Hi people!!!!!!!!! I'm *so* sorry that this took so long to write, but I had a serious case of writers block... and with many other fics on progress... but enough with the excuses, now I present you the second chapter of my story. It's not as big as the first one, but I'm working slowly this time, and making more chaps instead of longer ones... and maybe this will give you the time to R/R or e-mail e me (blood_taloness@hotmail.com) and tell me what you think. Once again, I'm sorry for the delay!!
AN: I really don't watch pokémon much (stopped 'bout the second season or so) so I don't know if there's a city gym in Pallet... yes, you may want to kill me for that, but I really don't know. I wrote the story as if there were, but if I'm wrong it'll be no big deal 'cuz the closest they'll get to the gym is mention it. Anyway, on with the story!
Chapter two - the PAPC
At night, Gary Oak was laying on his bed looking outside the window to the shining moon out there. His gaze then drifted from it to Misty, who was sleeping peacefully in a sleeping bag placed next to his bed, Togepi in her arms. He stared at her for a few moments.
After a pause he thought.
Gary mentally kicked himself. If Misty knew he was having those thoughts, she'd use her mallet on him again. He smiled at that last thought, then turned on his side to sleep.
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Ash and Brock were laying on their sleeping bags and looking at the stars. Pikachu was curled up near Ash's feet, snoring softly.
"... and I mean, it had to be Gary, *of all people*!! I must have done something very wrong to deserve this..."
He paused, waiting for Brock to say something comforting. But what came from his friend's mouth was a low mumble.
Ash turned around to find his spiky haired friend sleeping with his mouth open and drooling all over the pillow. Curiosity filled Ash, and he tried to hear whatever it was that Brock was saying.
"You want to go out with me, Officer Jenny? I'm sorry, but me and Nurse Joy are quite busy tonight…"
Ash rolled his eyes and fell backwards anime-like. Brock was amazing with his double personality, being one of them the mature pokémon breeder and the other the lovesick teen, drooling all over women. Ash highly doubted that he really liked any of those girls.
He thought while yawning.
Ok, so he and Misty argued a lot. Big deal. Even thought Ash was a bit dense sometimes, he hadn't bought the one about her being with him only because of the bike. He hoped so much that it was just not so…
He thought before sleeping.
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The sun had just rose, and peace and life made of the woods near Pallet Town a beautiful sight. The birds were singing, buterfrees were flying lazily around.
"… ok, so we have to catch the damn Pikachu."
All the birds stopped singing. Cassidy flinched. She liked Butch and all, but if he would just be quiet. His voice was terrible.
But all in all, their plan was good.
"We just need some distraction."
Butch's smoker voice interrupted her thoughts. But she smiled.
"That's the easy part." She whispered, and pointed behind him.
There were some bushes, and among them three pairs of binnacles, two of them with familiar red and bluish-purple hair on top. Cassidy giggled.
"Our plan is so perfect." She started in a voice that was just too loud, and elbowed Butch in the ribs so that he'd play along.
"Yes it is."
Cassidy flinched once again. If he would just nod… Anyway, she continued.
"Only one thing could spoil it. It'd go totally wrong if Jessie and James showed up…" She paused to giggle and continued. "Apart from the fact that they're totally stupid and have no fashion sense at all, mind Jessie's hair…"
At that point both she and Butch had their backs turned to the bushes, so they didn't see Jessie rise from her cover, a paper fan on her hand and an angry expression on her face. But James and Meowth pulled her back into the bushes.
"They'd ruin our brilliant plan if they showed up."
Cassidy finished, and then she paused long enough to hear the sound of the other Team Rocket members moving away, dragging something, probably Jessie. Or so she hoped.
When everything was silent she smiled. Butch also did so. Then Cassidy started to laugh that patented I'm-evil laugh, and Butch joined her happily.
"That's great! Now those pathetic fools are going to be the distraction, and then our plan is going to work, and we'll get the Pikachu and hand it to the Boss, and *we'll* get a promotion and a raise and then we can humiliate Jessie and James even more and…"
"Cass." Butch interrupted before she'd start once again to babble about how she hated Jessie.
