linus to cry out in pain. Then, Linus fell down breathing hard. It was poisoned.

“No!” Michelle cried. “Linus, stand up. Please!”

Michelle rushed towards Linus and tore off the vines constricting it.

I stood up and called Nick to stop. I rushed towards her and helped her tear up the vines.

“Get away from me!” She said as she pushed me aside.

I noticed tears streaming from her face.

“Michelle?”

“Get away! I hate you! I hate you both!” She cried as she hugged Linus.

“Michelle? Hey Michelle, I’m sorry!” Nick said as he rushed towards her.

Ursula was next to her as she began to sob.

“I’m sorry, Michelle. I — “

“Shut up!” She screamed. “Just leave me alone!”

I looked up at Nick. He had a concern look upon his face as he recalled both of his Pokemon.

“Don’t worry about her,” Nick muttered. “She’ll be fine in a few minutes.”

“I won’t be fine!” Michelle sobbed as she gave an antidote to Linus and recalled both Ursula and Linus.

“Aw, c’mon Michelle.” Nick said as he kneeled next to Michelle. With both of them close together, I could see some resemblances between the two.

“Michelle, you just lost once. That’s it.” I said as I joined Nick comforting her.

“I just didn’t loose once, I lost many times!” She said sobbing between words.

“Michelle,” I began moving closer to her. “It’s just fine to loose. Everyone looses all the time.”

“Not like you or my brother.” She replied while rubbing tears of her eyes. “It’s not fair. I don’t deserve to be here or be a trainer.”

“Michelle,” I began. “As long as you try, you can never loose. Just believe in yourself.”

I didn’t realize those words that just came out of my mouth. I didn’t even understand what I said.

Michelle looked up at me. I could see her blue eyes sparkling with tears. She then quickly hugged me.

“Whoa—“ It all happened to quick I guess. Those were the only words that I managed to choke out from my mouth as she hugged tightly.

“Michelle?”

“I’m sorry,” She sobbed. “I’m just sorry I treated you like nobody.”

I looked up at Nick to see him smiling.

“Thanks,” she managed to say while she buried her face on my clothes.

I gathered my courage to put my hand around her while comforting her.

~*~*~*~

“Parting ways again?” Nick asked as we reached another fork.

“I’m going to Cerulean, you guys?” I asked as I pointed to one side.

“We might need tome training for a while.” Nick said as he pointed into the other direction.

I looked at Michelle. Her face was no longer filled with tears but a smile was across her face.

“Yeah, I guess.” She agreed.

“Ok, see you guys again next time.” I said as I began on my way.

“Gary!” I heard Michelle’s voice as I turned around.

“Huh?”

“I…I’m sorry…” She said as she looked down.

“You’ve apologized enough.” I said smiling. “Let’s just see each other next time.”

“Ok…” She said as she hurried of towards Nick. “Hey Nick, wait up!”

To Be Continued

Kenta February 17th, 2004 6:54 AM

Another nice job Oni! Your doing very well. Looks like Michelle finally stopped being bossy XD
Keep up the good work :)

oni flygon February 20th, 2004 5:13 PM

lol thanks! ^_^

Hey Omega, if you want red, just wait two chapters more! XD

oni flygon February 22nd, 2004 12:41 PM

Countdown to Red: 1 more chapter XD

Chapter 12: Memories

I found myself in front of Cerulean city. It’s more like a sleepy town. Houses were aligned around the streets while people walked on the sidewalk chatting happily about the current events. I found myself wandering around looking up at the shops and restaurants scattered on one side of the street. Suddenly, I remembered something.

“Um, hey,” I said as I halted a dark red haired girl who was walking by.

“Huh?”

She was quite small. Her dark brown eyes twinkled as she glanced up at me. She was holding up a Pikachu. She was wearing a loose shirt and shorts that seem to be a bit larger than her. Her red shirt seemed to be a bit dirty and wet. Two dark red pigtails protruded from behind her head. Her small hands handled the Pikachu friskily as it yawned and growled.

“Um, can you tell me where the Cerulean Cape is?”

She looked strangely at me. Her Pikachu growled as it struggled to get away from the girl’s grasp.

“The Cerulean Cape?” She repeated with her eyes fixed at me.

“Yeah, do you know where it is?” I asked.

“You mean the sea cottage, right?”

“Yeah, I guess…” I replied having no clue what she said.

“Oh, it’s just up there.” She let go of her Pikachu and pointed up in front of me. “You just go up straight and then left.”

“Ok, thanks…” I said as I began on my way.

She picked up her Pikachu again.

“Hey,” she called.

“Huh?”

“You’re a trainer, right?” she said.

“Yeah…why did you ask?” I replied.

“Nothing.” She giggled as she went of on the opposite direction.

I glanced back at her thinking something might happen but I just ignored her and continued walking.

~*~*~*~

I continued on my way north heading my way to the cape. As I walked, I noticed people getting fewer and the trees are getting denser. A river flowed silently on my left. I continued my way up when I hear someone.

“Glad you got your way here,” said a familiar voice.

“Toshin?”

I looked around trying to find him. He stepped back from a tree with his hood down. There was something different from him than what I’ve met earlier before.

“You did make your way here,” He repeated.

“Toshin,” I began.

He looked up at me. A sign he’s listening.

“You know Silver, right?”

He simply nodded and continued to listen.

“Do you both know about my father?”

Toshin didn’t reply. He leaned against a tree near him and crossed his arms.

“Do you?” I repeated.

“Do you really want to know more about your father?” he asked.

“Yes,” I replied firmly.

He looked up at me with one eye.

“Did you notice anything when you battled Brock?”

“Huh? Well… yeah. I did.”

“Good, you are what I’m looking for.”

“What?” I asked. “What do you mean?”

“Your powers… they lie dormant inside you and they will only come out if it wants to.” He replied.

“My powers?”

“You remember what I told you last time?”

“Yeah… the forest legend. I think.” I said trying to remember.

“Those powers cannot be inherited nor passed physically to another person. Only the forest spirit chooses the wielders.”

His voice was sullen as the winds began to blow behind me. I fell silent not knowing what to say.

“If you want to, I can help you wake your powers.” He said breaking the silence.

I was unsure. How could I believe him? But there was a force that made agreed…

“Do you want to?” He repeated.

“Yes… I want to…” I replied.

He looked up at me with both eyes now. His dark hair was moving with the wind freely.

~*~*~*~

“To begin your training,” He said. “You need to train both your mind and your body. You also need to strengthen your mind with your Pokemon.”

“Right,” I replied as I released my three Pokemon.

Toshin examined them and stopped at Abby. He placed his hand on Abby’s forehead and closed his eyes. At once, I heard whispers coming around me. I couldn’t understand anything, the whispers were talking faster and faster. I tried to concentrate and trying not to yell out or anything.

The moment Toshin opened his eyes, the whispers stopped.

“Did you hear anything?” he asked.

I fell silent. Not knowing what to reply.

“Y-Yeah,” I stammered trying to catch my breath.

“Good,” Toshin said. “That was Abby and me talking.”

“How did you -?”

“Sakaki is my sister,” He interrupted. “One of my surviving family members. She gave you Abby I presume.”

I remained silent not saying another word.

“So begins our training.” He said as he sat down. “Are you ready?”

“Ready,” I replied.

“Good, now close your eyes and concentrate on Abby and on your other Pokemon.”

I did so what he said and concentrated.

“Try not to sleep.” I heard Toshin say.

I pictured my Pokemon in my mind. Blaze, Sage and Abby…I could feel something. It was beating slowly and carefully. I could picture it in my mind as if I had my minds open. Something… I could see…something…

“Sakaki, Sakaki!”

A blue haired boy about fifteen years old was calling a younger girl; a dark haired girl about ten or eleven.

“Makoto? Have you found my brother?” Sakaki asked.

“No, but I think I know where he’s going.” Makoto replied gasping for air.

The surroundings were clear now. In front of them was house burned down and smoldering. White smoke was coming from wreck.

“Where?”

“I don’t know yet, but a gate was opened.” Makoto replied quickly.

“Let’s hurry, if that gate closes, it’s going to be hard to find him,” Sakaki said alarmingly. “Show me where is it.”

“Over here,” Makoto said as the two set out.


I opened my eyes and found that it was already night. The moon was directly above us and the stars twinkled. I could see the city with its lights on the other side of the river. Blaze and Sage seem to be asleep but Abby looked like what she was when I began hours before.

“So,” Said a voice that made me jump. “What did you see?”

I looked back to see Toshin sitting and a fire was burning in front of him. A large pot was steaming and I noticed a large spoon and two bowls on the side.

“I saw Sakaki…” I began trying as hard as I can to remember. “And this guy… Makoto…”

Toshin looked up at me. He seemed to be satisfied by the look at his face.

“What are they talking about?” he asked.

“I don’t know. Sakaki was asking about…about you. I think.”

Toshin remained silent.

“And something about a gate. I didn’t see much.” I continued as I scratched my head.

I heard my stomach grumble. I felt embarrassed as I clutched my stomach.

“Crap, I forgot to ask Nick about food.” I muttered.

“Rice?” Toshin said as he examined the pot on top of the fire.

“Uh…sure,” I replied.

He handed me a bowl and one of the large spoons. I placed as much rice I could eat on my bowl.

“We continue our training tomorrow,” Toshin said as I finished eating.

“Ok,” I replied. “Toshin?”

“Huh?”

“What did I saw?” I asked.

“You saw a memory. It’s something that has been passed down by powerful emotions. Something that is so strong, it leaves an imprint so powerful, only a few psychics can see them. However, to see those memories, you must and have to be in a certain place or manifest a certain object or person.”

I nodded. I seem to understand what he said.

“But, how was I able to see those memories?” I asked. “I didn’t even know I had those powers.”

“That’s what I can not answer.” Toshin said gazing at the fire. I could see the fire’s reflection in his eyes. Burning slowly and wildly.

To Be Continued...

Kenta February 25th, 2004 10:59 PM

great chapter! That training sounded cool.
was that Misty's child by chance? :P

oni flygon February 27th, 2004 9:26 PM

XD Maybe..maybe not ... btw, did minor edits in first chapters...

Chapter 13: Bloodied past

“Concentrate and attack.” Toshin said as my head pounded.

I could feel the blood rushing through my face.

“Sage, use your gust once more!” I commanded.

Toshin forced me into using Sage to blow away a huge rock that’s as wide as the trees around us. What I thought was impossible, he demonstrated with his Pidgeot without any problems.

Sage flew up higher and created a torrential gust that blew away pebbles. I could feel something wrong with Sage. It was pain. He’s hurting yet he tries. He keeps on trying. Rocks that are size of my fist are starting to be blown away.

Then, I saw Sage fall. He fell with a loud thud to the ground.

“Sage!” I cried.

I held Sage in my hands. It was breathing hard and was really exhausted.

“Take your time.” Toshin said from behind me.

“You’re just forcing me things that I can’t even do!” I yelled at him. “I don’t even know if you’re training me or not!”

“Just trust me,” Toshin continued ignoring what I said. “If you want to rest, just rest. Take your time.”

The next moment, I was tending to Sage’s sore wings. I wrapped his wings with bandages and patted them briefly.

“There you go,” I said as I lifted Sage up. “Good as new.”

Sage let out a shrill cry of appreciation, ruffled its feathers and sat down beside me.

“You’re welcome,” I replied smiling.

Toshin was leaning against a tree a few feet from us. He’s still deep in thought like what I always thought. He must be always thinking of something deep in his mind. I looked up at his face seeing if he’s sleeping or maybe, his mind’s wandering.

“I’m awake,” I heard him mutter.

His voice made me jump a bit with my heart pounding.

“You still have a long way to. Train your Charmeleon if you want to.” He said still in the same position.

“Ok,” I replied taking out Blaze’s Pokeball. “What do you want me to do?”

“Battle me,” He replied as he stood up.

“W-what?” I stammered. “B-but…you’re way more than an ordinary trainer.”

“Don’t worry,” He said taking out a blue Pokeball. “I’ll take it easy on you.”

~*~*~*~

“One against one.” Toshin said as he handled his Great Ball.

“Ok,” I replied as I took out a Pokeball containing Sage.

I know it’s a bit of a risk, but I’m sure Toshin will take it easy on me.

There was a river near us in the battlefield. Trees covered around us and the sky was clear and cloudless.

“Sage, come out!”

I sent out my Pidgey at once. Sage flew up at the air all with bandages.

“You ok, Sage?” I asked.

Sage replied with a shrill cry.

“Good,” Toshin muttered under his breath. “Flux, take it easy on him.”

He threw his Great Ball and out came a dog Pokemon. Its whole body was dark and bones seemed to decorate its body. I don’t know what scared me – the skull and horns or the pointed tale. I took out my Pokedex nervously and viewed it.

“Houndoom. These Pokemon breathe noxious air into their bodies. They only appear at night and their howls are said to be cursed if heard at night.”

“Don’t worry,” Toshin repeated. “I’ll take it easy on you.”

“Ok,” I said trembling.

I looked up at Sage. He was scared too, evidently.

“Let’s do this, Sage!”

He replied with a low growl.

“Aw, C’mon. Let’s start out with a gust!”

Sage flew up and hurled a powerful gust towards Flux. Flux didn’t move as the gust crashed towards him. It didn’t seem to affect Flux when it closed its eyes during the attack then opened them with a glare.

“Flux, use smog.” Toshin commanded. He wasn’t shouting or anything. He was just calm.

Flux sent out thick smoke from its mouth towards Sage.

“Sage, blow it away!” I yelled out.

Sage flew up higher and sent out another gust of air towards the smoke.

“Flux, leap out and use Iron Tail.” I heard Toshin say.

I looked around and saw Flux rapidly leaping up a rock and, with its tail tried to attack Sage.

“Sage, dodge it and tackle!”

Sage managed to dodge the attack but I didn’t notice Flux’s double-edged tail. The second strike of the iron tail managed to attack Sage.

“Sage!” I yelled out as Sage tried to fly up.

Flux was on the ground waiting for any of Toshin’s commands. I looked at Toshin. He was looking up at Sage. He knows that it’s the perfect time to attack, but he wasn’t attacking.

“Sage, use sand-attack!”

Sage flew down and sent out a cloud of dust towards Flux. It was a direct hit. Sage’s attack managed to blind Flux for a while.

“Flux, use smog again!”

I knew Toshin wasn’t concentrating. Flux sent out a smog attack into another direction away from Sage.

“Use your quick attack, Sage!”

Sage sent out a powerful quick attack towards Flux’s side. It was powerful enough to make Flux loose its balance.

“Flux, stand up and use Iron Tail again.” Toshin commanded.

Flux leapt up and tried to attack Sage but missed by an inch.

“Use sand-attack once more, Sage!” I commanded.

Sage sent out another cloud of sand towards Flux. Now, Flux was loosing both its balance and sight.

“Use Flamethrower,” Toshin said.

Flux began to shoot out flames everywhere. The fire wasn’t ordinary fire – it was dark fire that doesn’t seem to burn any of the trees around us.

“Sage, use quick-attack to push Flux into the river!” I yelled out.

Sage did so and managed to push Flux into the water. Flux yelped and cried as it struggled to stay afloat. Toshin held out his Great Ball and returned his Houndoom. He showed no emotions but muttered words as he held up Flux’s Great Ball near his face.

My heart leapt when I noticed Sage glowing…

“Sage!” He was transforming into something bigger. When he stopped glowing, he finally evolved into a Pidgeotto.

“Awesome!” I yelled as I rushed near Sage’s side.

