Pokémon ABC - Special 01 (Episode 14.5)

Special 01: Who's the best?

By 'Whisper Shadowhunter'/ Kitty Ocean
© Nintendo (their characters) and Kitty Ocean (my characters)

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After they had waved Misty, Ash and Tracy goodbye, Aemilia, Blade and Chris walked through the streets of Hydron Town. Chris felt a bit depressed because she had to say goodbye to Togepi, and Blade felt sad because he never got the chance to hold Pikachu.

Chris thought deeply. "I wonder if Ash could have beaten me if we would have fought." She said.

"Of course." Blade said. "He got to the Pokémon League and ended with the 16 best trainers.

Chris smiled. "Dream on." She replied. "If Aemilia would have fought for me he could never win."

They walked into the Pokémon Centre where they would spend the night. Blade laughed. "Even I can beat you."

"Yeah right!" Chris giggled. "I had my own gym and was undefeated."

"But you never fought against me!"

"You're telling me that you think you can defeat me?" Chris exclaimed. "I've got 8 League badges and you've got none!"

Blade smiled vainglorious. "They probably gave you those."

Chris turned as red as her hair. "I fought really hard for those badges!"

Suddenly, Nurse Joy bumped in. "Why don't you take the Exam? Then you know who is better."

"An exam?" Aemilia asked. "What kind of an exam?"

"It's the Pokémon League Exam." Nurse Joy explained. "Their building is not far away from here. If you pass that exam, you can go to the Pokémon League without travelling."

Chris thought. "Like the Pokémon Tec?"

"Yes, but it takes less time." Nurse Joy continued. "My sister-in-law took it and passed."

Blade smiled. "As the best Pokémon Observer I'll beat you with my eyes closed."

"As the Ocean Gym leader and holder of 8 badges I'll kick your butt!"

Aemilia stepped forward. "Let me be the smart one and ask where it is, okay, so we can go tomorrow."

The next day they stood up early in the morning. Waving Nurse Joy and Chansey goodbye, they walked in the direction Nurse Joy had told them to go. Chris thought the Exam must be really easy, if a Nurse Joy had passed it.

Blade thought the same. I'll prove her I'm good, he also thought. Aemilia was the only one who thought: what a waste of our time. She already has 8 League badges and 4 Orange League badges and she had never done anything with those. If she passes, she'll gets another badge to enter the League. Woepie.

In the dew of the morning, a large building showed himself. Impressed by the size of this building, they walked to the doors. When they slowly opened, they saw a huge crowd at the reception.

When they were finally helped, the man asked their names. Both giving them, they man handed Blade number 27 over. "Don't you have number 13 for me? I love number 13." Chris asked.

"Of course." The man answered. "You're the first one who asks for it. Nobody likes that number; they think it will only cause bad luck." He took 2 little cases. "Please give me your Poké Balls."

"Why?" Aemilia asked.

The man smiled. "We hear that very often. You aren't allowed to use your own Pokémon in any way."

"May I look after them, then?" Aemilia asked. "It's not that we don't trust you, but we don't trust some other people who are always following us. They may be here."

The man friendly nodded. "Ha, I'll beat you Chris!" Blade said confident and proudly.

" You just wait!" Chris smiled. "I'll be the best of the class!"

"I think we have 2 people here who'll really do their best." The man said. "We need those people here. Your first exam will be in the D-wing. It's a theory round, just like the second exam."

Chris swallowed 2 times. "Theory? I stink in theory!"

"Don't you worry." The man answered. "I think you will do just fine. Anyway, the third exam is fighting and counts as hard as the first 2 exams together. I'm taking that exam, so why don't you walk along?"

Chris and Blade nodded and Aemilia decided to sit in the visitor's lodge and watch. She crossed her fingers for Chris as well as Blade. She hoped both would pass it.

Blade and Chris followed the teacher to the class. When they arrived, the teacher told them to take place behind a computer. Chris sat down and looked at the screen. 'Please fill in your number', the screen said.

Blade typed his number and a new screen popped up. Next to his picture, he saw his name. The screen asked if it was correctly and Blade typed 'yes'. The next screen was the welcome screen of the Exam.

"Welcome at the Pokémon League Examinations." The teacher started. "The first exam is telling if the statement your computer tells you is true."

Blade smiled. He knew a lot about Pokémon, and he knew Chris didn't. She may be a great fighter, but she doesn't know a thing about Pokémon.

'Gyarados is a flying type' was the first question.

That's easy, Chris thought, of course not! He's a water type Pokémon. If the rest of the test is like this, it will be so easy.

Tricky, Blade thought, Gyarados is a flying type also. Everybody thinks he's a water Pokémon, but he's also a flying Pokémon.

'A Ninetales can be turned into a Vulpix with a fire-stone.'

Of course not, Chris thought, a Vulpix turns into a Ninetales. Blade thought the same.

'Voltorb evolves into Electrode.'

Chris doubted. She always was confused about them. That's false, she guessed. She looked at Blade. He quickly pushed 'True'. He didn't doubt; damn, I've got it wrong.

'A Pinsir is a bug Pokémon.'

Chris closed her eyes and pushed a button. When she looked again, she saw she had hid the 'Wrong' button. Never mind, how terrible can it be if I've got 2 questions wrong?

Blade looked at Chris and saw she quickly looked back at her screen. She's having a hard time, he thought. Never mind, she'll pass it, only I'll pass it very easily.

'A Fearow is the evolved form from Spearow.'

Chris pushed the 'True' button. Finally, she thought, something I did know. Please, let the rest of the test be like this. She crossed her fingers and waited for the next screen

'Poliwrath is a fighting type.'

Chris sighed. Thank God, she thought, I know this one. She pushed the 'True' button again.

Blade sat back on his chair and pushed 'True' and 'Wrong' without hesitating. This is so easy. Of course a Vaporeon is a water type and a Jolteon isn't a fire type. Jeez, who made up these questions?

'A Slowbro is not a water type.'

Blade pushed 'Wrong' again. A Slowbro is as well as a psychic as a water type. He looked at Chris again and saw she was pushing 'Wrong' also. Ha, that was an easy one, he thought, if you had that one wrong you can forget it.

Sighing because she finally had answered the final question, she looked at Blade. This exam wasn't easy. Would Blade think the same? She looked then at Aemilia and saw she was waving. Waving a bit back, she listened to the teacher.

The next exam was identifying Pokémon. Chris hoped with all her hart that it would be a lot easier. The first screen that appeared was a black ball.

Why does it remind me of a Jigglypuff, Chris thought, it can't be one. She looked to her screen and filled in Voltorb. She turned to Blade. What would he fill in?

Blade sighed. There were 2 Pokémon as round as a ball; Voltorb and Electrode. He closed his eyes and thought deeply. I'll choose an Electrode.

"I've got all your answers." The teacher said and pushed a button. A new screen appeared and showed a Jigglypuff from above!

Chris cursed herself. Next time, she thought, I'll follow my feelings. She looked at the next screen. She gazed at it. It was a huge curl. It reminded her of the looks of her defeated opponents in the Ocean Gym, and she smiled. But what Pokémon could it be? Poliwag, Poliwhirl or Poliwrath? She thought deeply.

Blade typed his answer: Poliwhirl. He waited a few minutes, but then asked himself why the teacher didn't give the answer.

"Number 13." The teacher started. "Are you planning to answer today?"

"I'm thinking!" Chris yelled. She tried to remember her Pokémon. Okay, she started, Poliwag's curl spins the other way. And Poliwrath's curl is a bit different. But it might be a Poliwrath that is taken from another angle. She thought deeply, and then answered Poliwhirl.

"Thank you number 13." The teacher replied. "It's a Poliwhirl!"

"All right!" Chris cheered. All students looked at her. "Sorry." She mumbled embarrassed.

A flame filled the next screen. Blade hesitated. He had 3 options: Ponyta, Charmender and Charmeleon. With a huge sigh, he chose for a Charmender.

