(A/N: Oh, this is going to be too much fun. It's been awhile since "Heroes," and I've been waiting awhile to finally get to this. So let's do this then!)
Chapter 2: Another Story, Another Adventure
Present time...
One of the most odd things to find in Sinnoh is the Old Chateau in Eterna Forest. Why someone would even put a mansion in a forest, no one knew. However, there was one reason people, even now, went there and it was for Old Gateau, which is a delicacy loved by practically everyone. The only problem is that the Chateau is now abandoned, although some people think otherwise...
The old mansion had been quiet until the main door suddenly opened. Then, three figures walked into the rather dark house. "So, who's ready to explore the dark and scary mansion?" Matt asked.
"I don't know about this, Matt," Kari said, who was walking beside him. "I've only been here for a couple of minutes and this place is already creeping me out."
"Oh come on Kari," Jack said, who was right behind them. "They say this place is supposed to be haunted but the effort is so worth it."
"Yeah, "Old Gateau at the Old Chateau,"" Matt said. He then looked to his orange companion, who was on his shoulder. "Isn't that right Raiden?"
"Rai rai," Raiden answered.
It had been almost a month since the events of Spear Pillar, which involved Kari being kidnapped by Team Galactic, and their leader, Cyrus, almost succeeding in his goal of establishing a new world order. It was during that when Matt met Jack, a fellow Pokemon Trainer, and the two instantly became friends, working together to stop Team Galactic and save Kari. Since then, Cyrus and his top commanders had been arrested and are now serving time behind bars, and everything appeared to go back to normal once again.
Of course, it was still summertime, meaning there was still so much to do, including going to the Old Chateau. "Yeah, let's go to a place where it's supposedly haunted just to get some Gateau," Kari said sarcastically. She then sighed. "I know for sure I'm going to regret doing this."
"Pachi pa," said her small blue and white companion RiRi, a Pachirisu, who was sitting on her shoulder as well.
"I will admit, it's strange that no one runs this place anymore," Matt said. "With Gateau this popular, it would make a good business."
"Maybe," Jack said. "But then again, if you'd like seeing both a dead girl and her butler-"
"Don't say it!" Kari suddenly said. "Don't you dare say it!"
"What, you never knew that?" Jack asked. "Yeah, they say you can see a young girl and butler somewhere around this mansion."
"But that's only during the night," Matt said. "Of course, they also say there's a portrait somewhere that glares at you with red eyes."
Kari shuddered at the thought of it. "Ugh, I hate you both."
They then found the kitchen area and turned on the lights. As they would've guessed, it was rather large, doubling the size of your ordinary kitchen, which proves whoever lived here once had a large staff of servants.
"So, all the stuff and equipment is here, so who volunteers to make it?" Jack asked. He then got two looks from Matt and Kari. He then sighed. "Fine, I'll do it. You're both lucky I'm going into becoming a Pokemon breeder."
After about forty minutes of prep work and baking, Matt, Kari, Jack, and all their Pokemon were sitting around the large table eating their Gateau. Between now and after Spear Pillar, both Matt and Jack each added a new member to their teams. Matt's newest member was a Pidgeot, which he happened to have found in Eterna Forest of all places. It was very hard to find Pidgeot in Sinnoh, and even much harder to catch them. But, Matt managed to do so, and Pidgeot became a faithful companion, mostly due to the fact Matt needed a flying-type on his team. As it also turned out, Pidgeot and Jack's Staraptor, Jet, became instant rivals, although friendly rivals.
Jack, on the other hand, found his newest companion in a different way. One day, he had passed an old shack nearby his home. He had heard whimpering coming from inside it and then went over to it. Inside, he found a large cardboard box containing a sole Electrike. It apparently must've been either abandoned or forgotten by it's previous owner. Knowing he couldn't just leave the Pokemon alone, Jack then took the Electrike back to his home to be properly fed. The Electrike instantly took a liking to Jack and immediately joined his team. Jack then decided to shorten it's name to Rike and began training it. Rike also got along very well with Shadow, Jack's Mightyena, almost like he was an older brother.
"So, what else do we have planned for today?" Matt asked.
"Well, we're going to Jack's place afterwards, aren't we?" Kari asked, looking at Jack.
"That's right," Jack said. "My family has quite the background. I think you'll like them all a lot." Suddenly, Rike, finished with his meal, quickly jumped onto the table and started eating Jack's Gateau. "Hey!" he said, grabbing the plate away from Rike. "You already had yours, and a lot I might add. You don't need anymore," he added, putting Rike back onto the floor. Rike started whimpering but soon got a glare from Shadow and then stopped. Shadow sighed slightly and then moved his plate over to where Rike was, letting him the rest of his.
Matt and Kari both laughed. "Wow, I'm surprised Shadow is in the mood of sharing," Matt said.
"Yeah, I think I can say that Shadow has the "big brother" role down flat," Jack said, scratching Shadow behind the ears.
(A/N: Okay, we're going to have another song coming up soon. This is supposed to be the other "credits" song because you know how I do these stories. Anyway, the name of this song is called "Twisted Reality" from the game Gitaroo Man, which is an amazing game because the music is awesome. Of course, you can only play it on PSP or on PS2 if your lucky enough to find it and willing to pay to have the entire game translated to English. I know I shouldn't say this, but I can't help it: OVERDRIVE ALIVE!)