I took off the loosening bandages for they were now too tight for Sage. He spread out his wings and let out a loud cry.

“Awesome!” I repeated smiling.

Sage flew around for a while with its new form. I looked up at Toshin and noticed him smiling. It was a subtle smile – almost unnoticeable, but I’m sure he’s happy.

~*~*~*~

It was night already. After a few hours of Toshin’s recommended meditation, I found nothing nor saw nothing. If only there’s something I could use to see stuff. The fire was already out. White smoke was coming out of the sticks and braches and was leading up into the starry night. I glanced up at Toshin. He was sitting against a tree with his arms crossed. His head was low and must be sleeping.

I moved in front of him looking closely at him. His long bangs covered much of his face and he was breathing slowly.

“Toshin?” I whispered.

No doubt about it, he’s out cold. I remembered that he did know my father.

“Might be risky,” I thought to myself. But I was really desperate.

I had no choice but to listen to myself. I stretched my hand placed it near Toshin’s head. I closed my eyes and began to see something…something… unclear…



“Reiji, I’ve had enough!” A voice yelled.

Everything was in focus now. There was a boy holding a girl by knifepoint. The girl was bleeding. Her light red hair was swaying with the wind. Blood was pouring from her lips, her eyes, everywhere. Her dress was town and wounds were all over her body. Her eyes were closed…as if she was asleep. Then, there was another figure. It was another boy about seventeen with messy dark hair. He was wearing a white shirt stained and a trench coat smeared with mud and dirt. His dark blue pants were messy too. His fists were clenched and he gritted his teeth.

“Make me, Heihshiro,” Reiji replied. He gripped his knife closer to the girl throat.

“Reiji, you coward!” Toshin spat. “What did you do to her?”

Reiji sent out a cold laugh. He was wearing dirty red robes. His green hair was with the blowing wind. His bright red eyes were glaring menacingly and his smirk revealed his yellowed teeth.

“Nothing really,” He laughed. “Bloodied her and many other things.”

“Monster!”

The girl was waking up. She opened her eyes slowly. Her eyes twinkled and were filled with tears as she looked up at Toshin.

“T-Toshin,” She said weakly.

“Miharu! Don’t move!” Toshin said nervously. “I’ll find a way to get you out of this!”

The girl smiled. She was quite beautiful as she gazed slowly at Toshin. Toshin looked back at her and smiled.

“Nice isn’t it?” Reiji said breaking the silence. “There’s so much thrill when holding someone’s life in your palm. It’s the thrill Heihshiro! You know how many lives I’ve taken with these hands!”

Toshin remained silent. He never said a word. He only glared at Reiji with loathing and hatred.

“Everyone you knew!” Reiji yelled. “Your grandfather, your father, you mother, your whole family!”

Toshin clenched his fist harder. His nails were digging into his hand.

“And now, your own love one,” Reiji sneered as he gripped his knife. “The only one you love in this world. What could possibly happen if she—“

“Shut up!” Toshin yelled as he stepped closer.

“Watch your step Heihshiro,” Reiji warned. “Do that again and she’ll get her throat ripped.”

“T-Toshin,” Miharu whispered as she tried to stand up by holding Reiji’s arm. “Please…just let me die…”

“No! I can’t let you,” Toshin yelled as blood started to drip from hands. “You mean so much to me…just hang on!”

Reiji laughed. He laughed cruelly and coldly.

“Heihshiro!” He yelled. “If you think your story ends happily, it doesn’t! It’s either you die or she does.”

With a swift motion, he quickly stabbed Miharu on her chest. It all happened in slow motion. Toshin ran up to them and released a swift punch towards Reiji’s face. His fist connected to Reiji and sent him back a few feet. Miharu fell to the ground blood streaming from her chest. Toshin quickly attended to Miharu clutching her arm and trying to stop the blood flowing by wrapping Miharu with his trench coat.

He then noticed Reiji standing up with his knife in one hand poised to stab.

“That is enough!” Toshin yelled angrily.

At once, the afternoon sky turned dark. A swirling vortex seems to appear directly above Toshin a thousand feet away. Reiji stumbled back a small step behind.

“No…It’s can’t be…impossible!” Reiji yelled, as the vortex grew larger and larger. Winds started to blow hard around them. Reiji could see a change in Toshin’s face. A blazing red tattoo was visible in his left cheek. The tattoo was mostly intricate patterns that seemed to be woven together.

“No… how could you master opening a gate so quickly?” Reiji said with a horrified expression. Toshin did not move nor replied as the winds were enough to knock of Reiji to his feet.

Reiji stood up frantically as he fled.

The winds stopped and died down. The sky was clear again and everything was normal. Within the silence, a voice broke out in a soft whisper: “T-Toshin,”

Miharu looked up tearfully at Toshin. She smiled weakly as tears streamed from her face.

“Toshin please…let me die…” She said weakly as she let Toshin hold her arm.

“Miharu…don’t say that!” Toshin replied as tears began streaming from his eyes.

“There are so many things I wanted to share with you…” Toshin sobbed as he held his lover’s limp hand.

“No, no…” Miharu whispered weakly. “Toshin please leave me alone…I know…I know how much you love me…I love you the same…”

Toshin couldn’t hold his pain anymore as he closed his eyes and let his tears fall.

“But…but what about our-?”

“No…keep it…keep it secret. Please don’t tell anyone…for now…” She replied slowly. “Hiroki,”

Toshin opened his eyes.

“Kiss me…kiss me one last time…Hiroki…”

Miharu closed her eyes and slightly gripped Toshin’s hand. Toshin closed his eyes and slowly kissed her on the lips. Their kiss that felt like hours lingered as Miharu slowly loosened her grip…



I opened my eyes and looked around. It was already morning and noticed that Toshin wasn’t sleeping anymore.

“What did you see?” said a voice behind me. His voice made me jump up in shock.

I looked back and saw Toshin sitting with his arms crossed.

“What did you see?” He repeated with a stern voice.

“I-I saw you…” I replied looking at him.

He didn’t say a word but simply nodded his head. I guess that means to continue.

“I saw someone too,” I continued. “Miharu. Do you know her?”

“I loved her,” He replied quickly.

“She died,” I breathed once more. “Why did she call you Hiroki?”

“Hiroki’s my real name. Toshin is something my foster parents gave me.”

“There’s one more thing,” I said trying to ask him a million questions at once.

He looked up at me with his dark eyes.

“Miharu…sh-she was pregnant wasn’t she?”

Toshin’s expression was mixed with horror and shock.

“H-How did you know?” He stuttered.

“When I saw her…something was already dying. I don’t know, but there was something else. A life. Something that was different.”

Toshin lowered his head once more. I could see his tears streaming slowly from his eyes.

“I-I couldn’t do anything…it was my duty to protect her and our baby.” He said steadily. “But…but I failed…I wish I was dead…but something was stopping me.”

Tears dropped from his face as they continued to fall. There was so much to ask but I stopped asking him questions.

“Go,”

“Huh?” I asked.

“You’re training, it’s beyond my hands now.”

“But, about my dad –“

“Do you remember what Silver told you?” He said as he wiped his tears.

I remained silent not saying a word.

“You’ll see it inside you,” He said as he looked up at me with a stern face. “Sometimes, you’ll see visions. You may not like them but they will come and they may haunt you. What you see might have happened or will happen.”

I stood up and looked at him.

“Will I…see you again?”

“Maybe…maybe.”

To Be Continued

Kenta February 28th, 2004 11:21 PM

wow. amazing chapter...............very sad story. Nice that he now has Pidgeotto. Will that evil dude show up again? He deserves what he gets

The Vince Knight February 28th, 2004 11:46 PM

O_o Good job Oni flygon.
Your fan fictions are excellent.

Abolishing Flames February 29th, 2004 6:35 PM

nice story! ... HEY! You stole my RP character! (Makoto) ... (lol, j/k) :D

Omega-Brendan March 3rd, 2004 12:27 AM

greaaaat chapter I just had to catch up a bit......... WHere's RED!?

oni flygon March 6th, 2004 10:44 PM

You want red? You'll get red! XD

Chapter 14: Oppurtunity's Grasp

“Cerulean City Gym”

I read the painted letters on one wall of the gym. The gym looked bigger than the one in Pewter city. The walls outside were decorated with blue paint and drawings of water Pokemon. Some I know, some I don’t. I was in front of the gym doors. I pushed open the bright blue doors as I went inside. Inside, I was directly in front of a large pool with two plastic buoys floating on both ends. The smell inside smelled like the ocean rather than chlorine. The bleachers were wet and the spotlights were dim.

“A challenger!” A familiar voice called.

I looked on the opposite end to see the girl I met earlier downtown. She was still wearing the same clothes and was holding up her Pikachu. She was wearing a huge grin and her stare was fixed on me.

“You?” I gasped. “You’re the gym leader?”

“Yeah I am!” She said as her voice echoed around the gym. “I was hoping for a good challenger anyways.”

“H-How old are you?” I asked in amazement.

“Seven,” She replied gleefully.

She let go of her Pikachu and let it rest for a while.

“Seven? Isn’t that too-“

“Battle or buzz off!” She interrupted.

“Ok, ok. Tell me the rules.”

“One on one. Single battle. No items…. and umm…” She replied counting her fingers as she said the rules.

“And…um…um…” She said looking up and trying to remember.

“Ready?”

“Not yet! Just give me a minute…” She yelled back. “Now what was the other one mom said?” She muttered.

“Melissa? Melissa!” Called a man’s voice. “There you are young lady!”

Out in a corridor, a tall man with dark messy hair that pointed everywhere appeared. He was wearing a red shirt and khaki shorts. His sandals made sounds as he took steps running towards Melissa.

“Da-d!” Melissa called painfully as her father tugged her arm.

“Your mommy told you not to battle trainers. You’re too young, see.” He scolded.

“Aw dad, I can take care of Pika and Gyara. I can battle trainers. Just this once!” She pleaded as she pointed to the Pikachu, now sleeping.

“C’mere!” Her dad said as he carried Melissa on his shoulders.

Melissa laughed as her father walked towards me.

“Sorry ‘bout that…” He said eyeing me. “My daughter’s kinda likes to battle trainers when the leader’s away.”

“Um, no problem. I’m just here for the challenge. Are you the leader?” I asked.

“Nope,” He replied. “But my wife is. Say, you look familiar.”

“Huh?”

He placed Melissa down, who ran quickly up to Pika. The man looked up at me closer and eyed me suspiciously.

“Do you know Green?” He asked.

“Green? He’s my da-“

“It’s you!” He yelled. “You’ve grown up all these days!”

I was confused for a minute but my senses returned quickly.

“Name’s Red.” He said as he took my hand quickly and shook it.

“You know my dad?”

“Well, he’s kind of a rival.” He replied as I noticed Melissa running up to Red holding Pika.

“Daddy, do you know him?” She asked tugging Red’s shirt.

“Well, he’s Daddy’s friend’s son.” He replied smiling.

Melissa peered at me suspiciously as she hid behind her father.

“Red?” A woman’s voice called from the corridor.

“I’m here, Mist!” He called back. “Come here, hurry!”

Out came a red haired woman who was slightly shorter than Red. She had long bright red hair that she let untied. She was wearing a white jacket and blue denim shorts. She too, was wearing sandals.

“What is it, Red?” She asked.

“Misty, doesn’t he look familiar?” Red said as he pointed at me.

Misty looked closer at me and gasped.

“He looks like Green!” She exclaimed. “You’re Gary, right?”

“Yeah…” I replied with my voice trailing off.

“Wow! You’ve grown since I last saw you!” She said as she walked closer.

I had a confused look on my face. I didn’t exactly understand what she said.

“Last time we saw you, you were just a baby.” Red said as he smiled.

“Oh, I just didn’t remember. Sorry.” I replied quickly.

“Aw, you don’t need to be sorry,” Misty, said as she glanced at Melissa, she was now behind her mother tugging her jacket.

“Melissa, what is it?” Misty asked.

“Mommy, who is the guy?” She asked shyly as she looked quickly at me.

“Well, I told you didn’t I?” Red said as he leaned towards Melissa. “He’s Gary, my friend’s son.”

“So does that make him my friend too?” She asked.

“Yeah he does, you shouldn’t be hiding like this.” Misty replied.

“Oh yeah, you were looking for a challenge, weren’t you?” Red asked when he noticed my eyes looking around the gym.

“Yeah,”

“Alright, I won’t take it easy even if you’re a friend.” Misty smiled.

~*~*~*~


“Three on three, single battle.” Misty announced as I readied my Pokeballs.

“Ok, I’m ready.” I replied.

Red and Melissa were sitting at the bleachers watching anxiously. Melissa’s Pikachu was sitting next to her watching lazily.

“Good,” Misty smirked as she took out a blue Pokeball.

“Seaking!” She said as she threw into the water.

Out came a red fish Pokemon. I’ve seen a lot of Seakings at the Pallet town lab, so I bet I know what I’m doing.

“Go, Abby!” I yelled throwing out my Pokeball.

My Pokeball landed on one of the floating buoys and out came Abby with her head tucked on one hand.

“Nice, you do know those things can’t attack, right?” Misty asked.

“I know Abby,” I replied. “I used her to beat Brock.”

Misty had a satisfied look on her face.

“Ok, Seaking, use horn attack!” she commanded.

Seaking dived down deeper into the water. I could see its shadowy outline from above heading straight towards Abby.

“Abby, teleport!”

Abby teleported the moment Seaking jumped with its head aiming at Abby. It missed and its horn was planted into the buoy, trapped. Abby teleported into the other buoy poised for an attack.

“No, Seaking!” Misty yelled.

“Abby, confusion!”

“What?”

Abby immediately sent out a huge confusion wave that knocked out Seaking from being trapped and into the water.

“How can your Abra attack?” Misty asked.

“I don’t know. She already has that attack when I got her.” I replied quickly.

“Mommy, don’t give up!” Melissa yelled as she jumped up and down. Red was looking at Abby deep in thought.

“I won’t, sweetie!” Misty replied waving at her. “Seaking, use whirlpool!”

The water began to swirl as a vortex in center began to appear. The buoys circled around the pool wildly as Abby held tightly to the buoy.

“Got to think quick…” I muttered concentrating hard.

The whirlpool circled faster and faster.

“Abby, teleport on top and use confusion!” I yelled.

It might be crazy to do something I thought, but I was sure Abby felt the same. Abby teleported above, floating, and launched another massive confusion attack. The attack was so powerful, it parted the water for a while, sending water all over. Abby returned back to the buoy that was now calmly floating in front of me.

“Seaking!” Misty cried as Seaking, now fainted, floated above water.

“No,” I heard a horrified gasp from Melissa. Red remained silent.

Misty returned Seaking back to its Pokeball.

“You’re pretty tough,” Misty breathed as she took out another Pokeball. “Go, Lapras!”

“Whoa!” I gasped as a Lapras came out and dived under water and then came out to the surface with a deafening cry. This was the first I’ve seen an actual one.

“Awesome!” I cried, breathless.

“Cool isn’t it?” I heard Melissa say on one side of the gym.

I nodded and gripped my hands. I know that Lapras are strong, but how strong?

“Ready?” Misty called.

I nodded and readied myself.

“Lapras, ice beam!” Misty commanded.

“Abby, teleport and try a confusion!”

Abby teleported with enough time to dodged Lapras’ attack. The ice beam froze the water around but not from al the pool. Abby reappeared on the second buoy and sent out a confusion attack. The attack was a direct hit but Lapras doesn’t seem to be affected and shook of the attack.