But this time Chris didn't hesitated. She immediately chose for Ponyta. Since Ponyta was constantly around them, she would be really stupid if she wouldn't recognise its tale.

The picture of Ponyta confirmed Chris' thoughts. She smiled. Would Blade have known this one? From the 3 questions she had 2 of them right!

Blade saw Chris was getting confident. We've only had 3 questions yet, he thought, and the easy ones always come first. He looked at the next screen. He saw something purple. What could that be? It could be a baby Kangaskhan.

Chris for Tentacruel, because she liked it. She really didn't know what it could be. She wasn't shocked at all when she saw the answer: an Aerodactyl.

But Blade disagreed. "Hey, that's not fair!" He yelled. "Aerodactyl is extinct, how could we ever know that and what's the use of identifying a dead Pokémon?"

"Number 27, some people claim they have seen an Aerodactyl and someone even managed to take his picture. It seems to me he's not extinct."

Blade sat down. "Oh, in that case, never mind." Chris giggled. "Shut up." Blade whispered through his teeth.



After the second exam, they had a little break. All could see what their results were. Blade smiled vainglorious when he saw he was with the best 10 students.

Chris looked disappointed. She hoped she would have done better when she saw she belonged to the last 20. Thank God I'm not the worst, she sighed. Suddenly, she felt a hand on her shoulder. When she turned around, she saw Aemilia.

"Don't worry, you'll do the 3rd exam better." She comforted.

Blade smiled and put his arm around Chris. "I told you I would do better." He said beaming with geniality. "I'm no longer a Pokémon Observer, I'm a Pokémon Expert!"

"We'll see." They heard. They saw the teacher standing behind them. "The third exam is outside. You have to battle with me."

Chris smiled. "Ha!" She said. "This will be a lot easier for me!" She followed the teacher to a stand. He showed them some belts with 3 Poké Balls. "Eh, what's this?"

"You have to choose a belt." The teacher explained. "Even I don't know what's inside. But this way, you can prove you can fight with every Pokémon."

Chris and Blade nodded and took a belt. Blade was the first who would begin. Chris sat on the side and waited for her turn. She wondered if Blade was so good as he claimed to be.

"Poké Ball, go!" Blade yelled and released a Pokémon.

"Grimer!"

Aemilia giggled. "Look Chris, Blade released a Pokémon that looks just like him!"

Blade didn't laugh along and gazed at the Pokémon his opponent released. This Pikachu looked very tough. He sighed, why hadn't he chose for that belt? He knew everything about Pikachu and nothing about Grimer!

"Pikachu, Thunder Shock!"

"Grimer… euh… do something!"

But the Grimer didn't move. I've got to order him something. He closed his eyes while the Pikachu released a Thunder Shock. The Grimer was very affected, but not finished already.

"Grimer, Poison Gas!"

Proud because he knew an attack of Grimer, he looked at the Grimer who tried to fill the air with his poisonous gas. But the Pikachu was ordered to use his Thunder Wave and when the gas was gone, Blade had to return Grimer. He took another Poké Ball and threw it to the field.

"Geodude…."

Blade almost cried. "Why don't I have Pokémon I can handle?" He cried.

Poor Blade, Chris thought, I just hope the teacher doesn't have a water type.

"Kingler!"

Chris slapped herself upside her head. "Blade can forget it." She sighed and Aemilia agreed.

"Kingler, Bubble!"

"Geodude, counter attack!" Blade yelled and saw how Geodude tried to avoid the bubbles.

The teacher smiled. "Okay Kingler, Crab Hammer!"

"Geodude, earthquake!"

Chris and Aemilia were surprised, as well as the teacher, when he saw that Geodude knocked Kingler unconscious with an Earthquake attack.

"How did you knew Geodude was at such a high level and didn't evolve?" The teacher wondered.

Blade smiled. "That's easy for a Pokémon Observer."

"Mm, I'll give you 2 bonus-points for that." The teacher said. He returned his Pokémon and took his third Poké Ball.

While the teacher released a Venusaur, Blade released a Charizard. Blade smiled inside. Fire Pokémon are stronger than grass Pokémon.

Chris sighed. I guess he'll win this, she thought. Maybe he IS better than I am. She looked at Aemilia. A bit afraid she thought about her coming match. She only trained the Pokémon she could use in a match and she fought so often with Aemilia….

"Charizard, flame thrower!" Blade yelled.

But the teacher wasn't impressed. "Okay Venusaur, Solar beam!"

"Charizard, counter attack!"

He's yelling things, Chris thought, he doesn't have a real strategy. He's just repeating me.

All gazed at the Charizard who lay on the ground, unconscious. Blade couldn't believe it, how could a fire Pokémon lose from a grass Pokémon?

"You lost number 27." The teacher said. "Better luck next time." He took another belt of Poké Balls. "Okay, number 13 is next."

With led in her shoes, Chris walked to the field. Aemilia had wished her luck and Chris felt she really needed that. She looked at the Rhydon her teacher had released. A rock type, she thought, great. I want my Wartortle. She took her Poké Ball.

Suddenly, she took it back. Not knowing why, she felt she needed the middle one. "Poké Ball, go for it!"

"Golduck!"

Chris' eyes began to glow! A water type and it was a Golduck too! She never had a Golduck, but she knew its attacks! She wished she could take him along after the match.

"Rhydon, Take Down!"

Chris thought shortly, but then yelled at her Golduck: "Golduck, Fury Swipes!"

The Golduck leaped the Rhydon, but the Rhydon could avoid the attack. Not to worry, Chris thought, that wasn't its strongest attack yet.

"Rhydon, Tackle him!" The teacher yelled.

What attack shall I use, Chris thought. "Okay Golduck, Confusion!"

The Golduck reacted instantly and its eyes began to glow. The attack affected the Rhydon really, but wasn't defeated yet. Chris felt enthusiasm burning inside her when she yelled: "Golduck, Hydro Beam!"

"Golduck!"

The Hydro Beam of the Golduck defeated the Rhydon. Chris cheered, danced and hugged the Golduck. "Way to go Golduck!"

"Nice technique." The teacher complimented. "You may be not so good in theory, but your certainly better in fighting."

"I'd better be, or all my life was a big dream." Chris replied and took another Poké Ball.

The teacher released a Flareon and Chris released a Raticate. "Raticate?" Chris sighed, but then she smiled. She had experiences with a Raticate, she only hoped she knew enough to defeat a fire Pokémon.

"Ha." Blade said. "Chris will lose this."

"Flareon, flame-thrower!"

Chris took a deep breath when she shouted: "Raticate, quick attack!"

The Flareon released a ray of fire, but the Raticate could dodge away. Chris sighed. This time, the Raticate was fast enough. The Quick Attack of Raticate hit Flareon and the Flareon got knocked away, but landed on its feet.

"Nice Flareon, now use your fire spin!"

Obeying again, the Flareon hit the Raticate. Chris swallowed, she was losing this! "Raticate." She tried as her last effort, knowing she would lose. "Try your Super fang."

"Raticate!"

Surprised, the Flareon got knocked away. Not only he was surprised, but also Chris was surprised as well as her teacher. "I won?" She gazed. "How could I have won?"

A silence fell over the field. Everybody became silent as they saw the teacher returning Flareon. "You're good." The teacher complimented. "You won from a fire-type with a weakened normal type. That hasn't happened before. You get 5 bonus points."

I've got bonus points, Chris cheered inside, I've got also bonus points and more than Blade has. Confident, she took her last Poké Ball. She had already won her match, but she wanted more points. "Poké Ball, go for it!"

"Poké Ball, now!" The teacher yelled and released a Charmeleon.

Chris released an Ivysaur. She hoped that this fight would go like the others, but her teacher was in advantage this time again.

"Charmeleon, Ember!"

"Ivysaur, counter attack!"

The Charmeleon used his Ember attack, but the Ivysaur managed to avoid it. He's slow, Chris thought, he's not only the wrong type; Ivysaur is also very slow! "Ivysaur, Poison Powder!"

