I'm back!
This should be the last of the intros, I don't know :\.
Anyway,
ON WITH THE FIC!
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Ash quietly walked to the kitchen, and loudly yelled, "I'M BACK!"
No response.
He looked outside, and saw no one. Well, guess she must be outside. I'll go head down to the old professor's lab then.
Meanwhile, in the lab…
"Tracey?" Gary said.
He saw the pokemon watcher standing outside with a notepad. Tracey turned back, surprised. "Hey, look who it is. How's it goin, Gary'?" asked Tracey.
"Well, same as usual. Studying pokemon. What're you doing?"
"Just making a few sketches before Professor Oak comes back. In case you're wondering, they're at the lake nearby. They left a few hours ago, so they should be back soon. How long are you planning to stay?"
"I don't know. I might consider going to the Kalos region, since they have a really good facility for researching mega evolutions. It's the new thing, and it's complicated, so it's fit just for me," Gary smirked.
"Do you wanna go outside?"
"Sure. Why not?"
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Dawn finally decided to move. She packed for hours, spent hours fixing her hair, and made the luggages ready. They sold the house and booked airplane tickets to Cerulean City.
"Sweetie, are you all ready?"
"Yes, mom."
"Good, let's go then."
Dawn sighed and walked outside. She was leaving Twinleaf Town forever. She started to head for Lucas' house, but shook her head at the thought of him and turned. Dawn looked back one last time, and cried. She ran towards the forest. At the edge of the city, there was that clear cut path that she saw every day, one to school, and one to Sandgem City. On normal occasions, she would go left, but now she wasn't. She missed this place more than ever. Johanna took a deep sigh and chased after Dawn.
At Sandgem Town, Dawn had stopped crying, and she started to walk again. A few minutes later, her mother showed up, panting and taking deep breaths. She understood what Dawn was feeling and decided that she could talk about it later.
"Dawn, it's lunch time, want to go get a bite?" Dawn just nodded and they found a nearby diner.
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"Did you see that movie? HAH! That last battle was SOO funny! Especially of how the Sandile was able to dodge the Boomerang!" yelled Misty.
"Yeah, and then the Boomerang came back at Marowak. Marowak got a big WAK in his face!" May and Misty began to laugh.
The company was walking down a small route to Goldenrod City's port. They had just come back from a small theater in a nearby village, and after stopping to watch and take a small break, they were back on the road again.
"In fact, Drew, that battle seems awfully familiar…" taunted May.
"IT WASN'T FUNNY!" he complained.
"Aww, I was just kidding." She gave him a small hug, and Drew's face turned red as he blushed.
"Alright, I forgive you."
"I can't wait for high school. That school is really famous, I hear. Especially their pokemon tactics and training."
"I'll make the pokemon varsity team, and you won't."
"In your dreams, Drew." May snickered, and the two girls giggled. Drew turned around to hide his cherry red face.
"Fine. Let's battle then."
"Alright. Challenge accepted."
They stood on opposite ends of the natural beach terrain, each with a pokeball in their hand.
"This will be a three on three battle," Drew said.
"Go, Blaziken!"
"Go, Flygon!"
"Blaziken, use Flare Blitz!"
"Flygon, dodge, then use sandstorm!" The sandstorm brewed, making both trainers unable to see.
The trainers yelled out moves until they launched a melee attack. The sandstorm cleared, leaving both on the ground. Flygon slowly got up, clearly battered from the battle. Blaziken fainted.
"I'm going to win this. Go, Absol!" Drew yelled. May clenched her teeth and sent out Beautifly.
"Absol, blizzard!"
"Beautifly, silver wind!" The blizzard was too strong, countering silver wind. Absol jumped up and tried to pounce on Beautifly. At the last second, Beautifly quickly dodged, and used wing attack to slam a full-force wing attack on Absol. Beautifly used psychic, then quickly sped towards Absol and landed an aerial ace. Absol was down and out. May won the second round, putting them at a one to one tie.
Just as they were about to begin their third battle, Misty yelled, "ISN'T THAT OUR SHIP? WE'RE GOING TO MISS IT!"
"GO GO GO!"
The trio sprinted towards the ship and were the last three to board.
"AAY THEY GOT STEAK!" Misty happily exclaimed.
"Yeah, if Ash was here this buffet would be gone within seconds," May joked.
"Wonder where he is. I hope he's doing good."
"Such a cute and innocent boy."