“No…” I gasped.

“Lapras has good special defense. So, don’t think using psychic attacks on it.” Misty said with her arms folded. “Lapras, Dive!”

Lapras dived underwater and circled around Abby. Its blue outline was swift as it circled effortlessly.

“Abby…” I whispered not knowing what to do.

‘It’s alright, I trust in you.’ Came her whisper.

‘Abby, I can’t…I can’t think.’ I thought as I wiped a drop of sweat off my forehead.

“Abby, Confusion on the water!”

She sent out another wave of confusion that hit Lapras directly.

“That won’t do any,” Misty muttered. “Attack now, Lapras!”

Something happened I never expected. Lapras didn’t attack but sank deeper into the pool.

“Lapras?” Misty called.

Lapras resurfaced on one side swaying its head side to side crying out loud.

“Oh no,” Misty Gasped. “It’s confused.”

“Yeah! Now’s our chance, Abby!” I yelled. “Use another confusion!”

Abby sent out another wave that seemed to slap Lapras of its balance.

“Lapras, Body Slam!”

Lapras lunged forward and leapt but was off target a few feet away. It crashed and created waves that shook the buoy.

“Hang on, Abby! Confusion!”

Another confusion collided into Lapras. This time, it made Lapras fell of its balance and stayed for a while under water. A few seconds went by that felt like hours to me. Then, all of the sudden, Lapras resurfaced once more badly bruised.

“Lapras!” I heard Melissa call.

“Use body slam!” It was the last thing I heard when Lapras lunged forward and crashed into Abby.

“Abby!” I yelled as Lapras resurfaced along with the buoy. “Abby!”

‘I’m sorry…master…’ I heard her faintly whisper.

“Abby, return!” With a bright red flash, Abby returned to her Pokeball.

“It’s all right, you did a good job.” I whispered as I took out another Pokeball.

“You’re quite a challenge,” I heard Misty say. “You are gifted with Pokemon Battling. Never seen anyone battle like you.”

“Thanks,” I said slightly blushing.

“Shall we continue?”

“Ok, Sage! Do it!” I said as I threw my Pokeball. Sage flew up in prime form ready for battle. It landed on top of the buoy that was iced before by Lapras.

I noticed red on the sidelines looking very seriously examining Sage. Melissa was gripping the handles staring at Sage. Maybe that was the first time she saw a Pidgeotto.

“Nice,” Misty muttered. “Lapras, Ice Beam!”

“Sage, dodge it and use gust!”

Lapras sent out another blue beam that hit the already frozen buoy. Luckily, Sage managed to dodge it. Sage flew up high and sent out a strong gust of wind. Powerful winds created huge waves that crashed on the weakening Lapras.

“Lapras, dive underwater!”

Lapras dived once more underwater with its blue outline faintly showing.

“Get ready for a razor wind!” I yelled to Sage.

Sage flapped its wings that created more strong gusts. The water was wild as if it was in the middle of the storm. I could see Lapras’ outline underwater struggling to swim.

“Lapras, attack!”

Without hesitation, Lapras jumped up high almost hitting Sage.

“Ice Beam!”

“Razor Wind!”

Both attacks were too fast and I barely saw anything amidst the battle. Water was everywhere and it was misty all over.

“Sage?”

The mist cleared away to see Sage fine. Lapras, now fainted, took Sage’s Razor wind in full blast.

“No! You can’t loose mommy!” Melissa called as she shook her fist in the air. One hand gripping the handlebars.

“ I won’t honey,” She smiled as she returned Lapras.

I sighed once more as I gripped my sweaty palm. This is it. Her last Pokemon.

“This won’t be easy,” She said. “Starmie!”

To Be Continued

The Vince Knight March 7th, 2004 3:49 AM

oh no....What will happen next???
Anyway once again good chapter!!

Kenta March 7th, 2004 11:30 PM

This gets even better and better! Nice to see Red :cool:
Nice name for their daughter. She's just as fiesty as her mother :laugh:

cant wait to read more :cool:

Abolishing Flames March 11th, 2004 6:10 PM

Nice chapter! You should update around 2 times a week...

oni flygon March 12th, 2004 5:47 PM

woah.. thanks for the review guys! ...O.O you even rated me 5 stars...thanks very much!

oni flygon March 12th, 2004 10:02 PM

Chapter 15: Oppurtunity's grasp (Part 2)


I remember seeing a Staryu once at my aunt’s lab, but never a Starmie before. I remembered my aunt telling me once that these were to a very powerful type of Pokemon. I couldn’t just remember.

“Starmie, thunder wave!” Misty commanded.

Starmie sent out a yellow wave of electricity towards Sage. I was too slow to react when the electricity wrapped around Sage.

“Sage, shake it off!” I yelled.

Sage tried to struggle but to no avail. The wave wrapped around Sage tighter and tighter. Starmie stopped after Sage was already limp and tried hopping around the buoy.

“Sage, fly up!”

Sage tried to flap its wings but found out that they were paralyzed.

“Good,” Misty muttered. “Rapid Spin!”

Starmie leapt from the water and spun around. It lunged forward towards Sage.

“Sage, dodge it!”

I was too late. The attack connected and Sage was pushed of into the water.

“Sage, fly up!” Sage surfaced and flapped its numb wings. He flew up wildly and uncontrollably while Starmie returned underwater.

“Sage, use gust your gust!”

Sage did so but the effect of the thunder wave only made him fall to the buoy.

“Starmie, Surf!”

A huge tide appeared. The tide increased in size as it traveled half way through the pool. I was too slow to call out an attack when the waves crashed on Sage. I clenched my fist and waited for a sign.

“Go mommy!” I hear Melissa cheer.

My mind raced as I waited. Suddenly, I could see a small movement. Sage resurfaced and looked injured but it tried to fly. I could see blood trickling from its wing. I could his heart beating slowly and his desire to defeat.

“Sage, you can’t do this. Come back!” I said as I returned Sage. This left me to one choice left.

“Blaze, win this for me!” I said as I threw my Pokeball.

Misty did not say anything but I know that she was thinking fast. I had an idea as well.

“Blaze, use ember on the water!”

“What?” I looked up at Red and he was standing up with clenched hands on the bars like Melissa.

“Don’t waste your time doing that,” Misty said looking at Blaze. “Starmie, rapid spin!”

Starmie resurfaced and spun around Blaze. Blaze looked around with its sharp eyes trying to keep an eye on Starmie. Just then, Starmie attacked.

“Blaze dodg—“ I was too late. The attack hit Blaze and almost him off his balance.

“Scratch it, Blaze! Before it goes back on the water!”

Blaze managed to scratch Starmie and left a huge gash on it.

“Starmie, go to the buoy!” Misty called.

“Huh?”

Misty really wanted to be attacked by Blaze?

I glanced at Red. He was once again, sitting with his hand over his mouth, thinking.

“Finish him off, Mommy!”

“Starmie, use swift!” She commanded.

Stars appeared from Starmie and flew up to Blaze. The stars hit Blaze but he just shook them off.

“Blaze, use ember!” I yelled.

Blaze sent out a powerful ember attack towards Starmie. Starmie took the attack in a full blow but it just slightly burned it.

“Starmie, rapid spin!”

“Blaze, catch it!”

Starmie spun around and charged Blaze. It was too late for Misty to call an attack when Blaze caught Starmie.

“Crush Claw!” I yelled.

“What?!”

Blaze threw up Starmie and slashed it twice with its heavy claws. Starmie flew from the impact and hit the wall. The gem on its middle was cracked from Blaze’s Crush Claw. However, it stood up again and tried to recover.

“That’s enough!” I heard Misty call. She returned Starmie back to its Pokeball.

“Mommy!” Melissa called as she ran up to her. “Why did you loose mommy?”

“Melissa, It’s ok to loose.” She said as she kneeled down at her.

Red came down and approached Misty. “Nice battle Mist,”

I returned Blaze still confused why Misty recalled Starmie that fast.

“I’m honored to battle you,” Misty said as she approached me and shook my hand.

“Thanks,” I replied. “But why did you recall Starmie at once?”

“Oh I just felt you were going to win. You did recall Sage before I can finish it off.” She smiled.

“You’re a natural!” Red said approaching me with Melissa at his back. “Never seen anyone battle like you.”

“Thanks,” I said blushing and scratching my head.

“By the way, do you know your father’s Pokemon?”

“Um, no…not exactly. I haven’t met him yet.”

Red was silent at first but then smiled.

“It’s funny though,” He said. “You own exactly three of you Father’s Pokemon. A Charmeleon, A Pidgeotto and an Abra.”

“Really?” I exclaimed. “Oh yeah, Red?”

“Huh?”

“Can you…can you tell me about my dad?”

Red’s face was sullen and looked at Misty.

“Melissa, can you go over there and play with Pika and mommy for a while?” He said.

“Red?” I heard Misty whisper.

Red nodded and Misty guided Melissa out.

“I’m sorry…but…you’re too young to know.” He solemnly said.

“Red, is my dad dea-?”

“No, and yet I don’t know if he is…” He whispered. “Listen, I’m sure you’ll find him someday but for now—for now…” He paused. “He’s a great guy. If there’s one loyal husband and a good father, Green is.”

“Is he-is he really?”

Red nodded slowly.

“But why—why did he leave me and mom?” I asked.

Red stayed silent without saying a word. He looked down and didn’t say anything more when I asked him more questions.

~*~*~*~

“You’re heading to Vermilion, right?” Misty said. “You sure you don’t want to stay for a while?”

“Yeah, I’m sure. I need to get there anyway.”

“Gary,” Red said.

“Huh?”

“I’m sorry I can’t tell you much about your father.”

“No, that’s ok.” I said.

“Here you go.” Melissa said as she handed me a Cascade Badge.

“Thanks,” I said as I took it.

“Just watch, Gary. I’ll go out soon and be a good trainer like Daddy, Mommy and you!”

To Be Continued

Kenta March 12th, 2004 10:49 PM

another great chapter. learned a little more about Green :cool:
Cant wait to read more.

BTW, I gave ya the 5 stars :bandit:

Abolishing Flames March 19th, 2004 6:14 PM

Nice chapter! I'm gonna give yu the five stars too! ^^

oni flygon March 20th, 2004 1:02 PM

Warning: Due to some graphic content in this chapter, I am ratin gthis chapter a PG-13. If you're a kid that gets scared easily by violence, blood, gore etc... don't read this. You have been warned!

Chapter 16: Darkened Ambitions

“Hey kid!”

“Wha-?” I muttered as I rubbed my eyes.

“Get off my tree! You’ve been sleeping on it for an hour now!”

I stood up feeling dizzy and confused. I looked around trying to find the person calling me.

“Huh? W-where are you?”

“Over here, kid! Now walk off!”

I looked up to see a blue haired man with dark clothes sitting comfortably on a branch and looking down at me with his pale blue eyes.

“You heard me!”

“Alright, alright.” I said as I walked limply away from the tree.

I was just resting when I suddenly heard that voice. I slowly walked away rubbing my aching head and looking around.

“What are you waiting for? Scram!” He yelled as he leapt down from the branch.

“I am!” I yelled back. “Stop yelling at me!”

He had his arms folded and I noticed that a dark cape covered his clothes.

“Hey,” I called.

“Huh?”

“You know where Vermillion is?” I asked staying a clear distance away from him.

“Vermillion…” He muttered as he placed his hand under his chin into a thinking position. “Take that underground pass over there or walk through Saffron”

“Ok, thanks…” I muttered as I turned and continued to walk.

~*~*~*~

“Strange,” I muttered to myself as I walked around a field that was basically empty. The trees and the tell grass swayed with the wind as I walked through the field. I couldn’t find any underground passage, so I decided to take the route through Saffron.

As I walked, I heard a whisper. I looked around and saw nothing. I ignored it and continued walking. More whispers came. They were talking fast. As seconds passed by, it was getting faster and louder. I tried to ignore it but it was too much to ignore. Then, I felt a sharp pain in my head.

“Ahhh!” I yelled as I kneeled to the ground clutching my head.

The pain was growing in intensity and it was getting more painful. The whispers were loud now, and I can understand what they were saying.

‘Humans are weak, humans are easily corrupted, humans are weak, humans are easily corrupted…’

It continued on and on and did not stop. The pain grew and my whole body was aching. I could not breathe as I tried to catch my breath.

“Help,” I whispered as I clutched my throat. “Please…”

‘Humans are weak…” The whispers were closer now. ‘Humans are easily corrupted,’ I could not stand it anymore; I closed my eyes tight and yelled as loud as I can. ‘Humans are fragile and weak’

“No, no, NO!” I yelled as hard as I could but no sound came out.


“GOLD!” a girl yelled as a body was thrown to the ground. “Gold! NO!”

“Monster!” Yelled a boy from somewhere…

It was clear now and everything was gloomy. A boy’s mangled body was lying on the ground. Near him, a blue haired girl was crying and her arms were around the boy’s body. Five other trainers were behind them, each with an expression of horror and grief. Beyond them, was a man. Its icy tentacles wriggled as slithered around him and his face eyes were glaring and an evil grin was across his face. Behind him, two small, winged green Pokemon with slits for eyes and a purple aura was wrapped around them. In front of him, three Pokemon were growling and roaring. They too, are wafted in a purple aura.

“Gold, you can’t die!” The blue haired girl sobbed as she held Gold tightly.

The man laughed. His icy impression matched his cold laugh. His laugh echoed through the woods.

“What did you do to him?” Asked the red haired boy.

“What else? I killed him!” The man laughed as his icy tentacles roamed round the forest. His whole body seems to be covered in ice. “He was a fool, too. Charging at me with that weak Pokemon.”

Silver gripped his fists and gritted his teeth. He was ready to run up to Pryce but was stopped.

“Silver, don’t do it!” Blue cried as she held Silver’s arm.

“Blue, Gold failed. All I can do is to take over. You hear me?” He said as he took off his arm from Blue’s grasp.

“Then…then I’m coming with you!” Blue stammered as tears formed in her eyes.

Pryce sent out another icy laugh.

“You? You two think that both of you can stop me?”

Silver and Blue were silent. Red and Green were watching from behind horrified. Yellow covered her mouth as tears started to stream from her eyes.

Pryce laughed again.

“You know, it was by pure luck this happened. If I could not have caught this second Celebi, this would not be happening.”

Silver glared at Pryce as he gripped his Pokeball.

“Silver, Blue,” Pryce called. “Join me once more! I shall spare your lives if you do.”

Silver tightened his grip. “What about our friends?’

“Oh them?” Pryce chuckled. “Don’t worry about them. They are useless in our realm now. If you wish, I can exterminate them in the most excruciating of ways.”

“Silver, no!” Red called as he ran up to him. “Don’t do this!”

“So what is it, Silver? Blue? I can give you all the riches of this world. Everything you both desire. If you just join me once more!”

Silver lowered his head.

“You creep!” Blue yelled. “You want me and Silver to join you and you think that we would just leave our friends behind!”

Raikou, Sicune and Entei growled and inched forward as Blue screamed. Their sharp teeth protruded as they growled.

“Controlling these beast is just my mere task. Now that you have declined my offer, you have sealed your fate!” Pryce said as his icy tentacles unwrapped around him. “Die!”

His icy tentacle shot forward and headed toward Blue. The moment went faster than expected, but the deed was done. Crystal was standing in front of Blue. The icy tentacle pierced her chest and came out from her back.

“Crys!” The unison of cries deafened the forest.