"Come on Chris!" Blade and Aemilia cheered. "We know you can do it!"

Okay, Chris thought, I'm going for the victory: 3 of 3. She looked at the Poison Powder the Ivysaur released, but the Charmeleon just burned it. Chris balled her fists.

"Charmeleon." The teacher started. "Slash him!"

The Charmeleon reacted to fast for Chris to react. She saw how her Pokémon got knocked away. Don't give up, she thought. "Ivysaur, use your Razor Leaf!"

Obeying his temporary trainer, it used his Razor Leaf, but the Charmeleon blew them away with one breath of fire. Confident, it looked at Chris, but he hadn't noticed Chris had already ordered that the Ivysaur should use his Vine Whip again.

The vines hit him hard and weakened him a lot. It tried to defeat the Ivysaur with his Ember attack again, but Chris saw it coming.

"Ivysaur, Razor Leaf again!"

She smiled. She was winning! She saw the Razor Leaves hitting the Charmeleon and it got really injured. Suddenly, she felt if she got hit by the lightning. What in hell had happened to her? "Ivysaur, stop it!"

"Why are you stopping?" The teacher asked. "You were about to win."

Chris returned Ivysaur. "I don't want to do this." She said. "I'm not doing this for me, I'm doing this because I wanted to prove I'm better than Blade. That's unfair against the Pokémon in my opinion. I had already won this match, so why should I hurt Charmeleon more than necessary? All can see it can't fight anymore."

Blade and Aemilia felt proud and embarrassed at once. Blade found that Chris was right. Why were they doing this anyway; what was the use? Why should they care who was the best?



Before they decided to leave, they looked at the Scoreboard, wondering what they both had. Blade looked somewhere at the end, along with Chris. Chris knew she couldn't be at the top 20 because of the failure in the 1st and the 2nd exam. Blade knew he screwed his 3rd exam and that counted as hard as the 1st and 2nd together.

But they didn't found themselves anywhere on the board, until Aemilia tapped on their shoulders. "Look there." She said and pointed at the top of the board. 'Special Students' it said and next to it were the pictures of Blade and Chris.

"But how…?" Chris asked.

"You both learned a lot today." They heard and looked at the teacher. "Both ended on the 13th place, so you passed. Together you would be a perfect team. Blade knew a lot about Pokémon, but noting about Pokémon fighting. And Chris, though you knew little about Pokémon, I was impressed how you managed to win twice with a Pokémon with a disadvantaged element. Well done."

Aemilia smiled. "They are a perfect team eh?" She giggled. "The first step is liking each other and that is already hard enough for them…."


To be continued…

New FanFic Dutch: Wolfsong!

Elfquest © www.elfquest.com
Characters © Kitty Ocean
Published in the Dutch FanMagazine Wolfsong

Wolfsongs tribe


,, Wolfsong is dood……. '' De hele stam was verslagen. Run nog wel het meest; hij had het zien gebeuren. De mensen leken vredelievend, anders dan de andere mensen. Zij bemoeiden zich niet met de wolfrijders van Wolfsong en de wolfrijders bemoeiden zich niet met de mensen. Tot op die dag.
Run begon te vertellen. ,, We liepen door het bos en zagen een hert. We wilden er met onze wolven achteraan gaan, maar de mensen lagen in een hinderlaag en doodde Wolfsong. Ik wist nog net te ontsnappen. '' Hij zag het weer gebeuren. Wolfsong, doorboord door een speer. Hij had geen tijd om zichzelf te beschermen. Ook Run kon zijn hoofdman niet helpen.
Wolfsong was een goede hoofdman. Hij had deze borg gevonden. In die borg heerste rust en vrede. Er was voldoende te eten, geen oorlog met mensen en er waren volop erkenningen zodat de stam zich kon herstellen na de vorige oorlog met mensen. Toen ze vertrokken na de oorlog verloren te hebben, vonden ze deze borg, die ze " Rust " noemden, waar ze allen naar verlangden.
,, Wie is nu de hoofdman? '' Vroeg Maandauw. Wolfsong stierf nog voor hij een jong kreeg. Zijn levensgezellin Distel zou een jong krijgen, maar dat zou nog zeker een seizoenswisseling duren.
Schaduw, de beste jager stapte naar voren: ,, We laten dit toch niet op ons zitten? Dit is nu ons thuis, al zo'n 2 maal 8 seizoenen. De vorige keer hebben we verloren en zijn we gevlucht, maar dat doen we nu niet meer! '' Zijn gezellin Mêlee stemde daar mee in.
,, Ik neem het leiderschap op me en zal jullie leiden en we zullen dit gevecht winnen! '' Zei Schaduw.
Nu stond Varen op: ,, ik ben het daar niet mee eens. Ik wil niet vechten. Waarom hebben we deze borg "Rust" genoemd? Omdat we geen gevechten meer willen.''
,, Wil jij dan vluchten? Wil je weer een nieuwe borg zoeken? '' Vroeg Schaduw.
,, We hebben niet voldoende vechters. '' Zei Varen weer.
,, We hoeven niet te vluchten en we hoeven ook niet te vechten. '' Zei Zilvermaan, de oudste wolfrijdster van Wolfsongs tribe. Zij was de enige die de mensentaal sprak, wat de stam vaak had geholpen.
,, Hoezo? '' Vroeg Fluister. Fluister was nog maar een jonge wolfrijdster en bezat de gave van het boomvormen.
,, Denk na. '' Zei Zilvermaan enkel. Ze wist, dat de nieuwe hoofdman wel een plan zou verzinnen. Maar het bleef akelig stil. Zelfs Egel, de verhalenverteller, bleef stil.
Varen sprong op. ,, Ik weet het! '' Riep hij uit. ,, Zilvermaan, kan jij je stem vervormen? '' Zilvermaan zei niets, maar glimlachte enkel. Ze wist dat het plan verzonnen was.

Morgendans rende door het bos. Ze werd achtervolgd door een hele groep mensen. Ze zond: ** Nachtzwever, ze komen! ** Nachtzwever vloog naar een grot en zond: ** Varen, Morgendans komt eraan met 8 mensen. ** ** Goed zo, Nachtzwever. Wij staan klaar. **
Morgendans rende de grot in. De mensen renden achter haar aan. Maar in de grot was het donker en al snel waren de mensen Morgendans kwijt. ** Nu!! ** zond Varen.
< Mensen…… > klonk er in de mensentaal. < Jullie hebben Gotora beledigd! >
< Genade, o grote Gotora. > smeekten de mensen.
< Deze grot is heilig! Hier mag geen enkele mens komen! >
De grot begon te schudden en leek op eens de zee. Steen werd haast vloeibaar onder de handen van Zandsteen, de rotsvervormer. De mensen vluchtten de grot uit.
< Gotora! Genade!!!! > bleven de mensen roepen. Buiten de grot begonnen wurgstengels de mensen aan te vallen. Fluister moest haar lachen inhouden om niet ontdekt te worden.
< O Gotora! Als U ons spaart, keren wij hier nooit meer terug! > riep 1 mens. De mannen renden zo hard, dat ze al snel niet meer te zien waren. Uit de grot kwam gelach. Varen, Zandsteen, Zilvermaan en Maandans kwamen uit de grot. Lachend voegden Nachtzwever en Fluister zich bij de rest. Ze liepen terug naar de borg en Egel had een nieuw verhaal om te vertellen. Het verhaal over hoe Varen de nieuwe hoofdman werd van Wolfsongs tribe.

Wordt vervolgd...

Pokémon ABC - Episode 14

Episode 14: Day of the Pokémon


By 'Whisper Shadowhunter'/ Kitty Ocean
© Nintendo (their characters) and Kitty Ocean (my characters)

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"He Chris, wait up!" Blade hurried to Chris and Aemilia. "Why couldn't you wait for one minute?"

"Now listen to me you… you…." Aemilia looked to Chris and held back. "Look, if you can't tie your shoes properly, than I don't care. Aemilia and I have better things to do."

