Totodile: i'm very pleased! your favourite? I carry that with pride! I hope you enjoy the next Chapter!
The Silver Storm:
Chris: I'm not sure if avenging him will help...will it? True, Sandra deserves to be punished, but what can I do? Maybe next time I see her i'll get angry...
Al: Give her one from me...
Chris: Erm...sure, why not! How are things?
Al: I'm being tortured to being told about the whereabouts of a key...*SCREAM* ARRRRRRRRGHHHHHH!...erm...yourself?
Chris: well, that in mind, I can't complain really. Hey...did you say something about a key?
Al: It doesn't matter, really. *cough*
After Kanto? well, this is the last you'll see of Chris and Krystal, as i havent made plans for another fanfic with them in. You'll see everything come together at the end, i guess.
Anyway, here is Chapter 21! I'm still writing Chapter 30: expect it to be titled the same as the preveiw but the main Chris focus slightly diferent. Seel has a much-needed perspective after the Tales of Trechery, and the Megan saga comes to a close with an unexpected twist...
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The Indigo Road
Chapter 21 - Reunion, Scooters, Escapes and Smoochers
By Shinymarill
Krystal
We walked on through the woods until it started to become lighter. At the moment, I was listening to ‘Girls Aloud: No good advice’. It wasn’t really my style, as It was terribly poppy, but it was an Ok song really.
“ I don’t need no good advice,
I’m already wasted, ” I said, as the song was pumped to my ears. Flaaffy and Marill walked alongside me until a city came into view.
It was Celadon, as a large overhead banner read ‘Welcome to the fresh sights of Celadon!’ with a Gym badge either side of the words. That must be the official badge, which ‘Joe trainer’ would want to compete for.
And then, as I walked through the gates, I saw something up ahead. It was Kimi! And Espeon! I ran forward with Marill and Flaaffy, as Kimi looked up. She faced me with open arms, only to see me hug Espeon very tightly.
“How ARE you?” I asked my friend. She was a really strong Pokemon I owned before I tried training for Dragon Rock, so I handed her over to Kimi. She was beautiful, her lovely silky skin, her soft ears, her delicate tail…
“Nice to see you, too” Kimi rasped. I got up, and stared into her eyes, while Flaaffy was introduced to Espeon.
“And HELLO little Marill!” Kimi cried, wrenching Marill from my grip. She smooched her on the cheek and hugged her tightly. “HOW ARE YOU?”
She reminded me of a butch auntie of mine, Auntie Gladys. Well, it was actually Kimi’s aunt as well…you get the picture! Kimi then spied Flaaffy.
“AWW! A FLAAFFY!” She cried, grabbing Flaaffy and hugging her tightly, just managing to lift her off the ground. Flaaffy squirmed as Kimi planted a kiss on her left horn. I just WISHED Flaaffy had released a thunderbolt!
“Kimi” I began, thinking over the past few days. “I gotta tell you a few things first”
*
Megan
“We’ll be fine, don’t worry” I re-assured Mightyena. He sat by my side as we sat in the hull of the boat. It’s destination: Saffron City, but we had to get to Vermillion Port first and drive to Saffron.
Mightyena grumbled as I scratched behind his ear. He seemed a very loyal companion, and I was still very grateful for Jet giving me one of his Pokemon. Now, Jet had only Foretress, and I had Mightyena. I thought back to Pyro Island, and how I abandoned the chance of getting my Pokemon back from the Pawn Shop.
I heard a noise. The clunk of metal steps as somebody walked down them got ever louder, and the noise soon echoed around the room I was in. Boxes were piled high, and rags and clothes were scattered around.
I glanced at Mightyena, before the two of us ran across the space and squatting behind the stacked boxes. I looked across the wall at the shadows as the figure began to move.
“Oh, Mightyena” Jet sighed. It was Jet! He came down and walked around the hull. “Why did I leave you? Why?”