“I’m…sorry…” Crys whispered as she fell to the ground with tears streaming from her eyes. “I just…just wanted to be strong…like…Gold…” She closed her eyes and smiled.

“Foolish girl,” Pryce muttered as he withdrew his tentacle from Crys’ lifeless body.

“I’m never going to forgive you!” Silver shouted as he took out his Pokeball.

“My, my,” Pryce said lazily as Pokeballs floated in mid-air.

“Our Pokeballs!” Green yelled as he glanced at everyone else’s Pokeballs.

“You won’t be needing these.” With a swift motion, Pryce sent out a wave of ice shards heading towards Silver and Blue. This time, there was no one to block the merciless attack. Yellow looked away as both her friends fell to the ground.

“Blue! Silver!”

Silver tried to stand up holding his bloody abdomen. Sweat dripped from his forehead as he struggled.

“I’m…not…giving up!” Silver gasped as he clasped his bloodied arm.

“Hehe… you are quite strong,” Pryce chuckled. “Just what I’m expecting.”

Pryce sent out another wave of ice shards towards Silver. Silver could barely stand up as the sharp crystals dug into his body. The three beasts circled around him growling and roaring ready to pounce.

“Leave him!” Pryce said. “Let him reach me.”

All three step backwards watching Silver walk cautiously towards Pryce.

“Silver!” Red and Green ran up to him but were stopped by the three beasts.

“You…you…will pay…”

“Please, STOP!” Yellow shouted as she ran next to Red and Green. Tears poured from her eyes. “Silver, don’t do it!”

“Shut up!” Silver replied sharply. “This…this is mine…”

“And what do you think you can do?” Pryce laughed as Silver stood in front of him.

“Si…Silver….” A weak voice called.

Silver looked back to see Blue – bloody and weak.

“Blue…” Silver gasped.

“Please…Silver…don’t”

“Strong are you both?” Pryce muttered. “Fine…both of you will perish!”

“Watch out!” Green yelled as he took Yellow hand and dragged Red by his jacket.

“What the-“

A loud explosion was heard as the three ran for their lives.

“Silver and Blue, we can’t just leave-“

“Its no use,” Green interrupted Yellow. “We’ll die if we don’t run!”

“Hey, let go of the jacket!” Red shouted as he struggled from Green’s grasp.

“Why are you two stopping?” Green yelled as Yellow let go of Green’s hand.

“We saw our friends die, doesn’t that mean anything to you?” Yellow whispered as she tried to hold back her tears.

“I know how it feels, Yellow. I couldn’t stop things from happening. The only thing we could do is run!”

“And let that maniac destroy the world?” Red yelled. “I’d rather die!”

Three howls were heard deep within the forest.

“They’re after us!” Green muttered.

“No…but… how can we outrun them?” Yellow gasped.

“It’s all over…” Red muttered. “We can’t do anything without our Pokemon…”

“Look, if we all just hide, maybe we can think of a plan.”

“Like what?”

“Listen, if you two won’t stop complaining, we’d be better off dead with those things.”

There were loud scuffling noises and the panting of breaths. The beasts closed in every second. Green glanced over at Yellow and Red. Both had an expression of horror.

“Let’s go!” Green yelled.

Both remained unable to move. Frustrated, Green grabbed both and began to run again.

“It’s no use! We can’t outrun them!”

“Never say-“ Green was interrupted when he faced a solid wall. Dead end.

“No!” Green muttered as he punched his fist on the wall.

Yellow sat on the ground covering her mouth; tears still continued to stream down her face. She felt weak as she sobbed silently. Red leaned against the vine-covered wall and looked down with his fists clenched.

“We got to find away! Don’t give up!”

“Heh, what a hopeful boy,” Pryce said as he approached them. The two Celebis were behind him and Raikou, Entei and Suicune up at front of him.

“You really think you can escape me?”

Yellow stood up and backed against the wall with Green and Red. Pryce approached slowly with each deafening stomp. His icy tentacles whirred around him as he took a step. Pryce laughed.

“Which to go first?” He sang as his tentacles reeled closer on the three.

Green started to move but the beasts surrounded them immediately.

“No escaping now,” Pryce laughed. “I should finish this quickly.”

Two tentacles launched forward towards Yellow.

“You’re not touching her!” Green yelled as he pushed Yellow away. The tentacles missed both Yellow and Green as they hit the wall and created to whole marks.

“Too predictable?” Laughed Pryce. “Not so!”

The tentacles reeled from the wall and grabbed Yellow and Green’s feet.

“No!” Red yelled as he hesitated but was stopped by the beasts.

Green held Yellow as the two were dragged towards Pryce.

“You’re not dying today! Not now!” Green growled as he struggled to break the tentacles.

“It’s no use. Today is the day you all will die!”

The tentacles grew bigger and wider that entangled around Green and Yellow. The two were separated and raised upside down. The tentacles started to constrict around them as they screamed.

“Green, Yellow!” Red yelled as he broke through. He ran up to them and started punching Pryce’s icy armor.

“Let them go!” He yelled as he punched harder and harder. “Let them go!” Red’s hands started to bleed as he kept punching. With a swift motion, Pryce sent a kick towards Red’s stomach. Red was sent flying back to the wall.

Blood began to leek from Green and Yellow’s mouths as the icy hands continued to constrict them.

“You…can’t die…not now…” Green whispered as he tried to catch his breath.

Pryce laughed again, it was a loud mocking laughter that was heard from the edges of the forest.

“Do you honestly believe you two will survive?”

“I…do…I believe so…she…Yellow…” Green breathed as he tried to breathe.

Yellow’s eyes were closed with tears flowing from them. Blood was coming from her mouth, too.

“Green…I’m sorry…but…” She sobbed.

Red struggled to get up but his legs were weak. All he could do is watch his friends die.

“I’m sorry…” Yellow cried.

Green smiled and closed his eyes. He stopped breathing and stopped struggling.

“He’s so weak, he even died before you!” Pryce laughed as he threw Green’s lifeless body away.

“Yellow!” Red gasped as he tried to stand up once more.

“Silence!” Pryce yelled sending an icy tentacle towards Red. Unable to move, the icy tentacle struck Red.

“Re-red!” Yellow gasped as she coughed. “Red! No!”

Red was still alive –barely as the icy tentacle withdrew from his body.

“Red…” Yellow whispered as more tears came from her eyes.

“Still alive?” Pryce asked as he gripped his icy hands around Yellow.

Yellow did not scream or say another word. She silently closed her eyes and said no more.

“Y-yellow…” Red gasped as h tried to stand up.

“Alive aren’t you? Well, let me tell you this now. It’s the end for you and it’s better to surrender and die peacefully. Stay standing and I assure you that your death will be painful.”

Red remained standing clutching his bloody abdomen.

Pryce laughed and sent icy chills around the forest.

“Fine, be it your way!” He said as he let go of Yellow’s lifeless body. “These beasts have a taste for blood now.”

Red backed up as the three beasts walked closer and closer…



“GET OFF HIM!!!” I heard someone yell.

I found myself lying on the ground with tears coming gout of my eyes. I tried to speak but a stammer only came out of my throat.

“I said, get off!” repeated the voice. “Fenrir, hydro pump!”

A loud powerful blast of water came near me as I heard footsteps coming towards me.

“Kid, you all right?” asked the man. It was the same blue haired man that I met earlier.

I didn’t reply but just nodded.

“Good,” he said as he placed me on his shoulders and ran off. Behind him, I could see Drowzees and Hypnos wrapped with a dark aura around them…a dark aura…

To Be Continued

Kenta March 20th, 2004 1:48 PM

Very moving chapter. That flashback was very emotional. Cant wait to read more. Great job! :)

Skye March 22nd, 2004 6:26 PM

This is an awesome fic! More more more!!!

Omega-Brendan March 27th, 2004 12:33 AM

Just replying to make sure that I'm here and not dead because of cancer or anything...

great chapter anyway.

SwampertLover March 27th, 2004 11:23 PM

This story is cool! I always knew that old fart was evil;with his stupid sliding ice puzzles...

oni flygon March 28th, 2004 1:22 PM

Yay! More replies! ^^ thanks guys! Sorry, but I won't be able to update this week... but keep those comments coming! ^^

SwampertLover March 28th, 2004 1:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oni flygon
Sorry, but I won't be able to update this week...

:( awww...

oni flygon March 28th, 2004 1:37 PM

Aw, cheer up! Next one's going to be a good one! ^_~
Omega's still alive! XD

Abolishing Flames March 28th, 2004 3:29 PM

Nice chapter... although I told you to avoid using the same word over and over again in the same paragraph... *gets killed by the word "tentacle"*

Plasma April 2nd, 2004 6:00 PM

I must say you appear to be using a style of writing somewhat similar to mine. Remind me why I get bashed by you for using just a similar style?

oni flygon April 2nd, 2004 10:22 PM

O.o did I bash you? ... no... just contructively criticized you. I find your story ok but I didn't say it was crap. Furthermore, my story might look alot like your in first person view. Your is a first person view that isn't in past tense which makes it have that RP look. Ok, here's a new chapter. I'll be updating more soon!

Chapter 17: The Truth

I see myself walking along the beach with my mother. She’s so beautiful with her long hair flowing behind her. She was holding my hand and all I could remember was her smiling face. The waves roared as we walked together laughing happily.

“C’mon mom!” I yelled laughing as we raced towards home.

She was laughing and smiling as she ran up to me.

“Wait up Gary,” She said.

I tugged her arm as we both walked home together. At night, she would tuck me and she would tell me about my father. I would imagine a tall figure with messy brown hair and a smile by his beloved wife.

Then I saw something else. It was the vicious grip of monsters on my family. I kept hearing the screams of pain and agony. My parent’s bodies lay strewn with their friends and the chill of the icy laughter filled the gloomy air.

“NO!” I yelled as I woke up.

I was sweating and I was breathing hard. I clutched my heart and it was pounding hard. I found myself in the middle of darkness with fire on one side. I was lying on the soft grass as I wiped away sweat from my forehead.

“Oy, Kid!” Yelled someone. “Having a bad dream?”

It was the same man who rescued me. All I could remember was getting carried away from a pack of psychic Pokemon projecting thoughts into my head. The rest, I guess I fell asleep.

I nodded to his question and gulped.

“Finally your awake,” He said kneeling beside me. “So, what’s your name?”

“Gary…” I said trying to breathe.

“Hmm… well Gary, nice to meet you. Name is Makoto. Makoto Hikari.”

“Th-thanks,” I stammered.

“Huh? Oh yeah!” He exclaimed. “No prob. Just seeing that some guy like you were being attacked by those Pokemon. In fact, I was kinda worried since I hate psychics myself.”

“What did you say?” said a girl behind him.

My heart leapt as I looked around him.

“Sakaki!”

“Oh hi,” She waved. “It’s you, huh? How’s Abby?”

“You know her?” I asked Makoto.

“Well, she’s my cousin.” Makoto said as he rolled his eyes.

I paused for a while. The name Makoto sounded familiar to me.

“So, you’ve managed to get here?” Sakaki asked. She looked exactly the same from the first time I met her. She has long black hair with dark hazel eyes. Being Toshin’s sister, she seemed to resemble him a bit.

“I saw that!” Sakaki said as she turned around.

“Oops… well… so Gary, met Sakaki before?”

“I met her at Pewter. But I thought that it was a dream.”

“Oh that,” Sakaki said. “Sorry, but I don’t like people staring at me around here.”

“How did you do that? You made everyone disappear.” I asked.

“Well, I have to tell you… I’m a psychic.”

A low grumble came from Makoto as he scratched his messy blue hair.

“Makoto!” Sakaki yelled. “Just because you’re not a psychic doesn’t mean you have to bug me often!”

Another grumble was heard from Makoto as he looked at the blue sky.

“Just ignore him,” Sakaki sighed. “You know my brother right? He’s asked us to watch you.”

“Me? But why?” I asked.

“Dunno,” Makoto quickly replied. “He’s always like that.”

“Since ten years ago…” Sakaki whispered.

“What happened?”

Both of them were silent.

“Well, it’s kinda hard to tell,” Makoto begun. “It’s…well…”

My mind was suddenly clear.

“I remember!” I exclaimed. “I remember seeing you guys before… it was when Toshin was training me.”

Both of them looked at me with a look of discontent.

“You guys were talking about something…a gate! That’s it!”

“You knew?” Sakaki asked.

“Huh?”

“It was a gate. A rouge by the name of Reiji was tracked down in this…this continent by Toshin ten years ago. It was something personal to him…that’s why he left without telling us.” Sakaki explained.

Silence was around us for a while but then Makoto broke it.

“So, you were supposed to go to Vermillion, right?”

“Makoto, you always wanted guests to leave!” Sakaki said interrupting him.

“Well, at least I’m not a girl with a guy’s name…”

“What did you say?!”

“I think I’ll be staying…” I said solemnly still remembering my dream.

“Oh, good. That’ll teach Makoto to treat guests nicely.” Sakaki smiled.

~*~*~*~

It was night already. Makoto and Sakaki were soundly asleep; both were separate after an argument involving who should wash the dishes. Sakaki obviously won when Makoto tried to claim that I should wash them.

I didn’t want to sleep. Especially when I woke up from a nightmare. I couldn’t get my mother’s face away from my mind. I haven’t told them what I exactly saw earlier and I haven’t told them of Toshin’s secret, too. I was troubled with the man who killed my mother in my vision. What if he truly exists and what if he’s truly out there for blood.

“It couldn’t be!” I said out loud. My head rattled with my echoing words.

Then why is my mother alive? Why is Red alive? But my father…I don’t know. I gazed up on the sky counting as many stars in the dark blue sky. The wind blew and ruffled the trees and blew the leaves on the ground. I tried to find a comfortable spot and rested my head on my sore arms. My eyelids were heavy as I breathed slowly. Last night, I had the same dream again. I remember my mother holding me tightly around the darkness. She was protecting me from the cold gale. An icy shriek filled the air followed by a cold laugh. I was crying and so was my mother. Her tears streamed down her face as she tightened her embrace.

“Mommy!” I yelled as she collapsed. The wind was stronger and the cold sent shivers through my spine. I walked around the darkness trying to find my way, but at that moment, I woke up.

“Mom…” I whispered as I wiped my tears.

“You don’t need to worry about her.” I turned around and saw that Sakaki was sitting behind me. “I know what you saw earlier,”

“You…you do?”

“I’m a psychic,” She said reassuringly. “What you saw really happened. Only...” she said before I can hesitate. Then she was silent.

“I don’t understand,” I said breaking a minute of silence. “How can it happen?”

“Well, I don’t know…I still can’t explain it.”

I looked down still thinking about my mother.

“Ah, Yellow’s fine. Cheer up!”

“Yellow?”

“That’s your mom’s name, isn’t it?”

“Yellow?” I said changing the tone of my voice.

“Well…I guess that is…”

“I think her name’s something like… Am-am…” I said trying to remember her name.

“Amy, huh?” Makoto said springing up.

“What? No!”

“Makoto! For the last time, her name’s not Amy!”

“I met her earlier than you and she said her name’s Amy so shut!”

I was confused as the two battled out another vicious battle. Makoto occasionally threw cusses and some insults.

“It’s Yellow! Her friends call her that and you heard it!”

“I met her when she was four and don’t tell me that’s her name; all their names sound weird anyway. Amy suits her better!”

Both of them stopped when Sakaki realized I was lying down again. Arguing in the darkness made them sound like idiots to me. More like kids. They reminded me of Nick and Michelle.

“Gary?”

“I’m fine.” I replied quickly.