Annoyed, Chris walked further and Aemilia followed her. Though Aemilia disliked the way Chris treated Blade, she felt she was right too. The only thing Blade had done for the past few days was slowing them down. First, you had the Gloom he just had to touch. Though Chris warned him, he thought a Gloom would feel comfortable with him and he wouldn't smell bad. Result: Blade had to wash himself for 5 hours and the smell still stayed.

Than you had that incident with an Exeggutor. He wanted his Ekans to fight with it so it could gather experience. But it was too strong and Chris used Nidoran to save him. Nidoran had a great exercise this way anyway. Blade asked Chris why she took her along, because this Nidoran hadn't any experience yet. And that was just the point: to gather experience.

Suddenly, Aemilia pointed to the end of the road. "Look, a city. Which one should it be?" Chris took her map.

"According to this map, it's Hydron Town." She answered. "Why does that name ring a bell?"

Blade stepped beside Chris. "You are so stupid, ya know? Hydron Town is chosen to be one of the Pokémon Cities this year for Pokémon Day. A lot of trainers will go to these chosen cities so they can treat their Pokémon. Jeez, and you call yourself a Pokémon trainer?"

Chris didn't answer, but just pushed her fist in his face. "Well…." She continued nicely. "I guess we have to stop there than. After all, it's Pokémon Day and all Pokémon deserve a day off. You want to go too Aemilia?"

"Yes, I would love to!" Aemilia exclaimed.

"Than it's settled. We'll pause in Hydron City."

"Hydron Town…." Blade only mumbled.


It was very busy in Hydron Town. All three gazed out of their eyes, hoping they wouldn't miss a thing of this event. You could buy everything there. Dolls of a Dratini, or treats for your Pokémon. Chris found it marvellous, Aemilia was very exited and Blade didn't know how fast he had to find a Pikachu stand.

"Look! Look!" He yelled like a little kid. "They got all Pikachu Dolls here!"

"So?" Chris asked uninterested. "He, look, over there!"

Aemilia looked, and saw nothing special. But Blade had seen what Chris had pointed and ran to the kid. "Wow, you've got a Pikachu!" He wanted to touch it, but the boy pulled his Pikachu away.

"You'd better watch out, Pikachu, doesn't like strangers." The boy said.

"Well, well, well, who do we have here?" Chris asked. "It's little Ash Ketchum. What are you doing here?"

Ash looked to Chris and didn't recognise her at first. "Who are you and do I know you?"

Chris smiled. "Let me give you a hint. I'm related to the guy who has the greatest arrogance in the world."

"Do you mean Blade or…?" Aemilia wanted to ask, but Chris wanted not to say her that. But suddenly, Ash began to smile.

"He, now I remember you!" He said. "You're Christina!"

"You know each other?" The girl who was with him asked.

Ash smiled. "Know her? She is the cousin of Gary. She comes from Pallet Town too!"

"Togeprii!" The little Pokémon in the girl's arms said. Chris walked to it.

"What's that for a Pokémon?" She asked. "He's so cute!"

The girl's Pokémon seemed to laugh while Chris touched it. "This is Togepy. And you're right, he is adorable. I'm Misty." She shook hands with Chris.

Suddenly, Blade bumped in. "Wow, you seem as mysterious as the mist itself…. Who gave you such a beautiful name; it fits this beautiful woman."

Ash didn't know what to say, but finally, after Togepy had filled the air with his happy laughter again, he finally could say a word. "Euh, where did you dug up this guy? He finds Misty beautiful…"

"Is that impossible than?" Misty suddenly yelled. "It seems man with good taste are rare at this world."

"He Ash, look what I bought!" A young boy came running to Ash and Misty. "A new drawing book!"

Chris, Aemilia and Blade curiously looked at them. "Chris, this is Tracy. He travels along with us too."

"Hi." Chris said and shook his hand. "I'm Chris. This is Aemilia and that slimy Grimer is Blade. He doesn't belong with us; he just followed us. So, what are you doing here? I heard from Gary you were at the Orange Islands, so what are you doing on the main land?"

Ash started to beam with geniality. "Ha, we've won a contest and directly got flown to Hydron Town to spend a day here at Pokémon Day. Where are you from, we haven't seen each other for years."

"I spend a few years at Raindrop Island until Gary came. Now I'm on my way to go home."

"Raindrop Island?" Tracy suddenly asked. "I heard about that island. Some people claim the Ocean Gym lays hidden there."

Blade suddenly leaped up from adoring Misty. "Are you kidding? Chris here is the…."

"That's nice Blade, what part of 'hidden' was unclear to you?" Chris asked after she gave him a great kick in his face.

"I never heard of the Ocean Gym." Ash said. "What kind of gym is it?"

Misty became as red as her hair and together with Tracy she grabbed Ash. "You're telling us you never heard of the Ocean Gym?" They yelled.

"Pi! Pikachu!" Pikachu yelled in the hope they became less furious. Ash felt shameful and Misty continued.

"Every water Pokémon trainer has heard of the secret Ocean Gym." She started. "It's a legend. Only the best trainers are invited to battle there."

"Well." Ash started. "If that's so… than after we flown back to the Orange Islands after tonight we'll look for it."

Chris shook her head. "If you ever manage to find it, you will not be invited." She said. "It's hidden and temporarily closed. But Misty, do you really mean it that's famous?" Misty nodded. "But it's only open for 2 years now. It can't be that famous."

Misty and Tracy shook their heads. "People say the Gym Leader is undefeated! I would really love to meet that guy Moonshadow." Tracy said.

"But Chris here…." Blade tried to say, but this time Aemilia punched his face.

"Oh, I'm so sorry Blade, did I do that?" She asked innocently. Chris giggled.

She looked back to Ash, Misty and Tracy again. "Sorry, but don't pay attention to Blade. He's kind of an idiot who doesn't know the difference between a secret and a tabloid!" Angry she looked at the murmuring Blade. "Well, Ash, I heard you made it to the Pokémon League and that you came until the 5th round. Good job." Ash looked proudly. "But I also heard from Gary HOW you lost it. Why did you ever choose a Pokémon that didn't obey you?"

"That's what I wondered too." Misty said giggling and Togepy laughed along, not knowing why.

Pikachu jumped on Ash shoulder. "Pika! Chu! Pi! Pi!" Aemilia stepped to Pikachu.

"You've got quite a friend here Ash." She started. "It's taking your side. It said you didn't have any choice." She smiled and patted the Pikachu.

All surprised by Aemilia's translation and the patting without getting shocked, Ash looked to Aemilia and than to Chris. He just gazed at the girl. Chris smiled. "I see you are confused." Chris said. "But I'll tell you when you are ready for the shock."

Suddenly, they heard an unknown sound. Ash smiled. "I guess I'm a bit hungry. He, why don't we have a little picnic together? All Pokémon invited."

"Ash, how did you planned to pay that?" Misty asked. Ash didn't know what to answer. Chris bumped in.

"Let's all pay together. Pokémon food is free today."

Blade suddenly turned around. "Just wait here, be right back!" He yelled and ran away.

"Quick!" Chris whispered. "Now we can dump that guy!" Aemilia used her angry face again. "Just kidding."



After a while they had found a spot with a great view at the lake. They sat down and all released their Pokémon. Ash released a Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Lapras, Charizard and a Kingler. Tracy released a Venonat and a strange blue mouse.

"He." Chris said to Misty. "You got a Psyduck?"

Misty looked at the little yellow duck. "Yeah, but it sometimes gives ME a headache. Ash, do you think it was wise to let Charizard come out too?"

"I know he doesn't deserves it, but it is Pokémon Day. Don't you agree Pikachu?" It responded happily. Chris and Aemilia took their Poké Balls and released their Pokémon. "He, you got also a Bulbasaur and a Charizard." He said surprisingly.

"And a Psyduck and a Starmie." Misty added. "Wow, does Charizard obey you?"

Chris nodded. "Don't ask me why it listens, it just does." She answered. "I see we have a lot of the same Pokémon. I hope they can get along."