Cassidy took a mallet from her skirt pocket and knocked Butch in the head. He definitely had to learn when to shut up.
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Misty woke up and lazily opened her eyes. She was expecting to see the blue sky but instead saw a ceiling. Togepi was in her arms still, and she cuddled to him like if he was a teddy bear. Then she looked up to see Gary sleeping.
He was turned on his side, his hand hanging loosely a few inches away from her face. She blinked and remembered of previous day's events. She was at Gary's house.
She yawned, stretched herself and then made her way to the bathroom. There, washing her face, she looked at herself in the mirror. She had let her hair loose during the night, and now it was curled up quite nicely. She smiled to her own image, and made victory sign with her fingers.
It made her remember of Ash, and her face saddened.
"Misty?" it was Gary's voice.
She turned around to find him standing at the doorway, head cocked to one side and an interrogative stare fixed on her.
"Good morning Gary." She cheered, faking a smile and sincerely hoping that he'd fall for it.
"Morning. Let's go have some breakfast?" He smiled back at her.
Misty nodded and went past him to get changed from her pijamas and tie her hair up. But as she looked at herself in the mirror again, she decided that her hair was looking good and she'd let it loose for the day.
He just stood there, staring at the spot where she had been. After a few instants he shook his head as if to wake up and went downstairs.
"Good morning, Gary." His mother said.
He smiled at her and sat on the chair while his mother poured him some milk.
"So… what are you two planning of doing today?"
"Don't know yet, Mrs. Oak." Misty answered politely while seating down next to Gary.
"There's this festival… I think it begins today." Gary's mum said thoughtfully.
"Festival?"
"Oh, you don't mean the PAPC do you Mom?"
"PAPC?" Misty asked, curious.
"Pallet Annual Pokémon Contest." He answered, and noticing her puzzled expression added. "People from all over town bring their pokémon to some kind of a talent show."
"Can we take our pokémon?" She asked, thinking of Staryu.
"Well… I suppose we can. But it's very hard to win, I mean, there are all kinds of pokémon and trainers work very hard." He said almost apologetically.
"It's quite funny to watch, why don't you go?" Mrs. Oak offered, trying to ease the mood.
Misty and Gary looked at each other.
"Ok." The orange-headed girl smiled. "Let's go grab our pokémon to take a walk."
And as she and Gary went upstairs to get their pokéballs she added.
"And I have an idea of what could we do to Ash."
"Don't say it, I think the same idea occurred to me." Said Gary, smirking.
"We could beat Ash on the Contest!" They said together, and then blushed and laughed.
"Let's go." Gary pulled Misty by the hand, leading her outside.
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"Brock, wake up!" Ash was shaking his black-haired friend.
"What…" Brock yawned. But I (the author) don't think he ever opens his eyes.
"Look!"
Ash was pointing to the path near the place where he and Brock had set camp. There were many people carrying pokémon, and they seemed to be all heading to Pallet.
"What could that be?" Ash tried to think of something that could justify so many people going to his birth town.
"Who cares, let's go!"
Brock had jumped out of his sleeping bag and was frenetically trying to pack his and Ash's stuff. He had seen a Nurse Joy passing by, a Chansey on her arms.
"Wait a sec, I think that this is the PAPC!" Ash snapped his fingers and smiled happily, then turned to Pikachu. "Hey, I think you and I could win a prize!"
"Pika!" The small rodent jumped to his master's lap.
"Great, now let's go!" And Brock dragged Ash by the hand, running towards the city and the local Nurse Joy/Officer Jenny.
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As Misty and Gary walked towards where the Contest would take place, they could see all kinds of pokémon. From vulpixes to big onixes, and brought by people of all ages. The two redheads went straight to the Central Square, where what seemed like thousands of small tents had appeared overnight. They were colorful and bright, and held all kinds of pokémon-related stuff to sell. Misty and Gary's jaws were on the floor, and they drooled over pokémon training magazines, books, photo albums, special food, accessories, and even clothing, as walking through the not-so-small fair.
"It's all for the PAPC?" Asked Misty, stunned as she observed someone passing by with a water pokémon-specialized magazine.