"Like me?" Drew asked.
"No." They said in unison.
"HEY! FEELINGS!" Drew yelled.
The girls giggled.
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"It's been a while. I remember the days with grandpa. Now, I go out, and explore...heh heh heh." Gary becomes absorbed in his own imaginary world.
"Oh! There they are," Tracey pointed.
Oak, with Delia, Ash's mom, made their way up the long steps to the lab. Gary and Tracey made their way to the front door.
"Hi grandpa."
"How's it going? I have news that Ash is coming to town. You know, he recently got into the top sixteen of the Hoenn League."
"Oh, I saw him earlier."
"Hey, how about we surprise him?" Tracey pointed.
"That sounds great." Everyone nodded their heads in agreement, and they went to the closet to hide.
Ash was tired of running all the way to the old professor's lab. He hadn't been here in so long, he was so excited to be back. He took a small break, and then quickly sprinted up the stairs. When he went to knock on the door, he found that it was unlocked, so he stepped in and saw no one. He walked down the hall, took a look outside, and came back in, yelling, "Professor Oak? Tracey? Are you here?"
He walked back to the entrance, and at this time, the door busted out and everyone yelled, "SURPRISE!"
"Hey Ash. I missed you," Delia said.
"You too, Mom."
"So, you made the top SIXTEEN in the Hoenn League?" Gary teased Ash with an eyebrow up.
"Well, yeah. You couldn't do any better."
"Oh yeah, I bet I could beat you."
"Can't!"
"Can!"
"How about we decide this with a battle?"
"Fine by me, what are the rules?"
"Double battle."
A few minutes later everyone was outside, and a large grass field stood before them. Ash drew out two pokeballs, and Gary followed.
"GO, Gible and Gliscor!"
"Magmar, Golem, by my side!"
The two trainers began to yell commands, and the battle started.
"Well, this certainly is interesting," Prof. Oak said.
"Yes, it's been a long time since I've seen my Ash battle," Delia smiled.
"Gliscor, Wing Cutter!" Gliscor aimed straight for Magmar and was about to deliver the blow.
"GOLEM, ROLLOUT! MAGMAR, DODGE THEN HEADBUTT!" The two came around the confused Gliscor and smashed it from both sides.
"Gible, Draco Meteor!" Gliscor was out right away, but Magmar and Golem were straight in range for the Draco Meteor, and had no time to dodge the incoming attack. Golem shielded the attack and took full damage, collapsing onto Magmar. It was now a one versus one. As Magmar struggled to break free from the fainted Golem, Gible launched a Dragon Pulse, which made direct contact with Magmar and sent it flying backwards. Ash won the battle.
"Goob job to you two. You battled great. You deserve a good, long rest." Gary said.
"You guys too." Ash returned his pokemon.
"Wow, you've gotten much stronger. A little more training, and you just might make top EIGHT in the Hoenn League next time." Gary snickered.
"WHY, YOU TAKE THAT BACK…"
Ash jumped on top of Gary, and the two boys were now wrestling in the dirt. Delia, Prof. Oak, and Tracey just sighed and sweatdropped.
"Alright, that's enough you two, break it up."
"Well, then get off my face," Gary barely was able to say.
"I say we go for lunch."
"SOUNDS GREAT!" Ash chimed in.
They set up a picnic table and made lots of sandwiches and chicken wings. Ash and Gary let their pokemon out to play. After a long and satisfying lunch, Gary asked Ash a question, "Hey, what did you think about the Battle High School in Cerulean City?"
"It's good. I might go. Why?"
"Well, I've decided to go-"
"Why? Is Jasmine going?" Ash laughed.
Gary gave him a glare, and Ash stuck his tongue out. Delia saw where this was going, and brought Ash to her.
"You know Ash, Battle High School just might be the thing. They've got great pokemon facilities, great trainers…"
"And it's also like a regular high school, with history (grumble) and all those other lame subjects."
"Geez, I'm just giving my opinion. You should take some time to think about it."
"Well, I should get going grandpa."
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Dawn was out of words. Utterly shocked.
The city was huge. It was so big, they had their own pokemon center, gym, and a large lake nearby. Not to add, they had a large bridge that was famous for all the pokemon trainers on it. Everywhere near the bridge, there were lots of people talking and battling. There was a cave off to the distance, and the beach was crowded. To the other side were lots of stores and houses. Even in Sinnoh, few cities got this big. Probably only Jubilife, Hearthome, and Veilstone City got this big. Though in those cities, she and Lucas didn't spend too much time focusing on the cities, they just zoomed through their goals.