While they sat down, the Pokémon got to know each other. They seemed to get along quite fine. But than Blade released his Pokémon. Not warned, Ash, Misty and Tracy leaped back, followed by their Pokémon. Only Psyduck stayed at his place.

"Jiggly?"

"Don't worry, Jigglypuff is okay ya know?" Blade said quickly. Chris looked at the other Pokémon. Lapras seemed fine and Staryu looked all right too. They sat down again. Blade ordered Jigglypuff not to sing and Tracy took his drawing book.

"Wow, I never got the chance to draw a real Jigglypuff!" He yelled enthusiastically and started drawing right away.

Quickly, they began to eat. They all enjoyed the food, Pokémon and human. Though Ash found it weird Aemilia ate Pokémon food, he didn't say it. He felt a burning suspicion coming up.

"That was delicious." Misty said and stretched herself.

"Psy?"

Misty looked at the 2 Psyduck. "Oi, they are giving me a headache with their stupid looks." Than she turned to Chris. "He Chris, did you know my Psyduck played in the movie 'Pokémon in love'?"

"Was that your Psyduck?" Chris asked surprised. "Than he's a great actor. I watched that movie 4 times. Wait a minute, now I know what I saw! I saw Togepy! I already wondered what it was."

Ash leaped up. "Pikachu played in that movie too you know?"

"Sit down Ash, you are only embarrassing yourself!" Misty said and pulled him down.

All seemed to be finished with their lunch, but suddenly, Blade took a little bag. "I bought desert for us all. I know it's not much, but the apples taste good this time of year!"

"You paid with your dad's credit card eh?" Chris asked sarcastically. Blade didn't react but only looked annoyed to Chris.

He took some apples and threw them to the Pokémon who happily started to eat from it. Misty took a little knife and cut little pieces for Togepy. Than Blade threw some apples to the others. All caught them, but Ash lost his balance and fell in the lake. Chris and Aemilia laughed and Misty and Tracy felt embarrassed. Ash himself could laugh about it.

Suddenly, the bushes started to move. Curious, they all looked. At the same time, a big balloon in the shape of a Meowth landed. While a purple haired woman with a black haired man jumped out of the bushes, a red haired woman and a blue haired man jumped with a Meowth out of the balloon. They seemed shocked to see each other.

"Jessie? James?" Shana asked. "What are you doing here?"

"He Jessie." James answered. "It Shana and Shane."

"I thought you were assigned to the Orange Islands?" Jessie asked

Surprised by Team Rocket, the children looked at the 4 adults. Within a flash, all turned to them.

"It doesn't matter what you are doing here." Jessie said. "We have a Pikachu to catch. To protect the world from devastation…."

"No, no!" Shana interrupted. "It's to protect mankind for devastation."

"It's not!" Jessie yelled.

"It is!" Shane added.

Fighting about which yell was the good one, the others sighed. "Are they also following you every day?" Aemilia asked. Misty nodded.

"But you get used to it." Ash said.

"I know what you mean." Chris said. "They don't surprise us anymore. We are only surprised when the DON'T show up." She turned around. "Come on, let's see what's happening in Hydron Town."

They walked away, leaving the fighting Team Rocket behind. When they were out of reach James suddenly noticed: "He Jessie, they left."

"What?" The other 3 yelled.

Jessie became very angry. "How dare they! We haven't even said our yell!"

"I know." Shana said. "It's so distressing when people don't let you finish it." She looked at Jessie and James. "You know, it doesn't help us if we fight each other."

"I know what you mean. We also had a fight with Casedy and Butch." James sighed. Shane started to laugh.

"Something funny we missed?" Jessie asked.

Shana started to laugh too. "You know what happened to them?" Shane asked. Jessie and James shook their heads. "The boss let them clean all the toilets of Team Rocket!"

"How nice." The Meowth suddenly said. Shana and Shane looked astounded to the Meowth. "Yeah, I know you are surprised, but while we are standing here, those kids have fun. What did you want from those kids?"

Tripping over their words, Shane finally gave answer. "We had to catch Gary Oak, but we lost him so we are following his niece now. And what do you wanted from them?"

"We want to catch that rare Pikachu from that boy." The Meowth said. "Now listen to me: instead of fighting each other, we'd better work together. We'll trade experiences and than make up the perfect plan!"

"Great plan Meowth." James said and the rest agreed. "But we have to use our yell."

Shana shook her head. "No way, our yell is the real one!" Jessie and James disagreed. "You must admit our yell is better and more impressing!"

"We use our yell or we won't work together anymore!" Jessie said.



Blade looked in the program book of Hydron Town's Pokémon Day. "Look." He said. "There is a race for flying types at 2 o'clock. That's in a few minutes. Let's go!"

"Ha!" Chris said. "Pidgeot and Zubat can win that with a mile!"

Blade pointed at the program again. "You have to ride on your Pokémon. So Zubat is already out of the race."

"He, I can fly on Charizard!" Ash said smiling.

"Don't even think about it Ash." Misty said. "Charizard won't let you ride on his back."

"To bad Ash." Chris replied. "You could be a great competition. The only opponent I have now is Aemilia."

Tracy looked at Chris. "Are you so sure you will win?" He asked.

"Charizard is fast enough." Chris answered. "To bad Ash, if your Charizard obeyed you I could have seen how strong it was. Well Aemilia, you want to come along?" Aemilia enthusiastically nodded. "See you at the start." She said and walked away with Charizard. Aemilia followed with Pidgeot.

Ash turned to his Charizard. "Thanks a lot Charizard, now Chris thinks I'm a sore trainer too. That was just what I needed, another kid from Pallet Town who thinks I'm a loser." He angry turned away. "Come on Pikachu. I guess the only thing I can do is cheering for them." He walked away and his Pokémon followed him.

Tracy and Blade ran to Ash, trying to cheer him up. Misty stayed behind with Charizard. She and Togepy felt sorry for the depressed Ash and suddenly turned angry to Charizard. "Thanks a lot Charizard." She yelled. "Ash trained you from a Charmender and the only way you thank him is making his life miserable! Ash, wait up!"

The Charizard lifted off and flew away. In his flight, he took Ash and Pikachu along.


At the start, Aemilia and Chris waited for the start signal. Chris smiled to Aemilia, letting her know she wouldn't go easy on her. Aemilia didn't expect something else of her friend and smiled determent back. Within a flash, suddenly a big orange creature landed before them.

"Ash?" Chris asked astounded to the boy who had grabbed himself with all his force to Charizard. "You are competing too? What a surprise."

Ash and Pikachu opened their eyes. "Wow, Charizard!" He said with a tear. "You did listen to me!" As an answer Charizard growled.

"He is just competing because he wants to compete." Aemilia said smiling. "Not because you wanted it."

"How do you know…?" He started, but the referee began.

"The race is to the lake, around it and back. Ready, set… go!"

All Pokémon lifted off and flew away. Chris and Aemilia took already a head start, but some trainers and their Pokémon came very near. Chris looked at a Fearow and whispered to Charizard. "We won't let them win, will we?" The Charizard nodded.

A Koffing came very near to Aemilia, but she stayed before him. Suddenly, she saw a great shadow appearing.

"To protect the world, or mankind, from devastation." Jessie started

"To unite all peoples, that means everybody, within our nation." James added.

"To denounce the evils of truth, friendship and love." Shana hurried behind.

"To extend our reach to the stars, and moon, above…." Shane said.

"Jessie!"

"Shana!"

"James!"

"And Shane."

"Team Rocket! Blast off at the speed, and with the brightness, of light!" Jessie and Shana said proudly.

"Surrender now or prepare to fight!" Shane and James proudly added.

"Meowth! We are the best, that's right!"

Chris let some opponents pass her while she embarrassed gazed at the combined yell of Team Rocket. "Oi." She sighed. "That was the worst yell ever."

Ash stopped next to Aemilia and Chris. "Jeez, always when I'm in a great battle."