“Look, I’m going back to sleep. Makoto, if you want to argue me, do it tomorrow.” Sakaki said as she began to leave.

It was silent again. Makoto stroked his robe occasionally leaving scraping sounds.

“Sorry,” He said out of silence.

“Huh? For what?”

“Well, you think that I’m a jerk, huh?”

“No, why do you think so?” I asked.

“Well, I know that your mom’s name…”

“I don’t know…you people know so much about my parents you don’t even tell me. Not Silver. Not Red. Not Toshin. No one!” My voice rose to a yell as I felt tears streaming down.

“Look,” He began.

“No one really knows. Your mother, I met her before. She’s kinda cute. Back then, I know she’s going to be a good mother. Back then…when I first saved her life. She held tightly to my robes as I killed those thugs that want her. If I wasn’t there…maybe I won’t be here right now. I remember her smile. Maybe that was all I remembered. When I left her, she cried so much. She wanted me so much like a big brother.”

After that, he sighed.

“Good night,” He said as he stood up.

“Wait!”

“Huh?”

“Makoto, why did you say her name’s Amy?” I asked. I could see his pale blue eyes shining from the moonlight.

“Amy…that’s what she said to me. I guess…”

“One more thing,” I said before he began to turn.

“What is it?”

“I’m leaving for Vermillion tomorrow. If Sakaki doesn’t wake up, tell her that Abby’s doing fine and she’s awesome. I’m leaving early.”

To Be Continued

Plasma April 3rd, 2004 1:23 PM

Case in point, Oni, but I have an ace up my sleeve. Many of the best stories use a past tense in their writing. Some even use first person as well...

oni flygon April 3rd, 2004 1:24 PM

So is mine... and mine is in past tense too... golly, you don't seem to get what I was saying don't you?

Your story is in first point of view and that's good. I'm not bashing you or something but it looks like your trying to find a flame war or something. This story is in first point of view and I'm using a past tense - like everyone does. When I said that your is in RP style, it means that you don't pay attention to your context clues and you don't want me to flame up do you?

Plasma April 3rd, 2004 1:55 PM

Never mind, oni. I'm sorry... :( I just don't quite get what you mean by context clues...

Kenta April 3rd, 2004 9:35 PM

Very good chapter! Amy is her name eh? heh. I still call her Yellow :P
Cant wait to read more! Good job! :rambo:

Simone April 3rd, 2004 11:33 PM

Thats very good, i can't wait to see the whole thing..

The Vince Knight April 4th, 2004 1:11 AM

Very good again!!! good job to the only one...ONI FLYGON!!!

Steeleon April 4th, 2004 5:57 AM

This is ..is..amazing! Keep going!

oni flygon April 4th, 2004 3:04 PM

Wow! Thanks for the reviews! Your comments are much appreciated! ^^;;

Here's a new chappy!

Chapter 18: The Dreamer

I was on my way again. I left without saying a word or anything. I just want to be alone. I remembered Makoto’s words about Mom. I don’t know whether to believe him or not but he spoke so clearly. My mom used to tell me that whenever someone would look you in the eye and would speak without hesitating, they’re telling the truth.

I continued my way down to Vermillion. The buildings began to appear now. I could see them above the horizon. Beyond the city, a vast ocean streaked across the endless blue. The sea sparkled and the waves roared. I could smell the ocean and I thought back of home. Pallet town.

I made my way through the city and into the seaport. A huge ocean liner boomed its horn as it stopped at the dock. There were people talking and yelling. The sailors lowered the stairs as people started to flock to the dock. I walked backwards trying to see the whole ocean liner but I instead bumped someone behind me.

“Hey! Watch where you’re walking, whelp!” A sailor said as he pushed me aside.

“What? Oh, Sorry!” I said turning around and began to walk away.

“Aye! You’re not walkin’ away!”

“Huh, what do you mean?” I asked as I stopped on my tracks.

“I’m in a bad mood here, so how about a battle?”

“A b-battle? No, no! I just need to go—“

“Fight me, whelp!”

He started to charge at me but I began to run away.

“Run away like a coward, eh?” He yelled at me as he started chasing me. “Come back here!”

“Ah! I’m sorry! I don’t want to hurt you or something!” I bawled as he continued chasing me.

“Hey, pick someone your own size!” A girl yelled.

I stopped and turned around to see a young blue-haired girl in front of the sailor. She was wearing a light blue jacket and light yellow shorts. Her hair was down and she was wearing a yellow cap. I could see her backpack and goggles are in one of his hand.

“Aye! You mean you wanna piece of me, shorty?” The sailor snorted.

“Yep, beat me first!”

“Kid, if you wanna live, step aside.”

“Some ugly sailor you are, ignoring a challenge!” The girl said mockingly.

“What you say?!”

“That’s right! Go, Kaorin!” She summoned her Meganium at once and commanded a vine whip. Within a moment, the sailor way running away running for his life.

“Phew,” I sighed as I wiped sweat off my brow.

“You Ok, kid?” She asked as she approached me.

“Kid? How old are you?” I asked.

“Me? Name’s Marina. I’m eight and from New Bark Town!” She exclaimed with a smile.

“Eight? Isn’t that too young—?”

“That’s what all people say!” She said frowning a bit.

“Are you really a trainer? You even have a fully evolved Pokemon.”

“I’ve been a trainer for a year now,” She sighed frustrated. “My mom and dad let me, you know.”

“But—“

“Ok, have you heard of the Elite Four?” She asked.

“Well, yeah…”

“I’ve beaten them.” She said and smiled quickly.

“What? All four?”

“Four in a row, I’m the current Jhoto Champion!” She still has a smile across her face.

“Yeah right,” I muttered as I began to walk away.

“Hey! I’m telling the truth!”

“Yeah, like everyone does these days.” I replied sarcastically.

She the told me that she was a genius who first started to train at seven. She beat all the Jhoto gym leaders in less than three months and defeated all of members of the Elite Four. I continued to not believe her and challenge me to a battle.

“Come on!” She begged.

“Ok!” I yelled. “One on one!”

“Cool!” She cried then hugged me.

“Hey, hey! Battle already!”

“Ok, Kaorin, let’s win this!”

She sent out her Meganium once more. Its antenna twitched once then ruffled its petals.

“Blaze, this’ll be easy!” I said releasing my Charmeleon.

“Cool! A Charmeleon!” She squealed happily.

Blaze looked at her curiously as she continued to laugh.

“Ok, let’s start!” I yelled.

“Ok, Kaorin, Body Slam!” At once, her Meganium pounced forward towards Blaze.

“Blaze, dodge it and use crush claw!”

Blaze barely dodged it and slashed Kaorin twice with his heavily claws.

Kaorin just shook of the attack as if nothing happened to her and bounced back near Marina.

“Crush claw, an attack that raises attack power,” I heard her mutter. “Kaorin, reflect!”

A shining barrier appeared in front of Kaorin and then disappeared.

“Blaze, use crush claw again!” If she is right, crush claw can raise my Blaze’s attack.

However, something wrong happened. Blaze’s claws slashed Kaorin but it didn’t seem to affect it much.

“What the heck?”

“Reflect increases my Pokemon’s defense. Since crush claw is a physical attack, it has not much effect on my Meganium.” She said with her hands on her hips.

“Clever,” I muttered. “Learned that from school or something?”

“My mom,” She replied. “She’s a teacher, you know. Now, Kaorin, body slam!”

Before I hesitated, Kaorin launched a body slam towards Blaze. Blaze was hit and was launched a few feet away.

“Blaze!” I yelled.

“And it’s a one-hit-KO!” She said gleefully.

“What? How did you—?” I stammered trying to find the right words.

“My Meganium is in a high level. I think I forgot to tell you that.” She smiled as she returned Kaorin.

I returned Blaze and began pounding her some questions.

“If you really did beat the Elite Four, who are they?”

“Uh…” She began as she held out her fingers. “Let’s see… there’s Meagan, Jeremy, Weena and Gold… my dad.”

“Gold’s your dad?” I said in a state of shock.

“Yep,” She said smiling. “Crystal’s my mom and she’s a teacher in Violet city.”

“Whoa. So you’re really…th-the champion?”

“You people of Kanto are annoying.” She said as she began to walk away.

“Wait! Hold on!” I yelled taking out something from my pocket.

“Huh? What do you want?”

“Do you know these people?” I asked showing her a picture of my mother and father.

“Hmm,” She closely examined the photographed. “I think…I saw them before…she’s pretty and he looks a lot like you.”

“That’s my mom and dad.” I said putting back the picture in my pocket.

“Really? Um… that’s interesting.”

“And if I’m not wrong, our parents are friends.” I exclaimed.

“Maybe your right?” I know she’s starting loose interest as the tone of her voice started to change.

“Our parents…they were friends aren’t they?”

“What’s your mom’s name?” She asked me.

I thought for a while and started to remember.

“Yellow…”

“Yellow?” She repeated. “Daddy’s talked about her!”

“Really?”

“Yep! My daddy says a lot about her. She knows this guy, too. Um, what’s his name…Green!”

“My dad!”

“There’s more…there’s Red, Silver and Blue.”

I smiled as she told more about what her mother and father told her about their friends. They were all trainers of different leagues. I knew how Red used to like my mom…but I have no clue why they didn’t go together. I learned a lot from Marina just from our conversation. She talked about her days traveling Jhoto meeting friends and learning more about Pokemon. She told me about her family and how they lived happily in New Bark Town.

“So, you gonna challenge the leader, huh?” She asked.

“Yeah…I need to train though,” I replied.

“Say, I didn’t get your name.”

“Huh? Oh, it’s Gary.” I replied stretching my hand out.

“Nice to meet you, Gary!” She replied shaking my hand.

To Be Continued

Kenta April 4th, 2004 3:27 PM

That chapter was so awesome! Gold and Crystal's daughter Marina :)
Very nice touch! She was a bit hyper :laugh: must take after her dad.
Looks like Gary learned a lot.
Marina being the champ is cool too. At age 8 :classic:

oni flygon April 6th, 2004 7:42 PM

Chapter 19: The Wanderer

“You want to follow me?” I asked as I turned around.

Marina’s been following around me since the last ten minutes.

“Well, I’m not familiar with the parts around here,” She said as she looked around Vermillion curiously. Her bright eyes were looking around the streets and the corners of the city. “And I like to know more about Kanto, too.”

“Well, I don’t know where I’m going either.” I told her.

We continued walking east until we reached the edge of the city.

“This looks like the wrong way,” I muttered.

“Duh!” She looked around and ducked under the tall grass.

“What are you doing?” I asked.

She told me that she was trying to find wild Pokemon. When I asked her why, she said that she heard that the leader uses electric Pokemon and she needs a ground type to win the battle.

“Oh really?”

“I’ve heard of the leader. His name is Surge. Retired military lieutenant, former SS Anne captain and former Rocket executive.” She said still trying to find Pokemon.

“Rocket? You mean Team Rocket?” I exclaimed.

“Yep, remember they were disbanded by a group of kids 15 years ago?” She talks more than an adult rather than an eight year old.

“I think we should go back to the city.”

“Shh!” She snapped. She continued to crawl around the grass. “Some of the best Pokemon come out at night, you know that?”

“Well, no…” I confessed.

She paused for a while then stood up. She dusted her shorts and walked up to me.

“C’mon, let’s go back.” She sighed.

“Finally,” I muttered.

As we were walking back, something caught my eye. It was at my side, behind the bushes I saw a red headed girl with pale blue eyes peering at us.

“Huh? Hey you!” I yelled.

Marina turned around when I yelled. The girl, realizing that she was detected, started to run away farther east.

“Hey! Stop!” I yelled chasing her.

“Why are you chasing her?” Marina yelled as she caught up to me.

“I don’t know. I think she’s been stalking us or something.” I replied while gasping at the same time.

“Stalking?” Marina repeated as we continued to chase her.

The girl was wearing a dark jacket that seemed to be a bit bigger than her body since the sleeves were longer than her arms. Her denim pants looked dirty with grass stains and dirt. Her long red hair flowed as she continued to run without stopping.

“Isn’t she going to stop?” Marina gasped as she tried to catch up with me.

“I don’t think she’s going to.”

We continued to run across fields and more trees. Finally, we stopped. The girl was trapped in front of a sea route.

“Stay right there!” I yelled.

She looked at me with her thin lips and her bright glare. She held out a Pokeball and threw it releasing a Pokemon.

“Surf,” She muttered.

“What? A Dragonair?” Marina yelled as she managed to appear in the scene.

The girl jumped on the Dragonair’s back and streamed away.

“Still want to go after her?” Marina gasped as she took of a Pokeball.

“I…nah…never mind,” I replied walking back.

“Oh wow, now we have to walk back, huh?”

“Yep.” I replied half enthusiastically.

“Well, suit yourself, I’m gonna fly there!”

“Fly?” I asked.

“Well, don’t you have a flying Pokemon?” She asked taking out a Great Ball.

I took out Sage’s Pokeball at once.

She released her Pokemon immediately and out came a silvery bird Pokemon. It flapped its heavy wings and floated.

“Meet Alvis,” Marina smiled.

“Whoa,” I gasped. “Never seen a Skarmory this close before!”

I then released Sage at once. Marina observed it for a while.

“It’s a bit small but I think it can carry you.” She said.

“Are you sure?” I asked doubting her a bit.

“Sure I’m sure!” Marina smiled. “Now, let’s get back. It’s getting dark.”

She hoped on Alvis’ back and started to fly.

“What do I do?” I asked.

“Just grab its feet or something!” She yelled. She was now twenty feet above the ground.

I grabbed Sage’s feet and he started to fly. Amazingly, without effort, Sage lifted me up off the ground.

“Wow!” I gasped as I looked at the ground. Everything was very small and the wind was blowing through my hair. “This is cool!” I yelled.

“Yep! Beats walking!” Marina yelled back.
I looked below and saw many things. There were forests, rivers, people and several fields of green. I looked across the horizon and I could see the city’s tall buildings. I loved the feeling of the wind blowing across my hair. Soon, we were back in Vermillion. The lights around the city started shine as we walked along the sidewalk.

“Wow, this city looks awesome in the dark,” I gasped.

“Yeah,” Marina replied. “Where are we gonna stay?” She asked.

“I only sleep in the wild… hey, how about a hotel?” I said pointing to one.

“Cool!” She exclaimed as she happily trotted to the next street.

~*~*~*~

Next day, we wandered around Vermillion. We ended up in front of Diglett Cave’s entrance.

“Where does this go?” She asked curiously.

“Well, one way to find out.” I said as we both entered.

It was dark and calm inside. It was also cold and it reminded me much of Mount Moon.

“I bet there’s bunch of Digletts around here…” Marina whispered as we wandered around the darkness.

“Or more,” I continued.

A soft rumble was heard underground.

“What the heck was that?” I asked.

“Must be Digletts,” Marina replied.

A roar was heard afterwards.

“Digletts don’t roar, do they?” I said with my voice shaking.

“No they don’t,” Her voice was shaky, too.

The roar was louder and louder. Suddenly, the ground was shaking, too. We both landed on the cave walls as the ground shook more violently.

“What is it?” I yelled.

“I have no idea.” She said clinging to my clothes.

The ground shook more violently as we staggered out of the cave. Outside, we could see the opening starting to grow wider and wider. A loud roar was heard and I could see a large rocky snake come out. Its horn protruded out of the entrance as hordes of Digletts swarmed out of the cave.

“Wow! An Onix!” Marina gasped.

“It looks… kinda angry,” I stammered as I walked back one step behind.