Dawn smiled and took the pleasant city in, but soon, she remembered that she was carrying a heavy backpack and had lots of luggages.
"Mom, can we go to our new house?" (Of course, they had a bought a house before they came, don't ask me how.)
"Sure, whatever you want honey."
They walked around looking for it, and Dawn saw a similar aged girl nearby. She looked back.
"Hi, would you like help with that?"
"Um….sure. I guess."
The girl was with two others, another girl with red hair and a guy with green hair, both around her age. When they helped locate Dawn and Johanna's house, Dawn turned to thank them.
"Hey, what's your name?" the girl asked.
"Dawn. I come from Sinnoh. What's yours?"
"May, I'm from the Hoenn region and I am going to the Battle School. Here are my friends, Misty and Drew. Misty grinned and Drew just smirked.
"Hey, I'm going there too."
"You are? That's soooo cool! Well, I should leave you to your house. Have fun, I'll catch ya later!"
"Alright, bye," Dawn smiled.
"Wow, she's really nice. I hope they're all like that. Well, I'm tired. I'm going to sleep."
Dawn's mother smiled, believing she had made the right choice in convincing Dawn to come here.
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"Mom."
"Yes, honey?"
"I've decided to go."
"Do you want me to come along? We can rent a house there."
"No, it's fine. I'll stay with Gary."
Delia looked sad, but sighed," Oh well, I guess you always got to travel around, like your father. Be safe!"
"Don't worry Mom!"
"Oh yeah, and don't forget to change your underwear!"
Ash's face turns red and he says "bye" and runs out to catch Gary.
Ash disappears out of sight. "Oh, Ash…"
Meanwhile, it was starting to get dark in Viridian Forest. "No, not this again." Ash ran through the trail, hoping to see Viridian City, but he was lost. Again.
He heard a rustling noise nearby.
From inside a bush, Ash saw a bright red light…
A white beam came out of nowhere and hit Ash square in the chest. He fell down and became stuck to the ground by a white, sticky string. Struggling to break free, he heard a small squeal coming from the bush. A Caterpie wriggled out of the bush and wagged its tail at him. Was it the same one? No, it couldn't be. Just at that moment, it fired a poison sting, and Ash moved around frantically, barely able to avoid it. He reached out for a pokeball and threw it into the air. Gliscor appeared, but Caterpie launched a tackle straight at Ash.
Ash closed his eyes and waited for the attack. Nothing did hit him. When he opened his eyes, he saw Caterpie running off and Gliscor hovering over him. "That sure is one strong Caterpie", he thought.
"Thanks, Gliscor," he said. Gliscor gave him a wink and returned to its pokeball. Ash quickly continued down the path, hoping to get to Viridian City before nightfall.
A little bit later, it was too dark to go on. He found a cave nearby, built a fire, and got the camping gear out.
Meanwhile outside, the thunderstorm was starting to roar loudly. There was a lot of panicking; birds screeched and pokemon ran around to find shelter.
"I'm getting cold. Let's go get some sticks before the thunder gets bad."
"Pika," Pikachu nodded its head in agreement.
The duo ran outside and found a nearby tree and bent down to collect sticks. Ash quickly stuffed them into his jacket.
"All right, that should be enough. Let's go before it starts to pour."
"Pika!"
They ran towards the cave. Just then, something green caught the corner Ash's eye. The same Caterpie was crawling around outside, looking wet and melancholy.
"Hey, Caterpie!" The soaked bug turned to find the same trainer that it had ran into twice.
"Do you want to come with us?" The Caterpie looked hesitant at first, then drearily agreed and crawled towards Ash. He let it crawl on his unoccupied shoulder, and ran back to the cave. Inside, he placed the sticks down and brought out Charizard. Caterpie squealed and hurried behind Ash for protection.
"Don't be afraid. That's Charizard. Charizard, this is Caterpie."
Charizard roared and Caterpie slowly came out of hiding.
"Charizard, can you start a fire?" Charizard nodded and soon they started a fire. Ash brought out some food and decided to let everyone out. The pokemon all looked pretty happy to be outside and were introduced to Caterpie. Then, everyone huddled near the fire and ate.
