In the last chapter.
She found herself almost out of the school when she heard two voices of which she faintly recognized. She carefully peered around the corridor, careful not to interrupt their conversation. She recognized Gary right away, he was just about the only guy in the school who didn't wear jeans, but the other one she wasn't too sure on at the moment.
She had cherry red hair, and she wore deep green flared pants. Misty thought. 'Now where did I see deep green pants today?' Then it clicked. 'Sydney! But what would she be doing here with Gary?' Her eyes widened as she saw Gary step closer to Sydney and place his hands on her hips. They talked in hushed tones, Sydney giggling every once and a while. They got closer and closer. Misty was really starting to get worried. This was Ash's girlfriend, here! With his rival! She gasped as their lips touched. Hearing the gasp, Sydney shot her eyes open. Misty ducked behind the wall, holding her breath, hoping she never saw anything.
Misty rushed down the rest of the hall and out the door before they came looking for her, which she though they surely would do. She ran and ran all the way home, getting lost a couple of times. Finally standing safely at her doorstep, she put her hands on her knees and gasped for breath. How in the world was she supposed to break this to a guy she barely even knew?
Gary and Sydney broke apart, both slightly winded. She thought about the figure she saw spying on them. Smiling evilly, she just hoped that Misty would tell Ash the following day. 'This should be fun,' Sydney thought, broadening her smirk.
*~Anything But Ordinary~* *~Chapter Two - Shocking Revelations~*
**Just a note that in this fic, the only vid-phones are in pokemon centers**
***
Sitting upon her bed, Misty sighed unhappily, caressing the tender spot between Sparky's ears. He cooed up at her and she smiled faintly. The scene from earlier that day replayed itself in her mind. She knew that Gary and Ash weren't exactly on good terms, the incident in the hallway on the way to her history class proved that enough, but to actually sink low enough to steal someone else's girlfriend?
She looked at the blue cordless phone sitting under her lamp on her nightstand. Then she looked at her bag, lying on the ground beside her bed. The phone. The bag. The phone.
She sighed again, and reached down for the bag. Sparky looked at her, noticing that she wasn't rubbing his head anymore, and cocked his head sideways in a very cute manner, saying "Pika pi? {What are you doing?}"
Misty smiled up at him, reaching into her bag at the same time. She didn't know how, but she'd been able to understand her Pikachu's thoughts from day one. Having it finally click in that he asked her a question, she replied "I'm just looking for a friend's number from school. I'm gonna give her a call." She pulled out a piece of paper from the bag, and tossed it to the side ruefully. "Where in the hell did I put it??" she asked herself out loud.
Sparky's cheeks sizzled as a couple of stray static waves emitted from it. "I'm sorry, Spraky," she said. He hated it when people swore. He glared at her, wondering whether to punish her or to let her off this time. He sighed and stopped the electricity in his cheeks. "Pikachu pi, pi pika! {You're off this time, but don't do it again!}"
Pulling her hand out from the bag yet again, she held a ruffled looking piece of paper with scrawled writing on it. "Got it," she cheered, petting the tuft of hair between Sparky's ears.
Walking over to the phone, she began to dial the number. "6..2!" she finished, pressing each button as she said it. She was met with the sound of ringing, and after three rings, she heard a gruff male voice answer the phone. "Hello?" he growled. Misty tensed up. "Um. hi, is Alyssa there?" Without saying anything back to her, Misty heard the guy yell out "Alyssa! Get your ass down here, someone wants you on the phone!"
She heard the phone click, signaling someone else picked up from somewhere else. "Shut your yap, Greg, I got it!" Alyssa then placed the phone up to her ear, waited for the click of her brother hanging up the phone, and said "Hi!"
"Hey Lyss, it's me, Misty."
"Oh, heya Misty! What's up?"
"Oh, nothing." she said. Misty thought back to another thing that happened earlier that day, where Alyssa gave up her seat to Aaron. Not wanting to be rude, she went around the subject carefully. "Well, ah, you remember when-"
Alyssa cut her off, knowing what she was going to say.
"Yeah, I'm sorry about that, Misty. The thing is that Rox has a thing for Aaron, and she was sitting in the seat one away from me, so when I saw Aaron coming, I didn't know what to do! Then, I saw Brock waving you down, and I knew that he'd never turn away a seat from any girl, so I kinda went with Aaron. I am so, so sorry Misty."
Misty thought for a minute. 'So, that's why she turned me away yesterday. And she's right, Brock wouldn't turn down any girl.'
Noticing the silence, Alyssa asked softly, "No hard feelings?"
"No hard feeling," Misty confirmed.
"MISTY!! Like, it's dinner time, so, like, you have to come down now!"
Misty sighed. "Well, I have to go now. My sisters are calling me."
"Oh, sure! I'll see you at school tomorrow?"
Misty smiled. Alyssa still was her friend, after all. "Yeah, tomorrow."
And with that, the two hung up and Misty made her way down the stairs to the dinner table, preparing for another meal with her three sisters.
***
Ash sat on him room floor, playing with his Pikachu. She'd been at Prof. Oak's all weekend, so this was the first time Ash had seen her since Friday afternoon. "How's my number one girl?" he asked her. She climbed up onto his shoulder and nuzzled his cheek. He laughed lightly, feeling Pikachu hop onto his head, pushing his red hat down over his eyes. "Hey, quit it!" he chuckled. Pikachu jumped down and playfully threatened him with a lightening bolt.
Ring. Ring. The two were disturbed of their playful atmosphere by the ringing of the phone.