Mightyena began to pine. No. Not here. I felt awful for hiding from Jet, but Jet felt awful leaving me behind. “I’ll need a dark type if I’ll be taking Saffron Gym”
This time it was me who blundered. I fell over in shock and landed on the cold metal floor. Jet wandered over to me, Mightyena happy to finally see his master again. Jet was tackled to the ground by the friendly Pokemon.
“Hey there” Jet said, as Mightyena licked his face. “Megan? What’s going on?”
“We…we wanted to come with you,” I said, looking down at the ground. “I figured that the only way to get back on my feet is to get back into the knack of things”
“James didn’t plan on keeping you” Jet told me. My brow was furrowed. “He actually hoped you’d just…well…die. That’s why I have been seeing you so much, to make sure you’re ok”
“Oh” I mumbled. “Thanks for telling me, but what can I do after this?”
“I don’t know” Jet began. “If only you could just reset your career…”
I stared into Jet’s eyes as he thought. I had an idea. I perfect plan.
“I need you to help me with something” I began. I then looked around slightly. “But we’ll make a start after the mission here”
*
Krystal
I had gone back to Kimi’s flat and met Brock, before the three of us wandered through Celadon with our Pokemon. I left Charizard and Steelix in the reserve outside Kimi’s flat, but Flaaffy and Marill came with me, Kimi, Torchic, Brock and Lotad. We stopped off at a Diner.
While eating my steak and chips, I looked at Kimi’s Torchic. It was cute, and seemed to be talking to Marill a lot. Marill was a very social member of my team, unlike Charizard and Kingdra. Flaaffy got quite nervous around new people, but he was doing very well.
Brock’s Lotad was asleep as Brock ate his chicken pie. Brock poked it happily and chuckled as it snored. We had got onto the topic of Team Rocket, as it was a hot focus point for paparazzi and reporters. Kimi had shown me numerous headings from Celadon City newspapers of the explosion a few days ago.
“So, did you tell the Police about Seel?” Kimi inquired keenly.
“Well…sorta” I began. “The man asked what Dane looked like, and I told him, but they said they’d ring me with any information.”
I ended up crying. It’s weird, because Seel never really seemed an overall favourite on my team. I suppose I plucked him from the wild and sorta just kept him in a ball, but confined as he may be, I hoped he was safe now. Maybe he was taken to Seaworld? I could free him…hehe…
“I can’t believe he worked for team Rocket!” I wept.
“They’re called the Organization” Kimi said, eating her watercress salad. “Run by James Holmes”
“Cool” I replied. “I hope Chris is alright at the moment”
“He should be fine” Brock said happily. “He’s had experience on his own before, hasn’t he?”
“Probably” I muttered. I slurped my strawberry Milkshake and finished it off, before Kimi started looking around nervously. She stared at me, then Marill, then my belt, and then at Torchic.
“What’s wrong?” I asked Kimi. She looked nervous still.
“I know you’ve been a bit troubled recently” She began. “But can we have a battle? A 1-1”
I thought about this. Her Pokemon would probably look good, if she was a breeder, but we’d have to see. I could train Charizard, Steelix and Marill up before we headed off.
“Maybe later” I began. “There’s more to this fanfic than battles”
“Fan…fic?” Kimi questioned. Stupid girl.
*
Chris
It was nighttime. I stood infront of Granbull as his corpse was riddled with flames. There were about 12 of us altogether; some were other members of Lavender town who paid tributes, but a lot were challaners; people who could talk to the spirits. They gathered with their ghost Pokemon as Granbull became cremated.
I sobbed to myself, as a young woman put her arm around me. Granbull looked peaceful, which was best. All my Pokemon were out their Pokeballs, and I noticed Umbreon and Electabuzz were very emotional, as well as Kecleon, but Pidgeotto seemed very unsocial and tried to look at something else. Bulbasaur, however, just stared at the ground.
I was so alone. I needed somebody I knew to comfort me. The flames skipped along Granbull’s body; he was on a sort of pedestal, only it was about the size of a table. It was marble, and Granbull lay on it, burning slowly. The fire danced and hissed all over my Pokemon.