“No it doesn’t!” Marina smiled as she approached it and patted its head. The Onix roared very loud and caused Marina’s hair to wave. “Ok, maybe it is!” She yelled out of the noise.

“Maybe we should go no—“ I began but I was interrupted.

“It’s stuck, it can’t go anywhere,” She smiled at me.

At that moment, the entrance began to crack and the Onix’s head was no longer trapped. It raised its head and looked down at us. It stared for a while then roared.

“Run!” Marina yelled as we ran due east. The Onix came chasing after us.

“It’s after us!” I yelled.

“I know! Obvious isn’t it?” Marina yelled back.

We ran as hard as we could as the Onix kept gaining on us. We could hear its rocky body scrape across the hard ground. It kept roaring as it kept chasing us. It was getting nearer and nearer as we kept running. My chest was burning and my legs were trembling when I realized something.

“Wait a minute,” I yelled. “We have Pokemon.”

Marina stopped and slapped her forehead. “Duh!”

She took out her Pokeball and released Alvis. “Steel Wing, Alvis!”

Alvis obeyed and flew up. It was shining as it struck the Onix’s body. The Onix roared once but kept going. It slapped Alvis away with its tail and continued chasing us.

“How did that happened?” Marina yelled as she returned Alvis. “My Skarmory’s at a higher level!”

“I don’t know but I’ll try!” I yelled back and stopped. “Abby, come on out!”

I released Abby and she was ready.

“What the heck do you think you’re doing with an Abra?” She yelled from behind me.

“I know what I’m doing,” I replied with a smug expression. “Abby, confusion!”

Abby sent out a powerful psychic wave that made the Onix stagger backwards but shook off the attack as if it was slapped. I cowered as it moved forward twice as fast.

“It’s a good idea to teleport us out!” Marina yelled as she approached me.

“Confusion one more time!” I yelled again.

Another attack caused the Onix to move back a bit. However, it still continued to move forward.

“Why don’t you use your Pokemon?” I yelled to Marina.

“Mine? After what it did to Alvis?”

“Never mind then,” I said. “One more confusion!”

‘This is futile, master.’ I heard Abby say. ‘It’s too strong for me. Ask the human girl for assistance.”

“I’ve already asked her and she won’t help!” I replied out loud.

“Gary? Are you talking to yourself?” Marina asked.

‘You haven’t, master. Ask her!’ Abby replied.

“I noticed that the Onix was already in front of us. It was in pain from all of the attacks that it took from Abby and it was about to collapse.

“Marina,” I said. “We need you—“

The Onix’s roar drowned my cries for help.

“Look, we need your Pokemon!” I yelled over the Onix’s roars.

‘Not her master!’ Abby said loudly.

“What do you—?“ I noticed something in the corner of my eye.

It was a girl. The same red headed girl we saw yesterday. She took out something from her pocket and I realized that it was a Great Ball.

“Catch it.” She said calmly. Her light blue eyes shined as she threw the Great Ball calmly. Her red untied red hair flowed slowly with the wind. I caught a glimpse of her face and it was nothing familiar to Toshin’s or Makoto’s.

I caught the Great Ball at once and threw it towards Onix. With a flash of light, Onix was inside. It wobbled once…twice…thrice…

“Gotcha!” I yelled as I picked up the Great Ball.

“Who was that?” Marina asked.

“I don’t know. But my Abra told me to talk to her.” I replied.

“You can talk to your Abra?” She exclaimed with a shocked expression. “That’s incredible!”

“Well it’s a long story…” I began as we continued to walk back.

I glanced back once and saw that the girl disappeared. As we both walked back to Vermillion City, I can’t get the girl’s face out of my mind. There’s a deep feeling inside me that she isn’t related to Toshin. Her dark solemn expression lingered but that all disappeared the next day.

To be continued...

Kenta April 6th, 2004 9:56 PM

Very good chapter. Tough Onix to fight. Course Marina could have used Meganium's Solar Beam ;)
Im thinking that girl could be related to another certain red haired boy..........XD

oni flygon April 8th, 2004 4:48 PM

if you know... don't spoil... XD

Chapter 20: Close Encounters

The next morning, I was confident that I’m going to win my gym battle. Marina, for some mysterious reason, decided to explore outside of Vermillion than follow me.

“I gotta know what’s around here!” She said as she walked the opposite direction.

I found myself in front of the gym. It looked a lot cleaner than Pewter Gym and less decorative than the one in Cerulean. I found it kinda boring. The glass panel window were lined up outside from each side and the doors looked new and shiny.

“Here I go,” I whispered to myself.

I pushed the doors and beheld the stadium in front. Bleachers lined at the sides of the stadium and spotlights glared their powerful lights at the stadium. The stadium had steel floor and was spotless. It looked very shiny as if there were no battles held on it.

I walked towards the stadium floor waiting for the leader. Remembering Marina’s words about a former criminal, I was ready for all of the action.

“Challenger, eh?” A man said. I could see his outline from the darkness that weren’t shined by the spotlights. The man stepped forward. He was wearing glasses and he has dark red hair. The leader wore camouflage pants and a white shirt. His gloves were as dark as the shadows behind him.

“Lieutenant Surge?” I asked.

“What? Oh sorry about that.” He laughed. “I’m the leader’s nephew, Austin.”

“I thought the leader was Surge…”

“Oh he’s out somewhere. I’ve been asked to take over the gym. Though he didn’t leave his Pokemon with me. You’re lucky.” I remained silent as he polished his glasses.

“So,” He began. “Are we going to battle or no?”

“I’m on it!” I replied. My heart pounded as we both took out three Pokeballs.

“How about this? Three on three, single battle.” He said.

“I’m ready.”

“Good,” He threw out his Pokeball, releasing his Pokemon. “Voltorb, go!”

At first glance, I thought a Pokeball came out of a Pokeball. Instead, I saw eyes and I was quite shocked.

“Whoa!” I came to my senses and took out my Pokeball. “Blaze, come out!”

I decided to not use Sage for this battle thanks to Marina’s advice of electric types.

‘You know flying typed don’t like electricity, don’t you?’ She asked.

‘Well…’

‘Don’t use Sage if you don’t want it fried.’

I snapped back to my senses when Austin called the attack.

“Sonic boom!” He yelled. Voltorb sent out a powerful sound wave. My ears hurt for a while as Blaze was hit by the wave.

Blaze shook of the attack and stretched its claws.

“Blaze, use crush claw!” I yelled.

Blaze leapt up with its claws outstretched and slashed Voltorb twice. Voltorb was sent back screeching all the way. I looked at Blaze as it swung its claws more. He whipped its tail from side to side as he growled.

“Voltorb, give it another sonic boom!”

There was another sound wave from Voltorb. Again, Blaze shook of the attack.

“Blaze, hang in there! Use another crush claw!”

Blaze’s claws shined as he slashed Voltorb twice. Voltorb rolled as it fainted.

“Ahh! Oops!” Austin muttered as he returned Voltorb. “Take it from here, Electrode!”

Another Pokeball look alike. Only this time, the white part was on top. It shined its gleaming smile as it boasted it to Blaze.

“Another one, huh?” I muttered. “Blaze, crush claw.”

“Not so fast! Electrode, thunder wave!”

Electrode sent out a jolt of electricity that encircled Blaze. The wave of electricity tightened around Blaze.

“Blaze!” I yelled. Blaze’s attack failed since he was paralyzed.

“Gotcha, now use rollout!” Austin commanded.

Electrode rolled around and hit Blaze. Blaze was thrown back and tried to stand up.

“Blaze, stand up!” I yelled. He tried but the paralysis made him stay on the ground.

“Keep attacking!” Austin commanded.

Electrode continued to roll around and hit Blaze. Blaze was knocked back and hit the gym wall.

“Blaze, stand up!” I called. Blaze stood up and staggered back to the battlefield.

“Still want more?” Austin jeered. “Attack, Electrode!”

Electrode spun around faster and rolled towards Blaze. The moment looked as if it was in slow motion.

“Catch it, Blaze!” Blaze caught the rolling Electrode at once and stopped it on its tracks. However, Electrode kept rolling no matter what.

“Throw it off the wall!” I yelled. Blaze forced its momentum to throw Electrode off to the wall. The wall crashed as Electrode slammed into it.

“Crap!” Austin yelled as he ran towards Electrode. He returned it quickly and minded the wall. “Uncle’s going to kill me!” He yelled frantically.

“Huh? What do you mean?” I asked.

“Well, I take care of the gym you see. I’m also…well… in charge of cleaning it up…” He replied embarrassingly.

As he said the words, I heard a roar of fury outside.

“AUSTIN!” A man yelled outside.

“Crap!” Austin replied. “What am I going to do? What am I going to do?” He wiped his forehead and went outside.

“You destroyed the gym while I was away?” The man yelled. He was more like ranting than questioning.

“Uncle! I’m sorry, you see—“

“What do you mean?” The leader ranted. “I asked you to watch over the gym and you completely demolished one side!”

I ran outside ready to apologize. As I was going to exit, a tall man with a strong build blocked me. He was wearing a camouflage jacket and pants and his hair was white.

“Where do you think you’re going?” He roared as he pushed me back with his strong hand.

I stepped back a few steps and confronted him.

“Well, sorry if I destroyed your gym, but I was only battling your nephew, sir.” I said as I tried to keep my balance since my feet were trembling.

“You destroyed my gym?” He roared. Behind him, I noticed a woman with long dark hair. Her calm cold eyes wandered around as she walked slowly. She was wearing dark red clothes. She stared dully at me.

“I-I’m sorry, sir!” I stammered.

Surge looked behind him and glanced at the woman. She nodded and Surge whispered something.

“Is he?” was the only thing I understood.

The woman nodded and they both looked at me.

“Stand straight!” He roared.

I did what he said quickly even though he slightly terrified me.

“You were here for a challenge, eh?” He said while pacing back and forth.

“Yes, sir.” I replied quickly.

“You’ll get one if you answer my question.” He breathed once. “Where are you from, kid?”

“Um, Pallet town, sir.” I replied quickly.

Surge looked up to the woman. She nodded and then looked t me.

“It’s really him, huh?” He then turned to me. “Your name is Gary, am I correct?”

“Yeah, how did you know my name?” I asked completely shocked. I was quite annoyed since people these days seemed to know my name.

Surge laughed loudly. More like roaring again.

“You might look like Green but you sure act a lot like that girl Yellow.” He laughed.

I saw a smile from the woman’s face. Though I was still confused.

“I…I still don’t get it…” I replied.

“Say you want the battle, huh?” He asked.

“But…you know my parents?”

“Well, yeah. They’ve been meddling with our affairs for a whole year. Took three of them to beat us off. Your mother actually beat the champion once.”

“Wow! The Champion?” I exclaimed.

“Well, a whole army of grunts couldn’t even take them down. But I’m expecting the same from you!” he said.

“Huh?”

“A battle, kid! Battle!” He replied.

“Oh! Yeah! I got you!” I replied.

~*~*~*~

With the help of items, Blaze was back to full health. The battle was beginning now. With Austin in the sidelines, it was far more different feeling. The mysterious woman was behind Surge observing the battle.

“Go, Electrode!” Surge yelled.

This time, I was ready to handle an Electrode.

“Blaze, let’s win this!” I called.

We both sent out our Pokemon and I was ready. Surge commanded a light screen. A powerful wall of light shrouded Electrode. I was wondering what was it for but I didn’t mind it much.

“Crush claw!” I commanded. Blaze charged forward to strike Electrode but I was too late.

“Electrode, double team!” Electrode separated and turned into two.

Blaze paused and was confused. He waited for an order from me.

“Attack the one in the right!” I said quite confused myself.

Blaze slashed the one in right, but it disappeared.

I was shocked and heard Surge say, “Gotcha, thunder wave!”

Electrode sent out a weak shock wave that encompassed Blaze. The waves caused Blaze to be paralyzed again.

“Crap, not again!” I muttered. This time, I was annoyed.

“Stand up Blaze and use ember!”

Blaze stood up and tried to focus. He sent out embers that hit Electrode but they didn’t seem to affect it much.

“How did that happen?” I muttered.

“You seem to not pay attention to my light screen, eh?” Surge drawled.

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“Light screen halves all powers of special attacks. I knew you were going to use special attacks once paralyzed.” He continued.

I gritted my teeth and tried to concentrate.

“Now, rollout!”

Electrode rolled around gathering momentum and charged towards Blaze.

“Blaze, do what you did last time!” I yelled.

Blaze raised his hands the moment Electrode crashed into him. Blaze managed to stop it but it kept on rolling.

“Throw it away!” I cried.

“Explosion!”

“What?” I was in disbelief when Electrode exploded. It threw back Blaze several feet away from the battlefield. I returned my Pokemon and so did Surge.

“Nice,” He grunted. “Getting warmed up?”

“Yeah,” I replied half smiling.

“Go, Abby!” I said while releasing my Abra.

Surge laughed. “You want me to battle against that thing?” He said trying not to laugh more.

I stayed silent as he sent out a Magneton. Three Magnemites that floated around and stared at Abby with their gaping eyes.

“Abby, confusion!” I commanded. Abby sent out a powerful wave and hit Magneton. However, it didn’t seem to affect it much.

“Thunder wave!” I heard Surge yell.

“Abby, teleport!” Abby teleported just in time and reappeared behind Magneton.

“Psywave!” I commanded.

Abby sent out a Psywave towards Magneton. Thanks to Marina, I learned that Psywave is a fixed attack. Even though a Pokemon is resistant to that attack.

“What the—“ Surge cursed and commanded another thunder wave.

“Teleport again!” I repeated. Abby teleported once more and appeared behind Magneton. “Psywave!”

“Oh no you don’t!” Surge yelled.

“Thunder wave!” Magneton did so and sent another wave of electricity.

Abby was paralyzed immediately even though it didn’t seem she was.

“Thunderbolt!” Surge commanded.

Magneton sent out a powerful shock wave towards Abby. She was thrown back a few feet but she tried to sit up again.

“Abby, don’t give up!” I yelled.

“Finish it off with tri attack!” Surge finally commanded.

I looked at Magneton and I saw three multi colored beams. It sent out a blue, yellow and red beam towards Abby. It was a direct hit and Abby fainted at the impact.

“Crap,” I muttered to myself.

Left with only one Pokemon left, I brought up my courage as I returned Abby.

“I only have one Pokemon left.” I thought to myself as I took out a great ball. “Better make this smart.”

To be Continued

Kenta April 8th, 2004 9:20 PM

Very awesome gym battle! Ha! His nephew was in trouble :laugh:
Surge was battling smart. He beat Abby :cheeky:
The finish is gonna be great!

Omega-Brendan April 10th, 2004 12:22 AM

w00t!? the battle is up to Sage? Sage evolves into Pidgeot or learns a new move I fink... Marina is kewl... BTW, why doesn't Red + Misty get a baby boy called Ash? they would make good travelling buds or rivals. What happens to Mr Guy with Red hair and Mrs Girl that married Mr Guy with red hair?

Steeleon April 10th, 2004 1:39 PM

Oh this is really good! Keep it up!

Omega-Brendan April 12th, 2004 2:45 AM

Can't wait for the next chapter... no critiques to give you... its rilli gud I'm just talking about why it wasn't Ash and it was Melissa...

oni flygon April 16th, 2004 9:12 PM

I realized that this chapter was short... O_o I wanted to merge this with the other chapter but that would require me a lot more work...so... viola!

Chapter 21: Close encounters (Part 2)


“Doga, this is our chance!” I said as I sent out my Onix.

