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Gym Leader Sabrina: So, I get to take over the world?

Me: I only said…..you could if I owned Pokemon

Sabrina: And….you don't own Pokemon?

Me: No. But if I did, then you would take over the world.

Sabrina: (Glares with red eyes)

Me: AAAAH! (Runs away!)

Hi! And now we proudly present…..(Drum roll) Chapter 3!

Chapter 3-A Place to stay, and suspicious characters?

"Okay," Pikachu said. "You don't have anywhere to live around here?"

"Didn't we just say no?!!," Jones asked, becoming somewhat irritated that Pikachu just didn't understand what they were trying to say. And, no matter how many times they said they were human, Pikachu didn't seem to believe it.

"Well," Pikachu said. "I know where you can stay. You see, when I wanted to try and be on the Rescue Team, I built four houses. One for fire type Pokemon. One for water types. One for grass. And one suitable for normal types, or electric such as myself. I, of course, use the one I built for my type. But, since no one would be on a team with me, and I didn't join the Rescue Federation, the other houses are unused. You three could stay there, if you wanted."

" Wait!," Jones said, becoming very interested in what Pikachu had said. " Pokemon can build houses?"

Pikachu slapped a hand to his forehead. " You guys really don't know much, do you?" All three shook their heads. Pikachu sighed. " Of course Pokemon can build houses! We don't like sleeping out in the cold, extreme heat, or rain! Well, unless you're the type of Pokemon that likes to do that. But, most of us will build a house."

" Oh," Jones said. " Well, that makes sense!"

" Look," Pikachu said. " I kinda live in between Pokemon Square, and Treasure Town. Sometimes I have to go to one place or the other, and living in between puts me at the same distance from each place. All four of my houses are located in the same area. I'll take you there!" Pikachu began walking north along the fissure. " It's up this way."

" Should we go?," Jones asked.

" Like I said earlier," Tem said. " What other choice do we have, other than to follow this guy?"

" He's right!," Lara said. " Until we can figure out what's going on, our options are limited." Then, She and Tem began following behind Pikachu. Jones stood there for a moment, trying to decide whether to go or not. Then, he heard a rustling sound behind him, and decided to hurry and catch up to the others. When he did, he couldn't seem to shake the feeling that something or someone was following them again. He looked behind, and nothing was there.

" Jones!," Tem said. " You finally decided to catch up?"

" Yeah," Jones said, looking back nervously. " Hey, do you guys get the feeling someone's following us?"

" Nope!," Lara said. " I don't!"

" Well," Tem said. " I thought I saw someone's shadow before we left, but I figured it was nothing."

" It may not be!," Jones said. " I think someone's following us!"

Pikachu stopped and turned around. " You think someone's following us? Why would they? And besides, no one knows where the four homes I built are located, except for me. You guys got nothing to worry about!" Then, Pikachu turned to walk forward again. The others followed, although Joe was still uneasy and kept looking behind every chance he got. Soon, they passed where the fissure had opened up, and kept going straight. Then, Pikachu went left through some trees, then straight again. Tem, Lara, and Jones followed, wondering where Pikachu was leading them. They all just hoped it wasn't over the edge of a cliff. They didn't have to worry though, as there were no cliffs around.

" Okay," Pikachu said after a while. " We're getting close. Please don't criticize the houses. I'm going to say it now, they all look like weird domes. I'm not the best at building things. But at least they're sturdy and rain-proof!" Pikachu walked out into a small clearing where his four homes stood. One seemed to be built over a little pond. It was dome shaped, and seemed to be made of white stone. There was a bridge that could be crossed to get to the door.

On the opposite side of the one on water, was one that was also made of stone, but completely yellow, with lightning markings painted on the door. Closer to where Pikachu, Lara, Tem, and Jones had just entered, there was a red dome with a chimney at the top diagonally across from the yellow one. This one had a small brick fence built around it and had no grass in the perimeter of the fence. There were many small camp fires blazing close to the fence.

Across from the red dome, was a green one. Although, this one was a little bit different. This one was made of huge leaves put together to make the dome. Plants were growing around the sides of this dome, there were even some that were growing on it. All four domes had an even amount of space in between them, and it looked like a square was formed on the ground in the middle because of this.

" Wow," Tem said looking at all four of the domed houses. " They're domes."

" Yeah," Pikachu said looking at all four. " Sorry. I'm not the best at designing things."

" So," Lara said. " Why did you build these places in the first place?" Pikachu looked around, then up at the sky.

" Well," He said. " I wanted to be on a rescue team. I was thinking of joining the exploration team guild in Treasure Town, but I'm not really into looking for treasure. I want to help the Pokemon here somehow, but….no one would join me on a rescue team. I had built these four houses, so my team members would have a place to live. It cost too much buying a land permit from Wigglytuff G."

" Wait a second!," Lara said. " You lost me at the land permit part. What do you mean?"

Pikachu walked to the square in the middle of the houses. " When you're on a rescue team, team members need a place to stay that resembles their normal environment. Like, if I had a team member from Treasure Town join me. Say he's a rock type. He would need to stay in mountain type terrain. Wigglytuff G. sells land permits, allowing your team members to have their own little space to stay in certain areas."

