Blazing Pathway, Freezing Sky
Chapter 2
The Path Again Traveled
Disclaimers: The stuff from Pokemon isn't mine, save for the names and fake Pokemon I made up. (If these Pokemon BECOME real, remember I made them first and take no responsibility, sues.... etc. etc. etc.
Let's just get started with the next part of the story!
Ash nudged his way away from Misty on the bus.
She was still fuming, and looked as though she wanted to make Ash combust. Ash himself did not want to combust, and tried to sit as far away from misty as possible. However, that day the bus was crammed full, and only one seat was left, just great.
Ash was crammed against the window next to Misty, getting yelled at nonstop and getting punched in the arm repeatedly.
Forgetting about the numbing pain in his arm, Ash thought deep thoughts.
I cant believe Misty is following me AGAIN… I thought that she was finally going to leave me alone, her job in the gym is getting larger all the time, like she said.
Pikachu, deep asleep yet managing to balance on his head in the crammed space, started to mutter.
"Pika pika pikaaaa…" he muttered peacefully. "Chuuu…"
Its going to be hard to get up a good team to battle the Llolian gym leaders, said to be the most skilled in the world, becoming Pokemon masters from every other region to prove themselves worthy to become leaders, the official name for their position as 'Llolian champions'… They sound like a good challenge!
After being splashed, electrocuted, and pummeled earlier, Ash's spirit finally started to rise. He could do this, he could become great! He would take on each gym leader, no matter what they used, beat them, and move up the ladder, eventually getting to the elite in that region. His Pokemon were said to be able to move mountains with his Pokemon, even using electric-types! He sounded like he usually won battles.
But Ash's spirit rose too high, and all of a sudden, out of habit, jumped up and yelled "But I can beat him and become a Pokemon Master!!!!
This would possibly seem motivational, but, as you remember, Pikachu was STILL sleeping on Ash's head, and when he stood up suddenly, Pikachu got banged on the roof.
The melted tires still remain on that road to date, and Ash, Misty and Pikachu were forced to walk, or rather, run, seeing as the plane came at ten, it was already 8:30, which meant that not much time was left. The airport was about fifty miles away, way too far to walk… Their only chance was to get some external help.
After a half hour of trying to get a hitchhike, Misty's resolve broke, and she began to start talking about stuff that didn't have to involve yelling or hitting Ash.
"So why were we traveling by bus to the airport?" She questioned Ash, to which Ash replied rather rudely, "Well, I was traveling to the airport to enter the Llolian championships, but it costs a lot for the ticket, so you cant follow me there!"
Ash was rather proud of this, he had saved up a whole 40,000 poke over the last three months by working in the Pokemon training camp, which gave him some pointers on how to train Pokemon the 'official' way (which he was never going to use), but DID help him feed his spirit of Pokemon battling during all this time.
"Oh really?" Said Misty, pulling a little card out of her pocket, making Ash wish that he didn't say anything. "Well this little card has all the money I got paid being a gym leader, and it probably totals 100,000 poke."
Ash could never win.
Misty decided that hitchhiking was going to take too long, and if Ash missed the plane he would be all grumpy for a long time.
So, she pulled out something that she knew she would need if she ever saw Ash again, a collapsible megaphone. She unclasped it, held it to her lips, and in her loudest voice called out "CHARIZARD!!!"
About ten minutes later, with a very embarrassed Ash and very proud Misty, flew away Charizard carrying two bags with his paws and three passengers on his back. Again, Ash failed at winning everything but Pokemon battles, as usual. He had completely forgotten about the dragon-type Pokemon that would help him or his friends out upon being called.
Flying extremely fast, Pikachu nearly flew off, but managed to hold on, despising being inside the pokeball, even if it would protect him from the raging wind.
Far below, the flying lizard passed by the bus with spare tires on.
At 11, Charizard reached the airport.
Everybody got off, and took their bags, and explained to Charizard that they were going to Llolia.
"C'ya buddy!" Cried out Ash.
"Pika-chuu!" Said Pikachu
"Bye Charizard!" Yelled Misty.
"Bye!" Cried out Brock, who managed to sneak up on them when they were getting off. He looked the same as he did in the first season, switching back to practical clothes in place of the stylish ones he used to wear. Apparently, he got tired of having to clean it for every single smear to keep it the right color.
"So why did you bring Misty along, Ash?" Asked Brock, easily hefting all three bags, including his own. He had apparently gotten a bit of training himself.
"Well Brock, I w-" began Ash, but was immediately cut off by Misty.
"He blew up my bike. Again."
Brock let out a hearty laugh. Well that settles that, there's no way you can shake her Ash, if she can pay, she's going with us to Llolia!
Ash grumbled.
"Then lets go get some Pokemon!" cried Misty with delight. "This time I AM going to become a Pokemon master, just like you could never be, Ash Ketchum!"
So, annoyed, Ash walked stiffly to the plane, and got in. The future was coming up, and it was coming up fast.
Thank you guys for reading this!!
Sorry that I got delayed for more then TWO WEEKS, but my computer was crashing, had to fix, parents stopped me from using comp, sneaked writing this when they thought I was blogging, etc etc etc…
Thanks to Winter and Crookus for boosting my confidence!
Keep up the good work guys!