"Yup. It's a big event for people who live anywhere near here." Gary answered. "They are going to present their pokémon on the city gym."
"Who's gonna be judge?"
"The gym leader, I think. But if we want to subscribe our pokémon we gotta be quick!"
"Sure thing, let's go!"
And they started to run towards the city gym, Gary ahead and Misty hot on his tail. But he bumped on someone.
"Sorry!" He said, not even bothering to look around and see who it was.
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"Stupid twerp!" Growled Jessie.
By bumping on her he'd almost made her lose her coat, uh, her disguise. Being known Team Rocket members, they had to go undercover to a place where there were so many Officer Jennies around. James gulped and stretched his skirt as one of the bluish-green haired cops passed by him, followed by a Growlithe.
"Why are we here, Jess? This is full of cops!" He whined.
"Didn't you heard what, argh, Cassidy said? We will ruin it all to them by simply showing up! Plus, we can take this opportunity to try and grab that yellow rodent ourselves!"
"But we'd need a plan." James whined again. He really wanted to get out of there.
"If it really is that important to you, think of one yourself. Why do I *always* have to do everything?" She snapped.
"Not another one of James' plans!" Meowth cried out, frustrated.
The cat-like pokémon had been quiet all the journey long. He agreed with James, but he didn't want Jessie to hit him with her mallet. But having to execute a plan thought by James violated Meowth's very survival instincts.
In the meanwhile, James' brain was working at full speed.
"So?" Jessie's voice interrupted James' contemplation of her skirt.
"I…" Suddenly James saw the light. "I get it! Let's dig a hole!"
"Brilliant!" Jessie applauded.
"No, not yet another hole! Didn't you two morons realize that those don't work?" Meowth slapped his forehead in disgust at his partners' limited brain capability.
"Shut up, Meowth! That's got to be one of the very best plans James has ever come up with!"
"Once the twerps are down on the hole…"
"That Pikachu will be ours!" She completed her partner's sentence happily.
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soooo... what do you think about this piece? want to know what's up next? What's Cass and Butch's plan? Will Jessie and James (not to mention Meowth) manage to spoil it? Will Misty and Gary manage to pubicly humiliate Ash? R/R!!! I'll post the next chap as soon as I finish it!
AN: I really don't watch pokémon much (stopped 'bout the second season or so) so I don't know if there's a city gym in Pallet... yes, you may want to kill me for that, but I really don't know. I wrote the story as if there were, but if I'm wrong it'll be no big deal 'cuz the closest they'll get to the gym is mention it. Anyway, on with the story!
Chapter two - the PAPC
At night, Gary Oak was laying on his bed looking outside the window to the shining moon out there. His gaze then drifted from it to Misty, who was sleeping peacefully in a sleeping bag placed next to his bed, Togepi in her arms. He stared at her for a few moments.
After a pause he thought.
Gary mentally kicked himself. If Misty knew he was having those thoughts, she'd use her mallet on him again. He smiled at that last thought, then turned on his side to sleep.
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Ash and Brock were laying on their sleeping bags and looking at the stars. Pikachu was curled up near Ash's feet, snoring softly.
"... and I mean, it had to be Gary, *of all people*!! I must have done something very wrong to deserve this..."
He paused, waiting for Brock to say something comforting. But what came from his friend's mouth was a low mumble.
Ash turned around to find his spiky haired friend sleeping with his mouth open and drooling all over the pillow. Curiosity filled Ash, and he tried to hear whatever it was that Brock was saying.
"You want to go out with me, Officer Jenny? I'm sorry, but me and Nurse Joy are quite busy tonight…"
Ash rolled his eyes and fell backwards anime-like. Brock was amazing with his double personality, being one of them the mature pokémon breeder and the other the lovesick teen, drooling all over women. Ash highly doubted that he really liked any of those girls.
He thought while yawning.
Ok, so he and Misty argued a lot. Big deal. Even thought Ash was a bit dense sometimes, he hadn't bought the one about her being with him only because of the bike. He hoped so much that it was just not so…
He thought before sleeping.