After a couple of more minutes, Matt, Kari, and Jack then called all their Pokemon back, only leaving Raiden and RiRi out since they both prefer to be out of their Pokeballs. "I saved some Gateau to give to Mom and Dad," Jack said. "Besides, it'll probably end up impressing them, making them see how far I've come as a breeder."
All of a sudden, RiRi heard something behind her. She looked back and almost squealed with fear. The fridge no longer looked like the fridge and was now a different shape while it now had a face that was grinning at her.
Kari, noticing RiRi was shaking and had her eyes closed, then said, "RiRi, what's wrong?" She then looked at the fridge, which had retained it's original shape. "There's nothing there." She then turned back and glared at Matt. "Now look what you did! You just had to mention this place was haunted!"
"What? It's not my fault," Matt replied. He then noticed Raiden reacting to something. "What the... Raiden?" Raiden appeared to be shaken by something. "Okay, maybe it is. Look, there's nothing there." Matt then felt a weight on his other shoulder. He then sighed. "RiRi, you're probably just seeing things."
"Um Matt?" Jack said, both he and Kari staring not at him, but something else. "That's not RiRi."
Matt then looked over slowly to his left shoulder and saw what appeared to be another Pokemon, grinning at him. *He then jolted away in surprise as the Pokemon just stood, or floated, there. "Is that a Rotom?" he said.
"So that's why they say this place is haunted," Kari said. "It's just this little Rotom running around."
All of a sudden, the Rotom transformed it's appearance, now turning into what appeared to be a lawn mower. "Did it just transform?" Jack said.
It then gave a wide grin and charged right at them! "Run!" Matt yelled as they quickly turned and ran the other way.
"I guess that's why most people stay out!" Kari yelled as they ran away from the ghost Pokemon.
"You just figured that out!?" Jack replied.
They then got to the entrance doors but when Matt tried to open them, they wouldn't budge. "Crap, we're locked in!" Matt said. They then turned around and saw the Rotom eying them down. "Great, I guess we're gonna have to fight our way out," Matt added. "And seeing that it's a ghost-type, I know just who to pick." "Alright Houndoom, I need your assistance!" Matt said, throwing out of his Pokeballs. His Houndoom then appeared, ready to fight. "Let's teach this Rotom some respect with Shadow Ball!"
Houndoom then fired a ball of Dark energy towards Rotom, hitting it directly. Rotom then changed back into it's original form and then retaliated using Discharge. Houndoom dodged the attack, rolling out of the way. "Now use Bite!" Chris commanded. Houndoom then charged right at Rotom and bit down hard right on Rotom, causing a good deal of damage.
Rotom, knowing it was in a bad position and apparently not much of a fighter, then ran away from where Houndoom was. "Oh no you don't!" Matt said. "Houndoom, give chase!"
"We'll help out, too!" Jack said. "Come on out Shadow!"
"You too Glameow!" Kari said.
There were two flashes of light and both Glameow and Shadow appeared. They then followed Houndoom chase down Rotom while the three trainers followed them from behind. Seeing as it was a large mansion, it was easy for Rotom to run away, but still easy for the others to attack it. Suddenly, it found itself cornered and turned around to find the three Pokemon glaring at it. "Well, looks like we got it cornered," Jack said. "You think it learned it's lesson?"
"I don't know," Matt said. He then turned to Kari. "What do you think?"
"I don't think it has, just yet," she said, smiling. "Maybe we should give it a friendly reminder not to attack innocent civilians?"
"Sounds good to me," Matt said while Jack nodded. "Are we ready then? Now Houndoom-"
"Shadow-"
"And Glameow-"
"SHADOW BALL!" the three of them said. The three Pokemon then fired the attack at the same time, hitting the Rotom at the same time, causing a small explosion. Once the dust and smoke cleared away, the Rotom was laying on the ground, knocked unconscious.
"There, now I think it learned it's lesson," Kari said.
Both Matt and Jack sweatdropped at this. "Wait a minute, I thought you were a little more caring about Pokemon?" Matt asked.
"Oh, I am," Kari said, calling back Glameow. "But when a Pokemon, especially one I don't particularly like, tries to attack me for no reason, don't even think I'll play little miss nice girl."
"She's got a point," Jack said, calling back Shadow.
"Well, I think this was probably the highlight of the day," Matt said as he called back Houndoom. He then looked at the passed out Rotom. "You really think it'll be alright? Taking three Shadow Ball attacks at once is a bit extreme."
"It'll probably wake up soon enough," Jack said. "So, shall we head back then?"
"Sounds good to me," Kari said, as the three of them left the mansion. "I'd rather not run into any dead girls or butlers, thank you very much."
(A/N: And there you have it! A little short, yes, but I felt it was better to have them meet Jack's family in the next chapter. Oh yeah, just so everybody knows, I do not own RiRi. She is "Furyfur's" and she would never give her up even if it meant certain death, and I know she would say something similar to that. Also, Jack is not mine either but "godofmadness43's." Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter, it was meant to add a bit more humor to the story and trust me there will be a good amount of it in this, among other things. So until then, OVERDRIVE ALIVE!!! XD)
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