After a while, Ash told the gang about the high school, and they listened intently. They looked pretty unhappy that he would not be travelling this year, but their eyes widened when he mentioned battling, and Aggron let out a loud roar. Some birds outside made a squawking sound. He was glad that they were just as psyched as he was to battle.
The group was very excited. At 10 pm, Ash still couldn't get them to go to sleep, so he just sat there and let them play around for a little longer. Gliscor, Pikachu, and Heracross were chatting and having a good time. Aggron and Charizard were fighting over who would win in the battle school, and soon they began to walk towards each other.
"That's enough, you two."
Charizard let out a "hmph" and walked off. Aggron smirked and went to talk with Pikachu and company. Off to the distance, Caterpie and Gible were happily talking, and from the looks of it, Gible was describing his Draco Meteor. Ash was glad to see Caterpie having a good time, and as he watched them, he got sleepier and sleepier, and soon the world turned black.
The sun came out over the mountains, and the first rays of sunshine hit the large forest. Ash let out a large yawn, and turned to see the whole group asleep. He smiled and walked outside to get some fresh air.
Half an hour later, the pokemon were fed, and just as Ash was about to return them, Charizard and Aggron got into a big fight again. Ash let out a sigh but didn't even try to stop them this time. It seemed like they had challenged each other into a battle, so he let the two go fight outside.. Inside, he returned everyone back to their pokeballs.
He saw Caterpie still outside and said, "That was a fun night. I guess we gotta go now."
Caterpie whimpered and sadly crawled out. Then it hit him - this must have been the same Caterpie the whole time, and it had been watching and following him.
"Caterpie, how would you like travel with us to Viridian City?" Caterpie happily nodded its head and snuggled around me. Pikachu seemed happy about it, and gave an adorable smile.
The three of them went outside to find a find a fainted Aggron and an extremely tired but satisfied Charizard.
A few hours later, they were finally able to get out of Viridian Forest and make it to Viridian City. The trio sighed in relief since they would finally be able to take a break.
He found Nurse Joy and handed her the pokeballs for the checkup. After a while, they came back, and he went to the phones to give his mom a call, but no one picked up, so he called Professor Oak's lab. Professor Oak picked up.
"Hey, how's it going, Ash?"
"Hi, it's going great. Is my mom there?"
"No, she's probably out shopping. So, where are you now?"
"I'm at Viridian City."
"Oh, you'll find Gary there. He just called me a few minutes ago."
"Do you know where he went?"
"Yes, in fact I do. He said he was going to the train station to get to Cerulean City. They leave at 10:30 am."
"WHAT? I only have ten minutes! Do you know where it is?"
"Unfortunately, no. But I'm sure Nurse Joy will know. Ah, yes. Ash, can I ask you a favor?"
"Yeah, sure."
"Can I borrow Heracross for a bit? I need him for some research."
"Okay, sure." Ash dropped Heracross' pokeball in.
The ball transferred to Oak's hand on the other side. "Ok, got it."
"See ya. I gotta catch the train!"
"Bye Ash. Good luck." Professor Oak went back to eating noodles with Krabby and watching soap opera on TV.
The screen closed and Ash ran to Nurse Joy. She said it was just on the other side of the pokemon center, and he let out a large sigh of relief. Within three minutes, they made it to the front of the train station. It was crowded inside, and carrying one pokemon was already enough.
"Well, I guess you want to come with us, right Caterpie?"
Caterpie nodded its head and bonked its head against a pokeball. The pokeball flashed three times and clicked.
"All right!" Pikachu cheered with Ash and they ran down the stairs to catch the train.
The subway was pretty crowded, and Ash could barely even see the trains ahead of him, with all the people pushing their way through. Pikachu pointed off to the distance, and Ash saw Gary walking into the train.
"Hey, Gary!" Gary turned his head.
"Well, if it isn't Ashy Boy."
They entered the train and began to talk. He explained what the school was about, and what you would expect to learn in the school. On the way there, they passed Diglett's cave and saw Route 4.
Thirty minutes later, the train finally arrived.
Ash stretched his arms out and examined the city, "Oh boy, it's been so long since I last came. I wonder how Misty's doing."
Gary let out a loud gasp.
"What's wrong? Did I say-"
"It's her!"
"What?"
He pointed straight ahead, and I looked and saw someone very familiar.
It was Jasmine.
"What the hell is she doing here?"
"Haha Gary, now you'll have the chance to make it up to her."