" That makes sense!," Jones said. " So you built these places, so you wouldn't have to buy the permit!"

" Exactly!," Pikachu said.

" Hey!," Lara said. " Why do you call the Wigglytuff, Wigglytuff G?"

" OH!," Pikachu said, almost laughing at himself for forgetting to explain that. " There are two Wigglytuff. One's in Treasure Town, and he's head of the Exploration Guild. One is in Pokemon Square, and she's his sister. To remember which one's which, I call her Wigglytuff G, because she's a girl. That sorta helps so I don't get them mixed up."

" Okay," Tem said. " That's understandable."

" So," Pikachu said. " You guys can go into the dome houses if you want. It should be obvious which one each of you should go into. I have to go into my own house, there's something I have to do." Quickly, Pikachu walked to the yellow house and went inside.

" Well," Lara said. " Seems like we may be here for a while. We might as well stay around here with Pikachu."

" If we stay with him," Jones said. " I think we should keep our guard up. Someone's been following us. I know someone was back there."

" You're imagining things.," Tem said walking toward the dome made of leaves. " I'm gonna check this place out. You two can do whatever you want."

" I'll go into the fire dome. Although normally I think I would avoid fire. It's strange. I only remember some things about normal life. Like you guys."

" Well," Jones said. " I know I remembered you two. And cars. And Pokemon. And……that's about it! I don't know why, but I can't seem to remember that much either."

" Yeah," Tem said. " It's strange. Maybe that dream we had could have had something to do with it."

" Maybe…," Lara said. Then, she walked to the door of the fire dome, and went inside. Tem entered the leaf dome, and that left Jones all alone outside. Still thinking that someone followed them there, and having the feeling that he was being watched, Jones looked around. He looked up to the tree tops, and around the four dome houses. No one was there. Jones decided that maybe he was seeing things. He stood in front of the house on water for a moment. Then, he crossed the bridge and went inside when he still saw no one around.

After he left, something began to emerge from a shadow cast by a tree in the forest. It was a Pokemon. Although this one, was extremely dark. It was midnight black, and floating off the ground. It had a red shading circling it's neck. And, it had what looked to be flowing bright white hair covering his second sinister looking blue eye.

" Seems I was right," It said to itself. " So, more humans have decided to enter this world, huh? Well, I'm not going to be bested by a human again. Mitsumi and her friend Piplup may have defeated me once, but never again. But it's not them I have to worry about now. It's these three. Why would more humans be here? There has to be a purpose. Just like when Mitsumi arrived. I'll keep an eye on them. I can't have anyone interfere with my plan."

Then, the dark Pokemon disappeared into the shadow it had crawled out of. No sooner than he was gone, did another Pokemon appear where he was. This one was floating in the air as well. It was blue, pink, and yellow. And, part of it's head resembled the crescent moon. It seemed troubled.

" He's back!," the Pokemon said to herself. Then she turned toward the dome houses. " I don't know if I should alert them or not. If I do, they may be in danger. It's best to wait. Although, I know that Mitsumi and Piplup will be interested to hear this!" Then she vanished.

In his house, Pikachu sat at a sort of makeshift desk. He'd used a small log for a chair, and was sitting at an old tree stump. He had the tree cut down long ago so that he could build his house there. Now he used the stump as a desk and table sometimes. On one side of the house he had a bed made of straw to sleep on. And then around the place he had built shelves. On them, he had berries, and some oddly colored scarves. Then, on one of the shelves, he had a picture he'd tried to paint, using paint that the Pokemon Smeargle had made for him. For paper, he used a large leaf that Smeargle had given to him.

It was a picture of another Pikachu. This one was holding a round object with what seemed to be wings on each side high into the air. A pink scarf was tied around it's neck. Pikachu knew it wasn't a very good painting. But, that's what he wanted to be like. Heroic! Bold! That Pikachu in the picture was on an exploration team in Treasure Town. Her team was one of the best there was, and was heard about quite often.

Even though Pikachu didn't want to go on explorations, he did want to have a first rank rescue team. No one would ever join him though. I wonder. Would those three want to join with me? They seem to want to be my friend, despite the fact that they thought I couldn't talk when we met. I mean, it's been a year or two, and no one will be on my team. Maybe them? We could have exciting adventures and become hero's! Oh yeah, and one heroine. Well, it sounds exciting! Pikachu laid his head down on the stump. It sounds exciting, but could it ever really happen?

Pikachu closed his eyes slowly as he thought about the concept. For some reason, it seemed to be making him sleepy. Within seconds, he was dreaming. But, it wasn't a normal dream.

" Pikachu!," A female voice said.

" What?!," Pikachu asked, looking around. All he could see was a lot of colors swirling around him. " Where am I? Who are you?!!"

" It is alright!," The pleasant voice said, almost laughing. " I am the spirit guardian. I have come to tell you that to fulfill your dreams, and your destiny Pikachu, you must form a rescue team."