Doga roared as it tried to squeeze into the arena with its huge body. It shook its rocky head as it glared at Magneton.

“Very clever,” Surge sneered. “Magneton, tri attack!”

“Doga, dig on the ground!” I commanded.

Before Magneton could attack, Doga plunged into the ground ignoring the metal surface and burrowed deep underground.

Surge cursed multiple times.

“Magneton, reflect!” He shouted.

With those words, Doga attacked Magneton from underground with its rocky spike.

Magneton was sent upward, crashed into the ceiling and came crashing down back to the floor. Doga roared triumphantly before the fainted Magneton.

“Lucky, but you leave me with no choice,” He sent out his last remaining Pokemon and I realized it the moment it came out. It was a Raichu. It wagged its long slender tail and tensed it arms, which caused sparks from its cheeks. It growled and glared back at Doga. Doga glared back and roared.

“Doga, let’s win this, headbut!”

“Raichu, dodge it and use mega punch!”

Doga aimed for a headbutt but missed and was punched directly into the face by Raichu. Doga shook off the attack and roared once more. Behind Surge, the woman looked intently at our battle. Austin was horrified at the damaged floor.

“Doga, use dig this time,” I commanded.

“Raichu, halt it with a mega kick!”

Before Doga could dive, Raichu lunged forward and kicked Doga’s rocky face. Doga, filled with self-determination, burrowed another hole.

Surge cursed another time. I seem to be sick of him cursing.

“Raichu, follow it!” Surge said.

Raichu jumped into the hole at once and tried to follow Doga.

“Crap,” I muttered. “Doga, go backwards!” I could roars from under then a small quake. Doga burst into the surface with Raichu on his back.

“Wrap it!” I called.

Doga wrapped around Raichu and squeezed tightly. By instinct, Raichu sent out electrical bolts as it squealed in pain.

“Slam it around!” I said.

Immediately, Doga slammed Raichu repeatedly on the floor causing huge bumps.

“What do you think you’re doing?” Surge yelled.

“Throw it,” I commanded.

Doga spun Raichu around a few times and threw it against the wall. The wall crashed as Raichu collided. Surge yelled as he returned his Raichu. And that was it. I won. He then stormed out of the gym and into the corridor. I saw Austin inch closer near me examining the damage.

“H-here…” He stammered as he handed me an orange colored badge. “I-it’s the thunder badge…well…uh…bye!” He said as he went off.

I accepted the badge and saw that the woman was still sitting with her fixed cold gaze.

Without hesitation, I walked away from the gym. As I closed the gym doors behind me, I looked back once more. I was shocked when I saw the girl with her cold gaze on me.

“You…do you remember?” She asked. Her voice was cold and sounded like a whisper.

“Huh? I’m sorry but—“

“You do,” She placed her hand on my head and suddenly, I could see pictures.

Pictures flashed on my mind then faded into other pictures. I saw many other things. My mother, my father, Surge, Misty and many other people. From my other visions, I could realize Gold, Crystal, Blue. Then I saw Silver. A younger version of him. He looks as cold when he was younger. All of them disappeared in an instant.

“What…” I was speechless.

“This is what lies within you. Treasure every picture you see in your mind. The lone guardian granted you his power for only a short while. Keep it close and never forget your dream.” She whispered close to my ear.

“I…I don’t get it…lone guardian?” I asked.

“If we meet once again, your destiny will be clear and you will either know the truth and be silent or you will never know and you will see what you desire.”

“My…my father…”

She silently turned around back into the gym. I stayed there for a long time thinking and re-thinking. I don’t understand…

“Gary!”

I turned around and saw Marina. “How’s it going?” She called.

“I won!” I yelled back.

When she was in front of me, she showed me a familiar blue object.

“Is that a Cascade Badge?” I asked in shock.

“Yep, that gym leader was weak.” She sighed with a bored tone.

“She wasn’t for me!” I replied.

“Anyway, you got the badge right?” She asked. “Was he hard?”

I started tell her about the battle and told her step by step on what happened. She was quite happy about my strategy of ground over electric. Other than that, I didn’t tell her about the woman. I had a feeling that I might see her again…I think…
To be continued

Kenta April 16th, 2004 10:00 PM

Awesome chapter! Hehe. Surge was pissed for losing in front of Sabrina.
Marina kicked butt yet again XD

Can't wait to read more :)

Scyther5 April 16th, 2004 10:28 PM

Awsome work, as ive told you be4, your an icredible writer!

Shadow April 18th, 2004 10:30 AM

Congratulations! This is the new fan fic of the week!

~~STICKIED~~

oni flygon April 18th, 2004 11:02 AM

Really? Awesome! I can't believe 5 months of waiting finally payed off! XD

*opens champagne* Wohoo!

Omega-Brendan April 19th, 2004 4:32 AM

YAY! GO oni! I'm happier than you are! :) and yea I forgot about the onix... Dunga? oh its Doga... Green didn't get a Onix! 0_0 and Sabrina is scary. X.X

oni flygon April 30th, 2004 7:26 PM

sorry I didn't update... don't worry! I'll update maybe this weekend with a good chapter!

Jikan yokoku: Blood Rivals!
XD

Abolishing Flames April 30th, 2004 8:13 PM

no kid... that next chapter's title sounds interesting. I bet it has something to do with... rivals? :D

oni flygon May 2nd, 2004 12:39 PM

Doga... is the name of the first armor knight in the first Fire Emblem... I just named his Onix Doga because they'll have basically the same personality...

here's the next chapter!

Chapter 22: Blood Rivals

I was alone again. Marina decided to challenge Surge today. Feeling that I was unwanted, I decided to just stay back and train a bit. I was training Abby hoping that she could evolve.

“Come on!” I said hesitantly. “You should evolve any moment,”

She remained silent most of the time. Maybe there was something wrong or something. I tried to encourage her but she kept silent. After a few hours of training and a long trail of fainted Pokemon, I returned Abby. Feeling disappointed, I looked around. Something caught my eye. It was the girl with the red hair peering at me. When I looked at the spot again, she quickly ducked and was out of sight.

“Hey!” I yelled as I went after her.

She wasn’t quite a fast runner like last time. I managed to grab her wrist this time.

“Let go of me!” She yelled as she struggled to break free.

“Hold still! I want to ask you something!” I said keeping a hold on her.

She stopped struggling and stared me with her pale blue eyes. Her red hair was tied now and her thin lips trembled as she began to speak. She looked pretty young. She’s about eight or nine when I saw her the first time.

“What is you name?” I asked.

She remained silent. I could see the fear in her eyes.

“What’s the matter?” I continued. I then released my grasp from her wrist. She was rubbing it as I sat down.

“Emily,” She whispered. Her voice was calm now.

“Emily? Why were you looking at me like that?”

She remained silent. She’s just like a lost girl looking for her parents and I was the only who can comfort her.

“I…I…” She stammered.

I waited for her to say something but she ended up sitting next to me.

“I just…I just wanted to find someone…” She replied half tears.

“Hey look,” I said leaning a bit closer to her. “Are you lost or something?”

“No…I just…I want to find my dad…” She replied.

My heart softened a bit. I remembered my father all of the sudden.

“I ran away from my home,” She began. “I just wanted to find daddy because mommy was so sad when she was alone. I wanted her to be happy so I left…”

“And you’re trying to find your dad now?” I asked.

She nodded and wiped her tears off. I searched my pockets and took out two things. First was the pendant that mom gave me. I noticed a few scratches and crush marks. I looked at the picture closely.

“He looks like you,” Emily said peering.

“He’s my dad,” I replied. I looked closer at the picture. My mom didn’t seem to change much over the years. “I’m trying to find him, too.”

She looked at the picture again. “Is that your mom?” She asked pointing at my mother.

I nodded. I tried to remember when mom was sad too at nights. I remember once when I was little and I approached her…

“Mommy?” I asked.

She was crying and it was night. She wiped her tears and looked at me in the dim lightness of the room.

“Gary? What is it?” She asked sweetly.

“Mommy, I’m scared,” I cried. “I want to be here with you,”

She hugged me as I climbed up her bed. “Mommy, why are you crying?”

She would hug me tightly and tell me about my dad. “It’s daddy,” She whispered in my ear. “I’m worried about him.”

“Then why won’t he just come back here?” I replied feeling a bit angry at my own father.

“Gary…I …I don’t know,” She sobbed.

I would end up getting mad at my father and then fall to sleep.

“You know, we’re kind of the same.” I said to her.

“Huh?” Emily seems to be puzzled. “What do you mean?”

“We both are looking for our dads just to make our moms happy…” I said.

She nodded and didn’t say anything more.

“I never saw my dad…” She muttered. “Mommy said that she left her when I’m not even born.”

I felt sorry for her. “How old are you anyway?” I asked.

“I’m…nine…” she whispered. “I ran away when I was eight.”

“Wow, aren’t you even afraid?” I asked.

“No I’m not!” She stood up glaring at me.

Then, I heard someone behind me.

“What’s she doing here?” I looked back to see Marina.

“Marina!” I called. “Good timing!”

“What’s she doing here?” She repeated.

I looked at Emily and at Marina. They seem to glare at each other the moment they saw each other’s faces.”

“This is Emily,” I said to Marina. “And Emily, this is Marina.”

“I don’t care what she’s doing. She’s just creepy.” Marina said out loudly.

Emily looked silent not saying another word. Then, she turned around to run.

“Emily, wait!” I said. There was enough time to grab her hand.

“Please, let me go!” She said.

“Wait, I just want to thank you,” I said.

She looked at me straight in the eye. “Your welcome!” She said then yanked my hand off and ran.

~*~*~*~

“Why did you do that?” I yelled at Marina.

“She’s creepy! That’s all I wanted to say!” Marina said.

“But she was a friend.” I hesitated. “I mean, we were both like each other!”

“How?” Marina asked.

“We both…we…we both are trying to find out dads…” I stuttered.

She fell silent again. We were walking back. She won the battle as always but decided to make Emily run away.

“I’m sorry…” She said. “I just… don’t want to see her…”

“What do you mean?”

“She…there’s this strange feeling inside me,” She whispered. “It makes me want to punch her…”

“Marina, that’s not—“

“I’m not kidding! I can’t stop myself!” Marina said. “It makes me want to cry! I don’t want to but she makes me want to!”

I couldn’t believe I made two girls cry this day. She cried until I tried to comfort her.

To Be Continued

Kenta May 3rd, 2004 10:24 AM

Amazing chapter! Full of emotion. You do a great job Oni. Marina felt like punching her???? Thats a surprise :cross-eye

oni flygon May 7th, 2004 6:05 PM

lol thanks! XD tryin gto keep up this story since I've been innactive for too long...

Mr Cat Dog May 8th, 2004 1:02 AM

Apart from some slight grammatical mistakes which could easily be fixed, this fic is looking very good. The description is fine, the length is perfect, and there is nice character development. I look forward to reading the next chapters.

~ MCD

oni flygon May 8th, 2004 6:15 PM

XD I was very cautious of my grammar mistakes and you were the one to first notice them! XD Having knowing four languages makes me a bit shaky in english...

oni flygon May 14th, 2004 6:03 PM

Falling down to the 2nd page... must survive... XD

Chapter 23: Pride and Honesty

“Now where do we go?” I asked when we reached a fork.

The vast blue sea stretched into the horizon as we looked on both sides. Marina scratched her head.

“I dunno… maybe we go there?” She said pointing to my left.

“Why don’t we fly there?”

“Nah, it takes away all of the challenge,” She muttered.

“Ok, left then.” I replied as we quickly stomped our way left.

The sand made me completely tired as we dragged on. A few hours of walking lead us to a sign that says: “Lavender Town.”

“Lavender Town?” I said in shock. “We were going the wrong way!”

“Aw, man!” Marina cried in disappointment.

I looked up at the gloomy gray sky and felt a trickle on my nose. I looked to my side and observed dozens of ripples from the pond next to us.

“Uh oh.” I muttered.

“What?” Marina asked as she looked at me with a confused look.

“I think it’s going to rain,” I said nervously. “Let’s find shade!” We quickly stood up and ran as fast as we could.

The rain poured harder and faster at us. Soon, we found ourselves drenched with water. My lungs were burning and my legs ached as we reached town. A huge tower appeared out of small buildings. The town itself looked very gloomy since I heard that Pokemon were buried here.

“We gotta hurry!” I yelled. I looked back to see Marina struggling to run. Then, she slipped on the cold hard ground.

“Here,” I said as I held out my hand.

“It hurts,” she muttered as she clenched her arm and knee. I looked at them to see her bleeding knee and elbow. “I don’t think I can run,”

The rain deafened me from the loud pattering. I could barely hear her but I ended up helping her to shade. I felt pathetic when the only shade we could find was just up front a trainer shop. The lights were bright inside and steam clouded the windows.

I breathed hard and I was shivering. I could see the steam coming out of my mouth, likewise Marina. She was shivering, too. She was also holding her bleeding elbow and knee.

“Knock on the door,” She said loudly enough for me to hear.

“What?” Even though she was yelling, I still could not hear her.

“Knock on the—“ I looked to see that the door was already open. We were greeted with the warm room and warm towels wrapped around us. The storekeeper let us in without hesitation.

“Weather here’s unpredictable,” She sighed. “I’m sorry I didn’t notice you on time,”

We remained silent as she treated Marina’s wounds. She has long brown hair that reached her back. Even though it was untied, it looked as if it was never been ruined. I could notice earrings and accessories on her. She looked like she really knows how to dress herself.

“Thanks,” Marina said after she treated wrapped her wounds.

“No problem,” The woman replied. She stood up and in point of view she looked quite tall. “Do you guys want any hot chocolate?”

“Yes please,” we both replied enthusiastically. She quickly exited the room and after a while, she returned with three mugs.

“Thanks,” I said as I accepted the steaming mug. She sat beside us as we drank.

“So,” She began. “You guys are trainers right?”

We both nodded excitedly. She smiled back at us.

“I haven’t seen much trainers these days. Everyone seems to skip this town often.” She sighed.

“Oh, we took the wrong way,” Marina said.

The woman looked at me and then down at my dripping pockets. “Hey, what’s that?” She pointed to my dad’s pendant.

“Oh this,” I said taking it out. “It’s just something that my mom gave me.”

She looked at it carefully and examined every cracked edge. She then looked again at me. Her twinkling eyes were full of excitement as her eyes looked back and forth.

“Oh wow!” She cried in excitement. “You’re…you’re Gary, huh?”

I was plunged back into the same confusion when someone uttered my name when I don’t know their names yet.

“Um, yeah…” I looked at Marina and she was confused too.

“How do you know his name?” Marina asked.

“Oh, don’t be silly. I knew Gary since he was a baby!” She laughed. “But I don’t think he remembers me much.”

“Do I know you?” I asked feeling stupid.

“Well, yeah,” She smiled. “It’s me Blue. Your…um…godmother…”

I looked at her with mixed shock and confusion.

“Self proclaimed godmother,” She laughed.

I still gave her my confused stare.

“Aw, you’re so cute when you do that!” She said holding my hand. “You haven’t changed one bit. And you really look like your daddy!”

I then remembered my dad again. But I tried to restrain it because I thought that I would make things worse for me if I said something about him.

“Don’t you remember Gary?” She asked.

“Well…no…I don’t…” I stammered.

“Oh,” She sighed. “Figures. You were too young.”

“Oh I heard about you,” Marina abruptly said.

“Huh?”

“My mom and dad talk about you a lot of times…” She said. “Blue, you’re the girl who ran away with this Silver guy,”

“What?!” Blue suddenly erupted. “Who are your parents?”

