Ah, dear. Ah dear, Ah dear, Ah dear. This is it. I promised my fans (Do I have any? …probably not… sad…) that I would do it.
MAGIKARP SALESMAN FANFICTION!!! Co-Starring James, just because of all of their 'run-ins' where he gets ripped off. Ah, NO ONE has written a Magikarp Salesman fanfic! I am appalled!
As I write this, I feel as if this will turn out really stupid if I'm not careful. All right… here I go! Feel free to review! I accept anonymous ones! Usually they're just people who didn't feel like logging in! Let's go!
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"Sigh…" James sighed, depressed. He looked out of Jessie's Jeep window, watching the scenery pass by. Jessie was driving, and Meowth was snoozing in the back, snoring quite audibly. They were driving down the countryside, trying to find Ash & Co., to steal Ash's beloved Pikachu. James shook his head. Sometimes these things made him feel rather hopeless. After all, it had been four years, and four different regions, but Pikachu still remained out of their grasp.
"Ah, this is pointless, Jessie!" he moaned, looking at his longhaired partner in crime. She didn't show any sign of having heard him, continuing to drive. He slunk lower in his seat, the seatbelt jutting into his chin. He usually had to leave his older Pokemon back in other regions when he went to new ones, and this was no exception. He was beginning to detest Cenhom (Note: a region I made up, supposedly west of Hoenn), just because his Pokemon weren't there.
"Well, we're in Nuance City now, James. If you're not feeling so good, we can go to a Motel and rest." Jessie remarked bluntly, watching the country merge into a bright city. It was around eight in the evening, and the sun was beginning to set, making the entire city look even brighter. It was the home to most Electric trainers, so they assumed Ash and his Pikachu might be there.
"M-Meowth… where are we? Are we in Nuance?" Meowth yawned from the back, waking up. "Good, I need a pick-me-up reeeaaalll bad…" James chuckled. His talking Meowth friend was rather funny, in his opinion. Then again, James was aware that he wasn't the sharpest bulb in the shed (Get it? …okay, lame…), and just about anything could make him laugh.
"Hey, I'm gonna go get us a room at the Nuance Motel for trainers, okay?" Jessie said, parking the Jeep in a parking space. "You two go ahead and explore Nuance, just be back at the Motel by nine, okay?" Meowth and James nodded. "Good. Be careful."
Meowth hopped out of the Jeep, and hobbled to the nearest bar. James was about to leave, too, when Jessie grabbed him by the collar.
"James." she barked, "You are NOT to spend more the $50.00 for ANYTHING. That INCLUDES Pokemon. Remember when you gave up our salaries for that angry Magikarp?!" James nodded meekly. That event almost killed them when it evolved into a Gyrados, one who seeked revenge. Jessie let go of his collar, and walked to the hotel.
"Phht. I don't have $50.00, anyways!" James laughed, heading uptown. Nuance sure was a pretty exciting place at night, full of casinos and music halls, and people roaming all over the place! James was naturally a social person, and being in a crowd made him happy. He started skipping on the sidewalk, singing random songs off the top of his head.
"I love Chimechos… they're so fun to talk to on occasion…" he ad-libbed, not aware of the crowds of people plugging their ears. James found himself next to a Café, and leaned back on the wall, content. Okay, he got lonely without Pokemon, but bright lights and people to admire him certainly lifted his spirits. He laughed. How could he have been so sad beforehand?
"All I need is a Pokemon, and this will be PERFECT!" he said out loud.
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Meanwhile, a shady looking guy with a white bandana on his forehead was walking around town, looking for people to scam. He was just about to pop into the bar when he saw James sitting down on the ground, smiling foolishly. "Ahh… fresh bait…" he thought evilly, walking toward his target.
"Hey, man, are you kinda lonely?" shady guy asked James. James looked up at the man, who he vaguely recognized.
"Uh… yeah… no… wha…?" he mumbled, to which the shady man smiled.
"Yes, you look like a Trainer with no Pokemon…" he whispered melodramatically, to which James nodded.
"Yup… they're all in Sinnoh…" he muttered. Who WAS this familiar man?
"Oh, I think you remember me! I'm the MAGIKARP SALESMAN!" the man cried, pulling out a brown bag from behind his white shirt. "I sell a variety of rare Pokemon for a VERY low price! So? Would you like a Pokemon?" He opened the brown bag to reveal a dozen Pokéballs, to which James oohed and aahed in delight. This was the solution to his loneliness! Pokemon for sale!
"Oh, I'd LOVE a Pokemon! May I look at them, please?!?!" James asked, to which the salesman nodded. "YAY! Okay…" He searched through the Pokéballs. One of them had a picture of a Linoone, one of them had an image of a Carnivine, and one of them had…"
"A FEEBAS! Wow!!!" James cried. He knew that if you gave a Feebas a whole lot of Blue Pokeblocks, it would become a beautiful Milotic!! "How much do you want for it?!" The salesman laughed.
"Only $60.00 dollars, a STEAL!" he reported. James flinched. Sixty? He only had 45!
"Hey… could we bring it down to $45.00 dollars?" James whined, to which the Salesman pondered. How could he scam this sucker into a thievery?
"Hey…" the salesman said. "I will if you give me your Meowth!" James blanched. MEOWTH?! He couldn't just give up MEOWTH!!
Then again…
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"Boy, oh boy, Feebas! We're gonna be quite a team!" James laughed as he skipped down to the Motel. Meowth had given in to the plan pretty quickly, mostly because he had been drunk at the time. James liked this Feebas quite a lot! After all, it just wriggled and listened to him! Meowth would never LISTEN to him when he talked, just nod and doze off!
"So, Feebas, how glad do you think Jesse will be when we get the Motel?" James asked, to which the Feebas was silent.
"Feebas?"
Nothing.
"Feebas? Are you asleep?!"
WHOOSH! Feebas leapt out of his arms, and shook violently. A whole lot of grey powder flew off of its back, revealing-
"NOOOO! A MAGIKARP!!!!!" James cried. The Magikarp, who had been cleverly disguised as a Feebas, wriggled into a nearby pond, and swam away (well, okay, drifted away…).
"W-what have I-I DONE?!?!" James screamed in a high-pitched voice. He had given up Meowth AND $45.00 dollars just for stupid Magikarp!!! "NOOOOO! MEOWTH! I HAVE TO GET BACK MEOWTH!!!" James began to run back to the Café he had met the Salesman at, hoping to find him there. Alas, it was closed. Ahh! That was so STUPID! A talking Meowth was worth MILLIONS! And he gave him up for a MAGIKARP!!!
"DON'T WORRY, MEOWTH!" James shouted, making passerby stare at him. "I SHALL SAVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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WHOOO! I finished Chapter 1! Yay! For those of you who do not know, Nuance City is an Electric oriented city I created for an imaginary region I made up, Cenhom. If you read more of my stories, you would be aware of this!
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