Kecleon was a plum purple, emphasising his sadness. I then thought about God. How can he watch down at me now? How can he feel anything but sadness? How can he do this to me? I have been living hell these past few days, and I don’t think anybody realises that.
*
The next day, I wandered through the quaint town of Lavender. It wasn’t busy really, a few people wandered here and there, but all in all, it was a relief from the hurly-burly of Saffron.
Kecleon at my side, we approached a girl who I saw at the cremation last night. She had dark hair down to her hips, and had piercing blue eyes. She wore sensible glasses that were silver, and looked pretty. She was about my age.
“I’m very sorry about your Granbull,” She said slinkily. What do you mean? Slinkily’s a word! You know, it means sorta seductively and slyly…duh!
“It’s Ok,” I said lightly. She smiled.
“I’m Monica,” She told me. “Fancy a quick battle then? You know, to help boost your spirits and everything…”
“Maybe not” I said to her. “I just feel a little down…and I don’t think it would boost my spirits”
“Well, maybe you can have lunch with me” She said, once again being slinky and sly. I wanted to decline…
“Erm…” I mumbled. She kissed me on the cheek.
“How about now?” She said to me seductively.
“Of course!” I cried, walking up the road with her.
We had a light lunch at Mcronalds, before walking through the small shops to buy some new things. I had a little wad of cash, which meant I could probably buy a small mode of transport to get back to Celadon. I’d heard good things about Golf Buggies; maybe I could purchase one of them.
“Let’s see” I began, getting out my bankbook. “£275: that could get me a rather shoddy buggy with no wheels”
“Yea” Monica replied. “I suppose I’ll come with you then”
The two of us got our bags and wandered off through the town once more. We approached an electronics store, which sold all sorts of gadgets.
“Let’s see what I can buy!” I cried happily. However, after looking around for quite some time, I found nothing. I wandered over to an assistant.
“Excuse me, where are the electric buggies?” I asked.
“Sorry, those things are only to be used for golf” The man said. “Some Australian guy introduced the buggy system a while back, and trainers have been stealing the idea ever since”
I sighed. Lucky Australian.
“What can I buy?” I asked.
“Have a look over here ” The man told me, leading Monica and myself through the store.
I stared at the item the man showed me. On a showcase pedestal, it revolved slowly as a spotlight shone onto it. Monica seemed to like it. I was unsure.
“A petrol scooter?” I asked him. “How much?”
“£274.99” The man said happily. I had the money, and it would be a nice way of getting around…
“Deal!” I cried, getting out my cash card.
*
Krystal
“Go, Charizard!” I roared, throwing the Pokeball out. It burst open and formed into my faithful Charizard. Happy at being released, he blasted torrents of flames from his mouth.
“I choose Furret!” Kimi cried, releasing the friend ball. It opened and took the shape of a slinky ferret Pokemon, which bounced happily. Kimi squealed with delight as Furret started sniffing the air ‘adorably’.
“Flamethrower! Now!” I shouted. Charizard opened his mouth and blasted a stream of flames at Furret. Furret glowed, before using an agility to shoot out of the way of the attack. Charizard tried again, but Furret evaded again.
“Use a tackle!” Kimi shouted. People who used tackle were either complete idiots, or really good people who practised and revised basic attacks. I knew which one she was…
Furret built up speed and raced at Charizard. He then swung his leg around, smacking Furret in the jaw and sending her flying back to Kimi. She grazed herself across the side. Charizard then flapped his wings and took into the sky.
“Thunderbolt!” Kimi ordered. That attack surprised me a lot. Furret blasted a thunderbolt forward at Charizard, and my dragon Pokemon was caught up in the intense blast. He was shocked so hard he lost flight, causing him to hit the ground.
“Charizard! Get up and use a seismic toss!” I shouted. Charizard swooped forward and grabbed the squirming Furret, carrying him like a parcel as he tore through the air. As he got very high, Charizard threw Furret down effortlessly. Furret was hurtling down towards the ground very quickly, spelling a bad result for Kimi.