Gary punched Ash's arm. "Shut up Ash, that's not funny."
They got lunch and found the battle school. After a long talk, they got to see what it looked like inside. For Ash, the inside looked quite similar to his elementary school, just a lot bigger. The battlefield and gyms, that was truly impressive. The two registered for the class and found out the school would start the next day. (It was Sunday.)
"Hey, Gary, since I have no apartment or house here, can I be your roommate?"
"Sure, I guess. You really didn't come planned, did you?" Ash's sheepish smile led to one conclusion.
"Typical Ash." Gary sighed.
They walked off to find his apartment.
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"It's so beautiful! I love it!" Dawn exclaimed as she put on the blue dress.
"Now you can impress the boys," Misty joked.
"Something you can't do," Drew muttered.
"What did you say?!"
While Misty and Drew were arguing, May led Dawn to the other side, where they discovered a section selling boots. Dawn found a pair of brown leather boots and a pair of pink cotton boots that looked just like hers. May found some tennis shoes and started to try them on. While she was happily humming to herself, Dawn couldn't keep her mind off school. I mean, sure, she had been to school before, but she had Lucas with her.
There could be lots of bullies who picked on trainers and stole her belongings, even pokemon. After all, it was high school. There would also be those typical dumb couples, with the whole girlfriend and boyfriend business, and lots of drama. Of course, she never thought it was worth thinking about. There would also be a lot of battling, which would be just like the old days of being a coordinator.
After a while, May snapped her out of my trance and eagerly showed her the tennis shoes she'd picked up. The shoes were white with blue stripes, and were glittering.
"I'm getting these. Oh, they're so perfect!"
"How much did those cost?"
"Only eighty bucks. C'mon, let's go!"
"Only?!" I asked as she danced off. I ran after her. At the entrance, May suggested that they go to the nearby ice cream store, and Drew and Misty began fighting over what ice cream flavor was the best. May and Dawn sweatdropped as they walked over to the long lines to pay.
The four of us gathered and walked outside to go find a lunch place.
May happily announced, "I'm going to try on my new shoes!"
"Oh no, I forgot to shop!" Misty exclaimed.
Drew snickered and Misty pushed him.
"What was that for?"
"It was all your fault!"
"Was NOT!"
Dawn asked, "Does this happen often?"
"Yeah, just ignore them. Let's get lunch."
After we got some pizza and drinks, the two finally settled down and began to eat. Misty gobbled down her share and asked for more. May was too busy appreciating her new shoes, and Drew was staring at her with a disgusted look, so Dawn had to go get her food.
"This group is quite interesting. I was lucky to find friends right away. Plus, May and Drew are coordinators, so they would have a similar battle style with me."
She thought of an idea…
She came back with an extra slice of pizza, and Misty paid her the money. Then, she gobbled the pizza in a few seconds. The group just stared.
After a nice meal, set aside watching Misty eat like a Gyarados, they walked over to the Battle High School to register for classes. The group was given a tour and saw what the classrooms were like. Then, they got to see the battle room, which looked kind of like a pokemon gym, and that was the end of the tour.
The group walked through the streets and Dawn listened as the three of them chatted endlessly about the Battle School.
"Oh great. There's going to be history and all those other boring subjects." Drew complained.
"I know right, it's more than half the day." Misty said.
"There's seven periods. Two of them are pokemon battling, and one is studying pokemon. That's still three out of seven. Much better than a normal school." May added.
"Yeah, then there's math, English, history, and science. Soooo boring. Why can't we just battle all day?" Drew asked.
Misty nodded her head in agreement.
She asked me, "Dawn, what do you think?"
Dawn answered, "Um..I don't know. I used to go to school, so this is normal for me."
They just nodded their heads. We arrived at their house, and May said, "Well, this is it. See ya round, Dawn."
"Bye," Drew and Misty said.
Dawn thought of her idea and was going to say bye, but she stopped myself and said, "Hold on. Can I ask you a question?"
"Sure," May said.
"Is it ok if I, um, stay with you guys?"
"Sure! Would your mom be ok with it?" May seemed excited.
"I think. I'll ask her today."
"Alright, I can't wait! Finally I can stay near someone who isn't so obnoxious."
"HEY!" the two said in unison.
"Bye guys."
Dawn happily jogged back home, feeling as happy as can be.
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That's it.
I'll get the next chapter up as soon as possible!
Until then, LATER FICCERS!
Whackazombie