"We combined our powers and Team Rocket is now the strongest of all!" Jessie yelled from the balloon.

"Than we have to combine our powers too." Aemilia said.

She saw Shana pushing a button, releasing a big net beneath the balloon, it fell to the ground, catching all the other competition. "You missed them." James said. "Now it's my turn. Weezing, smog attack!" He released his Weezing and it began filling the air with poisonous smog.

"Pikachu, thunder shock!" Ash yelled and Pikachu leaped to Weezing and electrocuted it.

"Pidgeot." Aemilia commanded. "Whirlwind!"

Pidgeot listened to Aemilia and freed the air from the smog. But Team Rocket wasn't finished yet. Jessie pushed another button, freeing a butterfly-net.

"Charizard!" Chris yelled. "Burn it!" Roaring of enthusiasm, it obeyed Chris and destroyed the net.

Ash closed by. "Charizard." He asked. "Please, just listen for once. Fry those idiots for ruining your chance for victory!"

Ash looked to the Charizard and the huge Pokémon looked back. Pikachu jumped on Ash shoulder and released some words. After that, Charizard flew to the balloon and spit a ray of fire. "Way to go Charizard!"

Team Rocket tried to hold on to grits of the basket. "Meowth, this is your fault!" Shane yelled. "If we would have done it our way we would have succeeded!"

"Oh shut up!" Meowth said. "You are the ones who ruined a great idea."

Aemilia ordered Pidgeot to fly higher and together they flew directly through the balloon. Spinning, it vanished after the horizon, and Team Rocket still argued whose fault it was.


Disappointed they landed on the ground. Tracy, Misty and Blade ran to them. "Are you all right?" Blade asked and than turned to Chris. "Thank god there was no need to pull the stunt again." Chris threw a devastation look at him.

"Yeah, we are all right." Ash said sad. "But the race is ruined."

Suddenly, the referee walked to them. "Your performance were great. You saved all Pokémon. As a thanks for that, you 3 get the first price." He handed them a golden medial over.

Surprised and happy Ash turned to Charizard. "You see that Charizard? We won!" Suddenly he stopped leaping and looked to his Pokémon. "You listened to me when I ordered you to fry them. Does this mean you are finally obeying me?" As an answer, Charizard burst a ball of fire to Ash. Misty smiled.

"I guess he did it for himself Ash." She giggled and Togepy giggled along.

Ash smiled. "Yeah, I guess so. But we're finally making progress."



After the night had showed his face, Ash, Tracy, Misty, Pikachu and Togepy walked to the aeroplane. Aemilia, Blade and Chris came along to wave them goodbye. "It was nice seeing you again Ash." Chris said.

"It was great seeing you Chris. I hope to see you again someday." Ash answered.

Chris kneeled to Pikachu and Togepy and patted them. "See you, Togepy and Pikachu." Than she bow to Pikachu and whispered. "Look after Ash Pikachu. If I know Misty, you have to protect him from her." She stood up and gave Tracy and Misty a hand. "It was great meeting you."

Blade bumped in again and kissed Misty's hand. "Goodbye, mysterious Misty. I hope you always stay that beautiful…." Aemilia grabbed his ear and pulled him away.

"Stop it Blade, you are drawling all over her."

They walked into the plane. Before the door closed, Ash suddenly asked: "Wait, you haven't told us what you promised to tell us!" But before Chris could answer, the door closed.

"Come on Ash." Misty said. "We have to sit down. The plane can't wait any longer."

Disappointed, Ash sat on his chair and looked out of the window when it started to lift off. Suddenly, he pushed his face against the window. "He guys!" He yelled. "Look at that!"

Misty and Tracy looked out of the window too. They saw Chris and Aemilia, flying on the back of Charizard. Suddenly, Aemilia began to glow and changed into a Ditto. Ash smiled.

"That's why she understood Pikachu, she's a Pokémon herself!"

"Pikachu!" Pikachu smiled.

Aemilia changed back and waved to Ash, Tracy and Misty. But before Charizard turned around, Chris touched her moonstone necklace and it began to glow. For a moment, they heard Chris voice in their heads: 'Greetings from Moonshadow…'


To be continued…

Suske & Wiske FanFiction - Part 7

Suske & Wiske © Studio Vandersteen
Story idea + Story © 2004 - Kitty Ocean

De dochter van Barabas - deel 7 -- laaste stuk

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“Zou de soep al klaar zijn?” Vroeg Lambik aan Wiske.
“Ga dan kijken.” Wiske vouwde haar armen. “Ik ben een vrouw met een taak.”
Morrend stond Lambik op, en liep naar achteren. Hij deed de deur open en zei: “Hallo Ka-...” Maar verder kwam hij niet, omdat hij al weer de keuken uit vloog.
Geschrokken sprongen Suske en Wiske op. “Wat...” Begonnen ze, en zagen een geschrokken Kara in de deuropening.
“Sorry meneer Lambik!” Verontschuldigde ze zich. “Ik... ik dacht dat u...”
“Die kunnen hier niet komen!” Brulde Lambik boos. “Je gaat toch niet de mensen die je willen helpen met Ninja trappen te lijf!?”
“Karate...” Mompelde Kara verontschuldigend.
“Karate, Plagaten, dat kan me niets schelen!”
“Rustig Bikske.” Probeerde Wiske. “Het was een ongelukje.” Grommend ging Lambik weer terug naar zijn stoel.
“Als ze al 11 jaar voor zichzelf zorgt...” Begon Suske. “Dan is het niet vreemd dat ze wat schichtig is.”
“Maar ze is wel sterk.” Giechelde Wiske. “Dit is al de tweede keer dat onze Lambik vliegles krijgt. Ik mag Kara wel; een sterke geemancipeerde vrouw!”

Ondertussen sloop Brok rond het huis van Professor Barabas. Met een verrekijker keek hij achter de bosjes naar binnen. Hij zag Professor met een boek lopen, en in een stoel zitten. Doordat de stoel met de rug naar het raam was gericht, kon Brok zien dat het een fotoalbum was.
Professor Barabas bladerde langs wat pagina’s waarop hij een stuk jonger was. Een glimlach verscheen op zijn gezicht, toen hij zichzelf tussen een chinese vrouw en een duitse man zag staan. “Jullie waren voor elkaar gemaakt...” Zuchtte hij, en sloeg de bladzijde om.
De volgende foto haalde hij uit het boek, en las de achterkant. ‘Beste Barabas’, stond er op geschreven, ‘Dit is onze kleine Kara. Ze is nu 4 jaar oud. In Augustus komen we weer naar Belgie; we hopen je daar te zien. Je zal versteld staan hoe slim Kara al is!’
Weer een paar foto’s later las Barabas opnieuw de achterkant. ‘We vonden het fijn dat je op Kara’s 7e verjaardag kon zijn. Volgende week gaan we op vakantie naar de Ardennen; op de terugweg komen we even langs! Dat beloven we!’
Verdrietig stopte Professor Barabas de foto terug. “Geliefde vrienden... jullie konden je belofte niet na komen. Maar ik beloof jullie, dat ik alles zal doen om Kara te beschermen!!”


Dit is het laatste wat ik van dit verhaal heb geschreven. Wie weet komt er ooit nog wat...

Pokémon ABC - Episode 13

Episode 13: 'What the…?'


By 'Whisper Shadowhunter'/ Kitty Ocean
© Nintendo (their characters) and Kitty Ocean (my characters)

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"Thanks for your hospitality!" Chris said and waved to Tyco's parents.

"It was our pleasure." Simon Cram answered. "I'm glad I know now my father is all right. We've lost touch since my mother had left…. Just have fun you two!"

Tyco waved to Aemilia and Chris as well. His Tangela stood beside him. Aemilia waved back and together with Chris she turned around.

"Those were nice people, don't you think?" Chris asked. Aemilia just grumbled. "I think their kindness is a family-illness." She said again, but Aemilia just grumbled again for an answer. "Something wrong?"