“Um…Gold and—“ She began but was interrupted.

“AH! Gold, you won this time…” She muttered. “Wait, Gold and who?”

“Crystal,” Marina quickly replied.

“Aw, I knew it! I knew those two would get along!” She sang triumphantly.

We both looked at her as she rejoiced. “Oh,” She said as she realized. “Sorry,”

I was going to ask how she knows our parents so much but then I was reminded of the vision I had… Blue…it was true. She was the same girl that tried to stop Pryce from attacking. She would rather die than betray her friends. And Marina was right; she does love Silver. But I know Silver is wandering right now.

“Where’s Silver?” I asked.

Blue fell silent. Her eyes just wondered around the stores’ shelves as if trying to think. “He’s…somewhere…” She replied silently.

I tried not to ask her more questions and I wished I never asked her the question. The warmth of the room brightened up Blue’s mood again. Thunder rolled outside. A knock on the door disturbed the silence. I heard a familiar voice outside and made the hair at the back of my neck stand up.

“Ack! I’m freezing!” Said a familiar voice. “Darn it, keep knocking!”

A boy’s voice replied to her, “I’m trying to! Someone, please open the door!”

“Oh, more people,” Blue said as she rushed towards the door.

“Oh crap,” I muttered.

“What’s wrong?” Marina asked as she peaked through the hallway. “Oh no, it’s her…”

Michelle walked in drenching wet along with her brother, Nick. She looked at Marina and me once wide-eyed. “You!” Nick followed with a gasp.

I looked down after Michelle’s outburst.

“You’re the kid who beat me in Cerulean!” Michelle yelled pointing at Marina. “You had a fluke!”

“I’m telling you, I’m an experienced trainer,” Marina countered. “Just accept you lost!”

“You’re a stupid wah—” She was stopped as Blue entered the room with towels. Nick held her back from punching Marina. Marina, who glared back at her, was standing upright as if ready to receive the punches.

“Let go of me,” Michelle yelled.

“Michelle, keep your cool, we’re in front of an adult!” Nick gasped.

Michelle stopped as she kept glaring at Marina.

“Oh, well, do you kids want some hot chocolate?” Blue asked ignoring the fact that both Marina and Michelle were not facing each other anymore.

“Um, yes please!” Nick replied politely.

Blue went off the room, which was dead silent. The silence was broken when Nick began.

“Gary, long time no see!” Nick said.

“Oh yeah, how’s the training going?” I asked.

“Not much, I think we’re improving a bit.” He looked at his sister who was apparently ignoring me.

Blue reentered the room with two hot mugs. “Here’s for you both!” She said.

Both of them accepted the mugs but only Nick said “Thanks,”

“So you guys know each other?” Blue said.

I explained to her about me meeting them and Nick told his side about Marina beating Michelle.

“Oh, well that’s how friends are,” Blue smiled.

“Who said we’re friends?” Michelle snapped.

“Michelle, just accept that you lost to her and stop whining,” I told her.

“Who said I lost? She cheated!” She snapped back.

“Who said I cheated? I was playing fair and square!” Marina muttered.

I looked out of the window and saw that the rain has already stopped. The sun shined through the room with its bright rays.

“Why don’t we battle again?” Michelle said. “Two on one!”

“Michelle, don’t drag me into this again!” Nick said.

“I’m not talking about you!” Michelle said. “Gary and me against you!” She continued pointing at Marina.

“Fine,” She replied.

I wasn’t quite sure what happened next but I’m sure I’ll regret it.

To be Continued

Kenta May 14th, 2004 11:32 PM

Another masterpiece! I could tell it was Blue when I heard the shopkeeper in Lavender was a woman :cool:
She was so happy to hear about Gold and Crystal. Course, Blue is always a happy person, and silly too :laugh:

Michelle seems real pissed. 2 on 1? XD She needs all the help she can get to beat Marina :cheeky:

Its getting real good. Keep up the great work!

oni flygon May 16th, 2004 2:33 PM

Since I wasn't able to post one chapter last week, here's another one!

Chapter 24: Value of Friendship

“I’m not kidding,” Michelle said reassuringly to Nick and me. “We’re gonna have to take her down quickly!”

“Are you crazy?” I said out loud. “She’s league champ and I don’t want to mess up with her!”

“Oh sure,” Michelle retorted. She waved her hands as if taunting me. “And how do you know she’s not lying?”

I stammered since I couldn’t explain myself but believe in her.

“Gary, just don’t do anything stupid!” Nick whispered to me. “You don’t like it when Michelle loses.”

The battlefield was set. It was just outside Lavender town. The grassy plains looked new after the rain. The cold breeze swept through my hair as I looked forward to another beautiful day. But someone has to win and someone has to lose now.

“Are you guys ready?” Marina called from the other side.

Blue was around her; she decided to follow after learning that we’re going to battle. She said that she wants to see how well I battle.

“We’re ready,” Michelle replied. “Ready to lose?” She said taunting Marina.

“Why don’t you guys throw in your Pokemon first?” Marina said as she took out her first two Pokeballs.

Michelle fumbled for her Pokeball. “Fine,” She said taking out one.

“Here’s mine!” I said taking out Doga’s great ball.

Both of us summoned out our Pokemon together at the same time.

“Doga!”

“Linus!”

I noticed something different from Linus. It looked longer and looked more slender.

“Did your Pokemon evolve?” I asked Michelle.

She nodded then returned her view back to Marina.

Marina looked at both out Pokemon and threw her two Pokeballs.

At once, I knew one of them was her Skarmory, Alvis. The second one doesn’t seem to look familiar. Before I can hold my Pokedex, she introduced the energetic blue rabbit Pokemon.

“This is Sophia the Azumarril. I bet Michelle knows her already.” She gleamed.

I could see Michelle tighten her fists at once.

“Ready?” Marina called.

“Doga, dig underground!” I yelled.

“Linus, use dig, too!” I heard Michelle.

Marina sighed. “Oh well, Alvis, use spikes. Sophia, get ready!”

Doga emerged first underground. Before he could hit Sophia, she dodged the attack and fired a blast of water toward Doga.

“Crap,” I muttered. That was Doga’s weakness. Before I could hesitate, Doga used the last of its momentum to attack Sophia.

“Hey!” Marina yelled. Sophia was attacked headfirst with Doga’s rock head.

Linus then emerged and attacked the already defenseless Sophia.

“Gotcha!” Michelle called.

“Alvis, hit Doga with steel wing! Sophia, use Ice Beam on Linus!”

Both obeyed immediately without hesitation. Alvis’ wings stiffened and charged towards Doga. The wings hit Doga with a loud crashing sound. I looked at everyone and they all seem to cover their ears from the sound. Doga shook of the attack and slapped Alvis off.

Then, Sophia sent out a blue icy beam towards Linus. Linus dodged the beam but his foot got caught and was frozen solid.

“Aw crap,” Michelle muttered. “Use Pin Missile!” I heard her say.

“Doga, use rock throw on Alvis!”

Doga used its tail to slap Alvis once more only this time downwards. He barely missed but managed to hit Alvis’ wing and caused it to not fly much.

Linus, handicapped, sent out multiple fires of needles towards Sophia. The attacked connected but it didn’t faze Sophia much.

“Alvis, finish off Linus with drill peck. Sophia, if Linus still survives, surf!”

Before Michelle or me could hesitate, Alvis rushed while spinning its body towards Linus. The attack was successful but Linus was still awake. Sophia followed after summoning a huge tidal wave.

“AH! Clear!” Nick yelled from behind us.

All of us ran away from the range of the huge wave. Both our Pokemon were struck by the wave.

“Doga!”

“Linus!”

Both of us yelled as we both went to our Pokemon. It was a devastating site. Doga lay fainted on the ground growling lowly. Linus wasn’t moving a muscle. We both returned our Pokemon.

“Oh, I guess I win…” Marina sighed.

“Darn it…” Michelle muttered. I could see her fist clenched. Blue herself was shocked with the results. Michelle stomped as she walked towards Marina. Michelle glared at her and Marina glared back. Nick knew what was going to happen as he rushed towards Michelle but it was too late. A loud slap was heard then the loud pattering of feet. I could see Marina, still looking up. Her cheek was red from a slap that Michelle just gave her.

“Michelle!” Nick called but wasn’t able to catch up.

I was attending to Marina, who was holding back tears.

“Are you okay?” I asked her.

She didn’t reply. Still holding back tears, she just walked away. I noticed that she was heading the way where Nick and Michelle were going.

“Wait, Marina!” I yelled. “Where are you going?”

Before I could run, I noticed Blue who seems to be confused yet calm.

“Kids,” She muttered. “I wasn’t like this when I was one.”

I looked back to where Marina was going but she was already gone. All I knew is that the battle went too fast for Michelle. I guess losing every time would be a real pain. That’s what I thought as I kept running searching for the three.

They have to be around somewhere. I managed to return to town immediately and asked anyone if they saw any of them. No one saw them walk by and now my heart started to pound. I seem to be panicking and thinking what those three would do if they met each other again. I gulped as I continued to search for them. Cold sweat dripped from my forehead and my heart was pounding hard. My legs started to burn as I passed the huge tower and continued north.

“Marina! Michelle! Nick!” I called. Then I stopped. I noticed something on the ground and picked it up. It was Marina’s goggles. I was going in the right trail. I continued my way north not hesitating.

To be continued...

Omega-Brendan May 16th, 2004 5:12 PM

Awesome chapters! Ok that's all I have to say... *yawn*

oni flygon May 20th, 2004 5:02 PM

Someone reply except for Omega, darnit! XD


Chapter 25: Valued Things

I could hardly breathe as I continued north. Marina’s goggles clenched in my hand as I stopped and tried to breathe. North of Lavender town is mostly a rocky trail. To me, it looked like a wasteland. The littered rocks and the craters didn’t make it look inviting. The bumpy road didn’t make it look a good travel.

I sat down as I started to feel a bit light headed. I turned my head to look around for any signs of any of them. Something caught my eye. I saw a shadow pass by from behind a nearby rock. Thinking it was them, I rushed there calling their names.

“Michelle! Nick! Marina!” I yelled. But then the figure ran. I chased after the person as fast as I could through the rough roads even though I was tired. Something was familiar.

“Emily!” I called. Then, she turned around. It was she all along.

“I’m glad it’s you!” I said as I ran towards her.

She stared back at me with her pale eyes. Her red hair was tied as she continued to stare.

“Did you see Marina pass by?” I asked.

She looked down. She then muttered something like: “No…”

“Great,” I muttered. I sat down in the middle of the road panting from exhaustion.

She still stared at me.

“Oh yeah, I forgot to introduce myself back then,” I said smiling. “My name’s Gary!”

Emily looked at me quizzically then repeated my name.

“Yeah, that’s right.” I said smiling a bit. “Are you sure you haven’t seen Marina around here? Or did you see another girl and a boy?”

“A girl,” She replied. “She was crying,”

“You saw her? Where did she go?” I asked.

She thought for a while. “Over there.” She pointed towards the cave.

“Great,” I muttered again. I stood up, feeling miserable, and started to walk towards the cave. I looked behind me to see Emily following behind. “Do you want to follow me?” I asked.

She nodded.

“Ok, stay close then.” She approached me and held the sleeve of my shirt.

I noticed that she was quite scared of the cave herself. I walked cautiously and entered the pitch-black cave. I could feel Emily’s hand grip tightly as she tugged my sleeve.

“What?” I asked.

She didn’t reply but let out a low whimper. We continued on until I couldn’t see anymore.

“Abby, come out!” I said as I released my Abra. “Use Flash!”

The dark cave was illuminated thanks to Abby’s flash. The only things that were left dark were our shadows and the shadows of the walls. After that, we continued on.

After a while of walking, I heard footsteps. I looked around trying to find any sign of them but I realized the footsteps faded.

After a few minutes, Emily tugged my sleeve again.

“What is it?” I asked. Without hesitating, she quickly ran off. “Emily!”

I followed her footsteps quickly hoping that she had found them. But then I realized that it was just leading towards the exit.

“Whoa,” I gasped as I saw a river just pass the meadow. I was on the other side! I turned around and saw the tower of Lavender just behind me.

“Hello?” I called. None replied. “Emily?”

I continued my way searching for my would-be friends. Just then, I noticed something in the river. A red liquid was flowing with the water. Blood.

I quickly ran upstream still gasping and panting. I was really tired this time. The stones of the river shore made me stumble a few times but I kept on continuing. Then I stopped. It was Nick. His clutched his bloody arm as he tried to stand.

“Nick!” I called.

He looked at me and smiled. “Gary, they went over there.”

“What happened to you?” I asked.

“I was just careless. I slipped when I was chasing Michelle. Marina followed then some girl.” Nick replied then groaned in pain.

“We gotta get help,” I said.

“Quick, grab my backpack,” Nick said.

I took his backpack and waited for instructions.

“Take out the first aid kit and there’s cloth in there and tie it around my arm.”

I did what he said and helped him up. “Do you know where this river leads to?”

“Not a clue…” Nick replied.

We continued slowly upstream slipping occasionally.

“There they are!” Nick pointed out as we reached a peculiar building. It looked like it was abandoned years ago. “They’re inside. You can leave me here.”

“What?”

“Go catch them. I’m sure they won’t be far!”

I continued on even I was tired. I was light headed as I opened the doors of the abandoned building. The sun was starting to set and I was alone in the dark building. After a few observations, the building seems to be an abandoned power plant. Probably abandoned years and years ago.

My head started to ache. I couldn’t keep my focus on since I was starting to stumble. I could feel myself fall on the ground panting and exhausted. But my head continued to ache. Suddenly, I could feel dozens of eyes looking at me. It was a strange feeling. It was very familiar. I felt this before in the Viridian Gym. I could feel eyes staring at me and I could feel my gut wrench as I lay there on the cold floor.

But then I felt a hand touch my face. Then, I couldn’t feel the staring eyes anymore.

“Gary, please wake up,” Emily whispered.

I sat up and looked at her. She was scared since it was already dark.

“Gary, I’m scared.” She said.

I could only see her shadowy outline but I could feel the fear in her eyes. I could feel her arms wrap around me as she shivered.

“I just want to see daddy…” She sobbed.

I stayed silent for the rest of the night. I found myself drifting soon into sleep.

~*~*~*~

Morning broke out. I could hear the rushing river outside. I opened my eyes expecting Emily near me but she wasn’t there. I wasn’t sure if it was a dream or not but I stood up feeling refreshed after a good night’s sleep. Without hesitating, I ran outside. Nick was still outside sleeping. Next to him…was Michelle!

“Michelle!” I yelled.

Both of them suddenly woke up. Michelle yelled something about cheaters and Nick simply shouted: “Wha-?”

“I’m glad you’re ok!” I said. “Where’s Marina?”

“Who? Oh her…” Michelle muttered rubbing her eyes.

“Where is she?” I asked.

“Beats me. I just saw her coming inside there.” She pointed to the abandoned power plant.

“Michelle was actually waiting on one side of the river,” Nick said dizzily.

“But…I thought…is she really there?” I asked.

“Maybe. But I don’t care. She can die for all I care.” Michelle said in a quick tone.

“I’m going in again!” I said without hesitating.

“Hey, hold up! I’m following you!” Nick said while limping. “I don’t want to get left with her again.”

“I heard that!”

To be continued...

Kenta May 20th, 2004 6:29 PM

Both chapters were real good. Keep up the wonderful work.
Heh, Michelle all angry :P


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