“You know what to do!” Kimi cried. Furret started to balance out, and made sure she would land on her feet. Furret then bounced lightly as she hit the ground, flying through the air and landing safely.
“Take down!” Kimi said. Furret built up speed (which seemed really easy for her) and raced at Charizard. Charizard watched, unsure of this, before being hit in the stomach by the charging fluff ball.
Charizard was winded, and toppled back. Furret ran back to Kimi happily, as Charizard started to get up. I was angry, as Kimi was just having a laugh, effortlessly attacking us, while I took this seriously.
“Flamethrower!” I shouted. Furret charged at Charizard, but my faithful Charizard was ready. He opened his mouth and blasted a searing streak of flames forward at Furret. Furret leapt to the left and evaded the fire, and then across to the right to evade a 2nd time.
“FIRE SPIN!” I roared loudly, spit flying from my mouth. “GO!”
Charizard flapped into the air slightly, as Furret ran close, before he blasted a spiral of flames straight at the Ferret Pokemon. Hurt, it leapt back as flames shot across its body.
“Furret!” The Pokemon screamed. It collapsed on the ground, rolling to put out the fire. Kimi looked rather worried. The arena was ground and soil, so Furret’s flames were put out easily.
“You poor thing” Kimi said, bending down. She got out her Pokeball and recalled Furret. “Thanks for the battle”
“Anytime” I remarked, as Charizard landed beside me. “Want another bout?”
“No! That’s alright,” Kimi said quickly. Torchic on her shoulder, she walked ahead through town. Brock walked with me, as I recalled Charizard and picked up Marill. I’d settled the score, and taught her a thing or two!
“Was that really necessary?” Brock asked.
“Well, Yes” I said back. “I want to show her that I’m no bubble-headed girl: I haul ***!”
“Don’t do it again, Kimi can be stroppy” Brock warned me. Oh well.
*
Tony
My eyes opened, and I stared across the room. The table was smashed and in pieces, and the bookcases had been tipped over. The books were ripped, trashed, burned …
“Misty” I hissed, getting her attention. She stared across at me, wearing a somewhat bleak grin. “We need to get out of here”
She nodded, before looking ahead and screaming loudly. I looked to see what was wrong.
Mudkip and Ekans had been hung on the wall across from us, their necks slit. Blood had seeped out, dried and cracked over their gashes, and their faces were lifeless and their bodies limp. I screamed out, too, but nobody could hear.
“My god!” I cried. “My Pokemon!”
“Don’t worry” Misty said. “I still have Staryu”
“But you said…” I began.
“I HAD to say that, I thought someone might have been listening,” She told me. “The Pokeballs on my hair band, but its well concealed”
“Great” I said. “Release it and we can escape”
Misty shook her head violently (she was restrained with chains, as was I), and her hair band fell from her hair. It clattered from the ground, the Pokeball opening and taking the shape of Misty’s Staryu.
“Hya!” It cried.
“Staryu, use a swift!” Misty shouted. Staryu blasted an array of tiny yellow stars from its central core, the stars gradually weakening the chain restraints. With a rapid spin, Staryu managed to smash the chains and get Misty down. Misty then helped free me.
I sobbed as we walked past Mudkip and Ekans…I wasn’t too fond of Ekans, but Mudkip was for Brittany! What would I tell her? I can’t tell her that Mudkip’s dead…
We ran towards the room, but the door was locked. It was steel, and very hard. Misty banged it in frustration.
“Stupid door!” She snapped, tugging on the handle. “Dave must have locked it”
“Look!” I cried. “A velux window!”
“It’s locked, like the door!” Misty pined.
“But it’s glass” I stated. “Staryu can break it!”
“It’s not a brick!” Misty bellowed. I stared at her. She stared back at me. Seconds passed gracefully, before she realised what we had to do to escape. “Ok then. Staryu! Rapid spin!”
Staryu shot through the air and smashed the glass, sending it showering onto the floor. Misty and I stood back dramatically as Staryu dropped back down. Misty then watched - interested in how we were going to get out, as the velux was rather high.