Aemilia walked a bit faster. She looked around if they were far enough from the Cram's. "I hate Mr. Cram's wife!" Chris looked shocked to her friend. What did she mean? "She just left and left her children and husband all alone. I really don't get why they still love her!"

Chris grabbed Aemilia's shoulder. "Aemilia." She started. "Mr. Cram's wife died! It wasn't her fault."

Shocked by Chris sudden answer, Aemilia became silent. She felt turning red. Why didn't she think about that? It was so embarrassing. She remembered the diner party the Cram's had organised. They spoke about Mr. Cram's wife if she was an angel and Aemilia wanted to burst out. Thank God she didn't do that.

"I'm sorry…" Aemilia apologised.

Chris smiled. "He, everyone could have made that mistake. Don't feel sorry for such a thing. I'm just glad you didn't say that in front of them." She stepped back. "Come on, Tyco said we had to go to the south if we wanted to leave the forest as soon as possible."

Relieved because Chris didn't blame her, she followed her friend again through the forest. She saw lots of wild Pokémon. Aemilia asked herself if Chris didn't want to catch them anymore. She looked at some little Paras. They didn't seem to be a bit afraid of the visitors. Unlike the Pokémon from the grass-area she had came from, they almost seem tame. Suddenly, she felt a burning feeling to go home again, like Chris was doing. It should be a bit off the road, but not impossible. She decided to ask it to Chris if the time was there.

Chris enjoyed the smell of the green forest. And every step she put on the road, she became happier. She was finally going home, she would see her mother again after so many years. She thought about what would happen. Would her mother cry, or just be proud? And what would her grandfather say? Would he be happy with the information she gathered?

"Sst!" Chris suddenly whispered. Aemilia hold still. She knew if Chris heard something, she wanted to be absolutely certain what it was. "Something is there…."

Aemilia changed into a Diglett, like so many days she had to do when Chris wanted to be certain. She quietly dove underground and dug a way trough the dirt.

Chris touched her Poké Balls and feeling them gave her a safe feeling. What ever it was, human or Pokémon, she would defeat it. Suddenly, a little Diglett came out of the ground and changed into Aemilia.

"You'd better use Wartortle." She whispered giggling.

Not knowing why Aemilia giggled, she listened to the advice of her friend and took a Poké Ball and released Wartortle. Without saying a word, she commanded the Pokémon to use his Water Gun in the direction Aemilia had pointed out. As curious as her first Pokémon, she wondered, what there might be.

A loud scream appeared out of nowhere when Wartortle blasted into the forest. Chris couldn't recognise the sound of it, but Aemilia couldn't stop laughing.

"Jeez! You are really paranoid ya know?"

"Blade?" Chris said astounded. "What are you doing here?"

Blade shook his body in the hope to get dry, but it didn't help much. He flipped his hair backward in the hope he might look better that way, but it didn't help also.

"Should I ask Charizard to give you a hand?"

"No, no!" Blade yelled. "I'm just fine!"

"Than what are you doing here?" Chris asked and than turned annoyed to Aemilia. "And Aemilia, stop laughing!"

Blade hesitated to give answer but finally he did. "Dad asked me to update your Poké Dex." Chris handed her Poké Dex over and Blade put a little disk in it. After a while he returned it. "Well, that was about that. Bye." He turned around and wanted to walk away.

"Wait a minute!" Chris said. "If you came all this way just to update this thing, you are really nuts!"

Blade avoided Chris' looks. "I also wanted to say your Pokémon are fine. And Hi. So, hi and bye!" But when he turned around, he saw Wartortle again, ready to use his water gun again. "Okay, okay, I admit! I wanted to come along with Aemilia!"

Aemilia giggled again. "Just me? Though luck, because if you want to travel with me, you get Chris for free! But how did you get here?"

Proudly he showed 5 Poké Balls. "I got some help. Lapras wanted to bring me and Staryu wanted to come along too."

Chris grabbed him if she was a Tauros. "You caught MY Lapras and Staryu?"

"They wanted to come along! I didn't catch them; I asked them to bring me! They are still yours." Chris let him go. "And you might need some help. My dad is a professor so I'm smart too."

Chris burst out into laughter. "Yeah right! If you were smart, you wouldn't come all this way and stayed home. So go back!"

Aemilia tapped on Chris' shoulder. "Wait." Chris looked wondering to her friend. "He came all this way, why can't he come along?"

"Are we talking about the same Blade?" Chris asked. "I survived everything:
Goldeen's poison, Ocean, Team Rocket and Gary, but I can't survive one night
with that dude!" Suddenly Aemilia started to giggle. "Something funny I have
said?" Chris asked.

"Well, now Gary is gone, we have to have somebody else who is the arrogant
kid here." She giggled. "Why not Blade?"

Though Chris appreciated the joke, Blade didn't. He felt insulted. "So that's my thank for helping you out?"

"What did you do than?" They asked together.

"I updated your Poké Dex and brought you two of your Pokémon." Suddenly, one of his Poké Balls began to shake. "Oh god, no my little sweet voice, not now! They are not prepared yet!"

Curious, Chris and Aemilia watched the Poké Ball and wondered what Pokémon it could be. He called it his little sweet voice, so what could it be? But it didn't obey his trainer and came out of his Poké Ball. Terrified, Chris and Aemilia turned around and ran if their life depended on it. Blade angry folded his arms.

"I told you to stay inside." He said. "They are not quiet fond about you ya know? Not yet at least…."

"Jigglypuff…." The little balloon Pokémon sighed.

"Come on, let's find them Jigglypuff."




"Is he gone?" While she tried to catch her breath, Chris leaned against a tree. Aemilia nodded. "What was that guy thinking? How could he bring a Jigglypuff along and than still hope he can come along?"

Aemilia shook her head. "I really don't know. But I think we are safe here." She looked around her. "Ehm, Chris…? Where are we?"

"What do you mean where are we?" She also looked around her. "You've got to be kidding me! We got lost!" She kicked against the tree. "Dammed! And we were almost out of the forest. We've gone back to start. I'll kill that guy!"

Aemilia laid her hand upon Chris' shoulder. "Than we have to find him first. But why don't you want him to come along?" Chris only looked at Aemilia. "Okay, I get the point, but why can't we give him a chance. He came this far, we can't just send him away."

"Just watch me." Chris said and started walking.



"Chris? Aemilia?" Blade walked trough the forest.

"Jiggly? Jiiiggllyyy?" His Pokémon tried to help.

Blade leaned against a tree. "Darn Jiggly, we lost them." His Jigglypuff rubbed himself against him. "Yeah I know, we came so far and they just send us away. I really hoped they would let me come along. But I can't blame them. Though it doesn't seem like that, I really like those girls. Well, Chris can be a real pain in the bud, but she's fine too." Jigglypuff leaped on him. "But I really think Aemilia is great. You wouldn't notice she's a Pokémon, until someone tells you."

Suddenly, Jigglypuff jumped of Blade again and took his little microphone. "Jiggly…." It said and bowed.

Blade smiled. "You know I can't stay awake, don't you?" His Jigglypuff smiled and nodded. "Than you may sing. I could use a good sleep."

It started to sing and Blade listened to the sweet voice of his Pokémon. He remembered how he had found it. When Chris and Gary were diving he had went to Tear Island to feed the Pokémon, like he always did when Chris was gone for the Ocean Gym match. That was also a great opportunity to observe them for his father. He liked observing Pokémon and he knew them all. Suddenly, he saw this Jigglypuff appearing out of no where and it wanted to sing. While Blade wanted to run away, he saw how depressed it was. Blade felt sorry for him and caught it. He explained everything to his new friend.

Before he fell asleep, he touched his 5 Poké Balls. Than he touched the 6th one, an empty Poké Ball. This was his opportunity to find and catch his favourite Pokémon: a Pikachu!



"You hear that?" Aemilia asked.

Chris pointed her ears and listened. She also heard it: someone was singing. Quickly, she put her fingers in her ears because she recognised this soft voice. Aemilia did the same. They waited a while and than Aemilia took one finger out of her ear.