" With who?!," Pikachu called into the air, unsure where exactly the voice was coming from.

" Those around you," The voice said. " If you do not, darkness shall befall our world."

" Wait!," Pikachu said. " Why form a team? What darkness?!"

" Pikachu," The voice said. " You must do this. It is your destiny."

" My destiny?!," Pikachu asked, looking around at the swirling mists to color, trying to seek out who was speaking to him. " My destiny is to form a rescue team?"

" Yes," The voice said. " As you put it in your thoughts, a first rank rescue team!"

" And, those around me…you mean Tem, Lara, and Jones?"

" Yes," The voice said. " The humans."

" WOAH!," Pikachu said, eyes going wide. " They ARE human?"

" Of course!," The voice said. " And, as you have purpose in this world, so do they. Tell them later. Go to the rescue team federation tomorrow, and that is when your adventures together will begin!"

Then, Pikachu's eyes shot wide open. He stared at the stump for a second, somewhat shaken. He wondered if the dream meant anything. He was unsure. Whoever was in his dream, said that those Pokemon he'd met earlier were human. Just as they had told him. Maybe it was something worth believing. They sure didn't act like normal Pokemon! And, Pikachu also considered the idea of forming a rescue team with them. They seemed to be friends, and he already had a place for them to stay. Why not?

Pikachu decided to go outside. Maybe see what Tem, Lara, and Jones were up to. When he walked out the door he looked around. Tem was on top of the leaf dome, laying in the sun. Well, what remained of it anyway. The evening sky was approaching dusk. Pikachu really had no idea he'd slept that long. Lara seemed to be blowing at a leaf outside of the fire dome. And Jones, was still inside his dome.

Pikachu walked up to Lara and stared at her curiously. " What are you doing?"

" Well," Lara said, blowing at the leaf again. " I'm trying to use flamethrower attack! If I'm a Pokemon now, I wanna have some fire power!"

" I don't think you're doing it right!," Pikachu said, twitching his ear.

Lara stopped and stared at him. " Of course I'm not doing it right! If I was, this leaf would be gone by now!"

" You have a point," Pikachu said. " You don't know the move flamethrower. Don't try using it. When Pokemon learn moves, they just know how to use them. We can feel it inside Lara. And then, we can attack. If you can't feel that you know how to do a flamethrower attack, stop trying, you're wasting your time."

" Hey!," Lara said. " I'm sorry, but I don't know a whole lot about being a Pokemon, since I wasn't one before!"

" I know," Pikachu said.

" What?!!," Lara asked. " What do you mean? Now you believe our crazy story all of a sudden?!!"

" A bit more than at first I guess," Pikachu said, slightly nodding. Then, he looked at the sun again. It was beginning to sink even lower. " Lara, I have something to do. I'm going to Pokemon Square. I'll take you guys there tomorrow. For now, I need to go alone. Wait here, okay?"

" Okay…," Lara said.

" HEY!," Tem said jumping off the leaf dome when he saw Pikachu leaving. " Where are you going?"

" To town," Pikachu called behind him as he headed for Pokemon Square, taking the same path out of the woods that he'd used to lead his new friends into them. " I'll be back soon! It's getting dark! Maybe you all should get some sleep!"

When Pikachu was out of earshot, Tem came up to Lara. " I wonder why he'd leave all of a sudden like that."

" Same here," Lara said. " I think he has his reasons though."

" Like what?," Tem asked.

" Well," Lara said. " He says he goes to town sometimes. Maybe he needs to buy more food. You know, for himself."

" Maybe," Tem said. " I mean, there's so much food on those shelves he built in our domes that it could probably last for weeks!"

" I know!," Lara said. " But, most of it's a lot of weird berries! Although, I like the one that looks like a strawberry!"

" Which one is that?"

" The one that looks sorta heart shaped. It looks weird, but does taste good."

" I like the one that looks like a normal cherry!," Tem said. " You know, I'm getting sorta hungry, and it's getting dark. I think I'll go back inside for the night, okay?"

" Yeah," Lara said. " Same here. I don't want to go to sleep yet though. Not until I see Pikachu come back."

" Okay," Tem said, going back to the leaf dome and entering. Lara grabbed the leaf she'd been trying to burn and tossed it into the air. She opened her mouth, and many tiny balls of fire flew at the leaf, incinerating it.

" Well," Lara said, pleased with what she had just done. " It's not flamethrower, but it'll do!" With that, she too went inside. All three were asleep within a short amount of time. Lara had tried to stay awake to keep watch for Pikachu, but found that she couldn't.

Later that night, Pikachu returned to his home. He had gone and done something very important, that he would only tell those others about the next day. Before entering his dome though, he went and looked in the windows of the other domes. Tem, Lara, and Jones were asleep. That was good. Now he could get some rest, and tell them what he had done when morning came. He entered his dome and quickly collapsed on the pile of hay that was his bed. He was asleep almost instantly.

So….how'd you like the chapter? Please review and let me know. This chapter may not have furthered the storyline that much, but there are a few things of significance that will be important later in the story.