“Don’t worry,” I said. “We can use those bookcases”
We used Staryu again to use its psychic powers, lifting the bookcase to the wall by the velux. I then started clambering up the case, before reaching out for the window edge. I grabbed it, but managed to pierce my skin with sharp glass. Cursing, I hauled myself up and looked at my wound. It was small.
Misty followed me from down in the room, and as she got up, we looked around to see where we were. We were on top of what seemed like a bunker, a bunker that overlooked a vast forest. I could see a town ahead…was it Cerulean?
“This is hopeless” Misty pined. “If Dave isn’t here, he’ll have left for Cerulean now, to take over the Gym!”
“Shhh!” I hissed. I pointed to the ground, and Dave was seen getting the keys for his car. Misty and Dave knew how to drive; I had failed my test twice.
“Double edge!” Misty cried. Staryu flew forward and smacked Dave in the jaw. Dave fell back onto the ground, blood gushing from his face, mostly his nose. Staryu had blood over one segment, but Misty jumped from the semi-underground Bunker and wiped the blood off.
“I have an idea,” I said, as I grabbed the keys from Dave’s unconscious body. I shook them infront of Misty. “But you’d better drive…I can’t”
Misty smiled, before recalling Staryu. She took the keys, and as we piled into the car, I looked in the back seat, admiring the sleek leather chairs.
“Wartortle!” I shouted, seeing my friend gagged and tied in the back. “We must be remotely close to Cerulean if Wartortle is here!”
I untied and ungagged Wartortle. With him alongside, Misty put her foot down on the clutch, before speeding off through the forest, Dave, Mudkip and Ekans far behind us.
Next Chapter, posted on Monday the 19th of May! 'The Serpent, The Viper, The Dragonfly'
-Rika's match against Tom continues. Can she work her way through Tom's Pro-freeze plan?
Gyrados powered up an ice beam, before issuing the attack from his mouth and across the arena. Now, as Jolteon evaded the attack, the whole arena was a solid layer of ice, waiting to be challenged on. As he powered the beam, Gyrados rose out the water (sorta flew…hovered in a way) and made sure to glaze every spot.
“Jolteon!” I cried. “Get ready!”
“No need” Thomas said, recalling Gyrados. “We’re done for this stage. I choose you!”
-Chris and Monica go apple-picking in Lavender Orchard. It's a lovely peaceful day...but what's that in the bushes?
“Great!” Monica said. “Let’s get it healed later on, and we’ll get it verified by the Nurse”
After we ate our ‘victory’ ‘meal’, we got our bags and walked through the town to the Pokemoncenter. I didn’t know quite what this was, but it better be a lot more social than Pidgeotto and Bulbasaur…
-Krystal does a little 'training' after getting lost in the woods, but was her battle all that the Pokemon needed toe volve?
As I wandered back along the path, Vibrava lay there. It twitched a little more, before it was taken over by a bright white glow. The glow shrouded its body, and caused it to change and form into a much larger, much fiercer dragon. The new Pokemon looked around with its huge red eyes, experiencing this new feeling of freedom with its much broader wings.
As it flapped, it shot into the air and through the forest. A large gust of wind whipped up behind it, and it tore off towards Celadon, seeking revenge.
Find out more on Monday!
From Rookie To Champion - The Indigo Road
I'll have a look at the more recent episodes then. Aww poor Vinny was knocked out! But WTF Why did Sandra kill that man? She wanted a battle and so she was goign to get one from a man who claim he couldn't beat her... WTF....
I'm surprised Sandra just didn't kill those pesky kiddies....
anywho, Her next battle is going to be (if i can manage it...theyre tedius to write) Chapter 31. Krystal, with Seviper? Well, she has gotten pretty picky with this whole Dragon Rock palava. We'll see, eh?
, when she's on a shopping spree she can get overloaded with snazzy glittery clothes or something. My girlfriends that demanding, too....Smeargle and Wobbufet? Oooooh, maybe!