"It stopped…." But Chris didn't react, so Aemilia grabbed Chris' arm. "It stopped."

Chris sighed. "Thank God. Come on, Blade can't be far if we can hear his Jigglypuff singing." They stepped on pass. "Wait." Chris suddenly said. "Why don't you change into a Rattata, than we can find him quicker."

Aemilia did what Chris suggested and transformed. In her rodent form, she tried to catch the smell of Blade of his Jigglypuff. Not much longer she found it and started running, followed by Chris. And a while later, they found a sleeping Blade and his Jigglypuff lay in his arms.

"Ah…." Chris said softly. "Isn't he cute like that?" Aemilia didn't react, but just transformed.

"Jiggly!" It said protective and angry. Chris took some steps back.

"Relax." She said. "We are not going to hurt him or something."

Aemilia giggled. "Not yet at least. We'll wait until he wakes up." She walked slowly to the pink creature and patted him. Surprisingly, it didn't attack or something, but stayed at his place and let him be patted.

"Thank god Blade isn't awake." Chris whispered. "I guess it isn't very positive if your Pokémon stops protecting you if it's patted."

Suddenly, another Poké Ball of Blade started to move and released a Pokémon.

"Staryu!" Chris said surprised and hugged her friend. Without warning, it used his water gun to wake up Blade. Screaming because of the sudden blow of water, he woke up.

"This is the second time I'm wet today! I'll kill you Staryu!" He saw Chris standing, her arms folded and a devastating glaze. He sighed. "You know I don't mean that."

Aemilia kneeled beside him. "So…." She started. "You got a Jigglypuff. How nice." She continued sarcastically. "He is euh… quite pink."

"You came back…." Blade said. "Does that mean I can come along?"

Chris started to laugh. "You hear that Aemilia? Just because we came back doesn't mean this Big Loser And Dumb Electabuzz can't come along." Aemilia looked angry to Chris. "All right, I know I promised that I would be nice, but it's hard to get rid of an old habit. The truth is Blade, we haven't decided yet."

Blade stood up and Aemilia did the same. She walked a few passes away from Chris and Blade, giving them some space. Suddenly, she fell in a pit.

"Aemilia!" Chris and Blade yelled. They ran to the pit.

"Tyco has dug a lot of traps…." Aemilia said and stood slowly up. She jumped and climbed out of the pit. When she climbed out of it, she saw 2 shadows. One of them was from a purple haired woman and the other… well, you can guess it.

"To protect mankind from devastation."
"To unite everybody within our nation."
"To denounce the evil of friendship and love."

"To extend our reach to the moon above..."

"Shana!"
"And Shane!"
"Team Rocket! Blast off with the brightness of light!"

"We are the best, that's right!"

Shane kicked Aemilia and she fell back in the pit. Without losing any time he grabbed Chris and kicked Blade, Jigglypuff and Staryu away. Together with Shana he pulled Chris to the waiting balloon and lifted off.

Aemilia climbed out of the pit again and looked to Blade. "Where is Chris?" She asked, but she already saw the balloon flying away. She ran to it and changed into a Pidgeot. Hold on Chris, she thought.

"Shane, would you please get rid of that flying thing?" Shana asked while she handed him a little bomb. "Just give that brat to me."

"One…." Chris started. "I'm no brat, I'm Chris, and two: you won't hurt Aemilia!" She lifted her foot and tackled Shane. He let the little bomb fall. Together, they looked where it exploded. "Aemilia, look out!"

Chris leaped out of the balloon and dove to the unconscious Aemilia. She took a Poké Ball. "Charizard, go!"

During her fall, Blade watched from the ground and held his breath. He saw how Chris grabbed Aemilia. He looked to Team Rocket. Oh no, he thought, they are going to use another bomb!

Distracted by the bomb, Charizard couldn't get anymore to Chris and Aemilia. Chris saw the trees closing by. She whispered to Aemilia: "Hold on, this is going to hurt me more than it will hurt you…."

Though Blade couldn't see where she might land, he could feel the impact trough his body. He knew it was false hope, but he really hoped she might have landed in a lake or something like that. He ran with his Pokémon trough the forest until he saw an awake Aemilia and the lifeless Chris.

"Don't move her!" He said and ran to Chris. He felt if she was still alive. Thank God, he thought, that she's indestructible.

Charizard and the other Pokémon gathered around Chris. They didn't notice the balloon had landed again.

"Hand her over." Shane said. "Only we can bring her to a hospital in time."

"I don't think so!" Blade said and he leaped up.

Shana stepped forward. "And who will stop us? You and your puny Pokémon?" She took her Poké Ball. "Lets have a little fight than. Graveler, go!"

"Graveler!"

"Staryu, go and knock that rock thing away!" Blade yelled.

The Staryu obeyed his new trainer and leaped to the Graveler and used his Water Gun. Though it affected the Pokémon, it still was strong enough to do a counter attack. But the Staryu was fast and dodged away.

"Graveler, do a tackle and after that an earthquake!" Shana yelled.

"Staryu, avoid his attack and use your bubble!"

Both Pokémon reacted and it seemed that the bubble of Staryu was strong enough. But the Graveler turned around and used another earthquake, knocking the Staryu against a tree.

"Staryu, come back!" Blade said and took another Poké Ball. "Onix, go!"

"Just give it up kid." Shane said. "We are too strong for you."

"Kid? I'm 18!" Blade yelled insulted. "Onix, kick their stupid idiotic buds!"

The large Onix roared and obeyed his friend. It dove to the strong Graveler. The Graveler dodged away, but the Onix had enough agility to change course in time. But Shana's Pokémon didn't plan to get knocked out and stopped the Onix with all his strength. Both were pushing against each other and everybody could feel the tension that appeared.

Both Pokémon stood frozen for minutes, until the Onix suddenly lifted his head, lifting the Graveler so it was helpless. It shook his head a few times and than made a sudden move. It quickly lowered his head and lifted it again that fast, so the Graveler lost his grip. While it fell, Onix used his tail and knocked the Graveler away. While it shoves unconscious to Shana, it left a trail.

"I lost?" Shana asked surprised, but quickly adapted to the new situation. "Shane, kick his bud!"

Frightened, Shane stepped back. "With what? I only have Raticate!"

"He defeated Graveler, do something!" Shana yelled.

"I'll do something…." Blade said smiling. "Onix, what do you do with creepy idiots?"

Again, the Onix roared and lifted his tail. With great impact, he slammed his tail against Team rocket.

"Looks like Team Rocket is knocked out of the ring again…." Shana sighed.


Blade turned around and looked to Chris again. "Why did she ever wanted to pull such a trick?" He asked himself.

"Because it worked on Raindrop Island…." He heard someone say. He looked to Chris who tried to get up.

"Don't move!" Blade said protective.

"I'm fine." Chris said and shook her head. "I didn't plan to die today you know?"

Aemilia smiled. "You are really indestructible." She said. While she was happy Chris was all right, Blade got angry.

"Yeah?" He started. "You could got killed today! Let me tell you the difference between Raindrop Island and this forest: there are no trees in the way on Raindrop Island!"

"Chill it." Chris said and stood up. "I'm still alive, don't I?" Blade wanted to pinch Chris. "Don't even think about it!" She turned around. "Come Aemilia, we have to get out of this forest."

Blade returned his Onix and ran after Chris and Aemilia. "Ya know, I'd better come along to protect you."

"For what?" Chris asked. "Creepy Caterpie or something like that?"

"No!" Blade yelled. "Against yourself! I've got to protect you so you won't pull a stunt like that again!"

Aemilia turned around. "You are inviting yourself?" She asked giggling. "Now there is a bad choice. I agree with Chris, you'd better go home."

"No way!" Blade shouted while he followed Chris and Aemilia who tried to get away. "I'm here and now I'm staying here! Get used to me, because you are stuck with me now!"

Irritated, Blade followed Chris and Aemilia who tried to ignore him. He totally forgot about…

"Jiggly?"

To be continued…