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The sun had just rose, and peace and life made of the woods near Pallet Town a beautiful sight. The birds were singing, buterfrees were flying lazily around.
"… ok, so we have to catch the damn Pikachu."
All the birds stopped singing. Cassidy flinched. She liked Butch and all, but if he would just be quiet. His voice was terrible.
But all in all, their plan was good.
"We just need some distraction."
Butch's smoker voice interrupted her thoughts. But she smiled.
"That's the easy part." She whispered, and pointed behind him.
There were some bushes, and among them three pairs of binnacles, two of them with familiar red and bluish-purple hair on top. Cassidy giggled.
"Our plan is so perfect." She started in a voice that was just too loud, and elbowed Butch in the ribs so that he'd play along.
"Yes it is."
Cassidy flinched once again. If he would just nod… Anyway, she continued.
"Only one thing could spoil it. It'd go totally wrong if Jessie and James showed up…" She paused to giggle and continued. "Apart from the fact that they're totally stupid and have no fashion sense at all, mind Jessie's hair…"
At that point both she and Butch had their backs turned to the bushes, so they didn't see Jessie rise from her cover, a paper fan on her hand and an angry expression on her face. But James and Meowth pulled her back into the bushes.
"They'd ruin our brilliant plan if they showed up."
Cassidy finished, and then she paused long enough to hear the sound of the other Team Rocket members moving away, dragging something, probably Jessie. Or so she hoped.
When everything was silent she smiled. Butch also did so. Then Cassidy started to laugh that patented I'm-evil laugh, and Butch joined her happily.
"That's great! Now those pathetic fools are going to be the distraction, and then our plan is going to work, and we'll get the Pikachu and hand it to the Boss, and *we'll* get a promotion and a raise and then we can humiliate Jessie and James even more and…"
"Cass." Butch interrupted before she'd start once again to babble about how she hated Jessie.
Cassidy took a mallet from her skirt pocket and knocked Butch in the head. He definitely had to learn when to shut up.
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Misty woke up and lazily opened her eyes. She was expecting to see the blue sky but instead saw a ceiling. Togepi was in her arms still, and she cuddled to him like if he was a teddy bear. Then she looked up to see Gary sleeping.
He was turned on his side, his hand hanging loosely a few inches away from her face. She blinked and remembered of previous day's events. She was at Gary's house.
She yawned, stretched herself and then made her way to the bathroom. There, washing her face, she looked at herself in the mirror. She had let her hair loose during the night, and now it was curled up quite nicely. She smiled to her own image, and made victory sign with her fingers.
It made her remember of Ash, and her face saddened.
"Misty?" it was Gary's voice.
She turned around to find him standing at the doorway, head cocked to one side and an interrogative stare fixed on her.
"Good morning Gary." She cheered, faking a smile and sincerely hoping that he'd fall for it.
"Morning. Let's go have some breakfast?" He smiled back at her.
Misty nodded and went past him to get changed from her pijamas and tie her hair up. But as she looked at herself in the mirror again, she decided that her hair was looking good and she'd let it loose for the day.
He just stood there, staring at the spot where she had been. After a few instants he shook his head as if to wake up and went downstairs.
"Good morning, Gary." His mother said.
He smiled at her and sat on the chair while his mother poured him some milk.
"So… what are you two planning of doing today?"
"Don't know yet, Mrs. Oak." Misty answered politely while seating down next to Gary.
"There's this festival… I think it begins today." Gary's mum said thoughtfully.
"Festival?"
"Oh, you don't mean the PAPC do you Mom?"
"PAPC?" Misty asked, curious.
"Pallet Annual Pokémon Contest." He answered, and noticing her puzzled expression added. "People from all over town bring their pokémon to some kind of a talent show."
"Can we take our pokémon?" She asked, thinking of Staryu.
"Well… I suppose we can. But it's very hard to win, I mean, there are all kinds of pokémon and trainers work very hard." He said almost apologetically.
"It's quite funny to watch, why don't you go?" Mrs. Oak offered, trying to ease the mood.
Misty and Gary looked at each other.
"Ok." The orange-headed girl smiled. "Let's go grab our pokémon to take a walk."
And as she and Gary went upstairs to get their pokéballs she added.
"And I have an idea of what could we do to Ash."
"Don't say it, I think the same idea occurred to me." Said Gary, smirking.
"We could beat Ash on the Contest!" They said together, and then blushed and laughed.
"Let's go." Gary pulled Misty by the hand, leading her outside.
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"Brock, wake up!" Ash was shaking his black-haired friend.
"What…" Brock yawned. But I (the author) don't think he ever opens his eyes.
"Look!"
Ash was pointing to the path near the place where he and Brock had set camp. There were many people carrying pokémon, and they seemed to be all heading to Pallet.
"What could that be?" Ash tried to think of something that could justify so many people going to his birth town.
"Who cares, let's go!"
Brock had jumped out of his sleeping bag and was frenetically trying to pack his and Ash's stuff. He had seen a Nurse Joy passing by, a Chansey on her arms.
"Wait a sec, I think that this is the PAPC!" Ash snapped his fingers and smiled happily, then turned to Pikachu. "Hey, I think you and I could win a prize!"
"Pika!" The small rodent jumped to his master's lap.
"Great, now let's go!" And Brock dragged Ash by the hand, running towards the city and the local Nurse Joy/Officer Jenny.
**************************************************
As Misty and Gary walked towards where the Contest would take place, they could see all kinds of pokémon. From vulpixes to big onixes, and brought by people of all ages. The two redheads went straight to the Central Square, where what seemed like thousands of small tents had appeared overnight. They were colorful and bright, and held all kinds of pokémon-related stuff to sell. Misty and Gary's jaws were on the floor, and they drooled over pokémon training magazines, books, photo albums, special food, accessories, and even clothing, as walking through the not-so-small fair.
"It's all for the PAPC?" Asked Misty, stunned as she observed someone passing by with a water pokémon-specialized magazine.
"Yup. It's a big event for people who live anywhere near here." Gary answered. "They are going to present their pokémon on the city gym."
"Who's gonna be judge?"
"The gym leader, I think. But if we want to subscribe our pokémon we gotta be quick!"
"Sure thing, let's go!"
And they started to run towards the city gym, Gary ahead and Misty hot on his tail. But he bumped on someone.
"Sorry!" He said, not even bothering to look around and see who it was.
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"Stupid twerp!" Growled Jessie.
By bumping on her he'd almost made her lose her coat, uh, her disguise. Being known Team Rocket members, they had to go undercover to a place where there were so many Officer Jennies around. James gulped and stretched his skirt as one of the bluish-green haired cops passed by him, followed by a Growlithe.
"Why are we here, Jess? This is full of cops!" He whined.
"Didn't you heard what, argh, Cassidy said? We will ruin it all to them by simply showing up! Plus, we can take this opportunity to try and grab that yellow rodent ourselves!"
"But we'd need a plan." James whined again. He really wanted to get out of there.
"If it really is that important to you, think of one yourself. Why do I *always* have to do everything?" She snapped.
"Not another one of James' plans!" Meowth cried out, frustrated.
The cat-like pokémon had been quiet all the journey long. He agreed with James, but he didn't want Jessie to hit him with her mallet. But having to execute a plan thought by James violated Meowth's very survival instincts.
In the meanwhile, James' brain was working at full speed.
"So?" Jessie's voice interrupted James' contemplation of her skirt.
"I…" Suddenly James saw the light. "I get it! Let's dig a hole!"
"Brilliant!" Jessie applauded.
"No, not yet another hole! Didn't you two morons realize that those don't work?" Meowth slapped his forehead in disgust at his partners' limited brain capability.
"Shut up, Meowth! That's got to be one of the very best plans James has ever come up with!"
"Once the twerps are down on the hole…"
"That Pikachu will be ours!" She completed her partner's sentence happily.
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soooo... what do you think about this piece? want to know what's up next? What's Cass and Butch's plan? Will Jessie and James (not to mention Meowth) manage to spoil it? Will Misty and Gary manage to pubicly humiliate Ash? R/R!!! I'll post the next chap as soon as I finish it!