Ash picked it up and placed it against his ear. "Hello? Ketchum residence, Ash speaking."
"Hi Ash!" a feminine voice sounded from the other line. Pikachu growled as soon as she heard the voice.
Ash shushed Pikachu with his hand and said "Sydney! How are you?"
She giggled. "I'm fine, Ash."
Pikachu clamped down on Ash's hand - hard.
"Ahh!" he screamed into the receiver.
"Ash!" Sydney yelled. "I'm gonna be deaf now thanks to you!"
Ash, rubbing his sore hand, replied "I just got bitten hard by my Pikachu, Syd, don't bite my head off.
She huffed on the other line. "You know that new Misty girl?" she continued, almost pretending that the whole yelling incident hadn't even happened.
"Umm, yeah." His mind switched back to the cafeteria this morning. "-but I don't like her or anything," he added quickly.
Sydney huffed. "Well, that's good, because she's just a little liar. You know what she said today?"
"Umm, what?"
Sydney broke down on the other line. "She- she."
"Sssh, it's okay," Ash verbally comforted, having no idea that this was all a scheme. Pikachu scoffed and left the room, deciding that if she stayed in ther eone more minute, she'd bite Ash's head off for being so stupid as to date someone like that.
Sydney 'composed' herself and continued. "She told." Sydney paused for a moment, racking her brain for someone who she'd seen Misty hang out with today. Ash assumed the slight pause was to collect herself. Whew, was he off course. Sydney then continued for the third time in this conversation. "Michelle. that the only reason I was dating you is. is because that you have eight gym badges, and you're going into the competition this summer, and. Oh Ash, you know that's not true!"
"It's okay, Syd, I know you're not using me," he said. Sydney smiled on the other line. 'Wow, I should be an actor!' she thought to herself. "Well," she sniffed one more time for good measure, "I'd better get going now. Thank you, Ash." And with those words, she hung up, leaving Ash no chance to reply.
". you're welcome."
Hearing that the conversation was over, Pikachu re-entered the room. "Pikachu pi, kachu pi chu pika? Chu ka pika? {What's wrong with you, Ash?? Can't you tell she was lying??}" Ash grumbled. "Listen, Pikachu. you've been on Syd's case ever since day one, so why don't you just drop it?"
Pikachu, now completely offended, raced up to the open windowsill. "Pikachu, wait!" Ash called, jumping up from his spot on the carpet. But it was too late, Pikachu had already jumped out of the open window and landed daintily on the grass-covered ground below. Ash sighed, head poking out of the window. "Fine then, go!" he shouted. When he pulled his head back inside the window, he whispered to the empty room, "Just be careful."
***
Misty looked up from her reading to a sound from outside of her room window. She peeked over the windowsill, still half laying down, to see a spot of yellow darting around from tree to tree. Before she knew it, Sparky hopped up beside her. She saw his gaze intently upon the moving critter, and upon closer inspection, Miaty recognized it as a Pikachu. She glanced sideways at her own pikachu and noticed the look in his eyes. "Oooh, Sparky, that wouldn't be a girl pikachu, would it?" she taunted.
Sparky turned and gave her a funny look, tail swishing back and forth behind him stiffly in annoyance. "Alright, alright. should I let you go say hi?" She smiled as she saw Sparky's cheeks go an even darker shade than they already were. She opened the window and watched happily as her pokemon made his way to the other pikachu. Wanting to give them some privacy, she laid back down on her bed and continued reading her novel. She sighed, 'Ah, nothing like young love.'
***
Ash whipped his head around as he saw his Pikachu walk in through the little 'Pika-door' in the main entrance. "Pikachu?" he asked her. She had a glazed expression in her eyes, and she kind of swayed when she walked. Ash walked up to his mom. "Mom, what's up with Pikachu? Is she drunk?"
Deliah took one look at the young rodent and abruptly laughed. "Drunk?? No, sweetie. she's not drunk!"
Ash looked at his mom strangely. "Then what's wrong with her??" he asked.
Deliah laughed again. "Nothing's wrong with her, Ash. Just let her be."
Ash sighed, totally confused. "Whatever mom, I'm going to bed."
"God choice," she said. "After all, you've got school tomorrow!"
He grumbled. "Don't remind me."
***
Misty smiled after the encounter Sparky just had. "Ah, it's nice to see him make new friends," she thought. "Or girlfriends," she reminded herself. The smiled then slid off her face. "Oh gosh, I still have to tell Ash about Sydney, don't I? Oh, this is going to be so hard."
Sighing, she rolled over in her bed, preparing for another long day of school tomorrow.
***
"Pika. CHU!!"
Ash was woken from his dreamless sleep by the electrifying jolt of one of Pikachu's lightening bolts. "Aaah, Pikachu! How many times do I have to tell you. that's what my alarm clock's for!"
He looked down at his toasted pyjamas and sighed. And his mother wondered why she spent so much money on him for clothes. He rubbed the burnt sleep out of his eyes and coughed, some black smoke emitting from his mouth. Walking into the shower, he muttered "If I get lung cancer, I'm blaming it on you." Pikachu just giggled at her trainer's antics.
***
"Ash!" Misty yelled, finally spotting him on the school grounds. Ash turned around to see who was calling him, and turned right back the other way when he saw who it was.
"Ash," Misty panted, now standing beside him. "What do you want?" he interrupted coldly. Misty looked at him, confused. 'Maybe he just had a bad morning,' she concluded. "Ash, I have to talk to you."
"Shoot," he said, his back still to her. Misty ignored it, and continued onto her confession on what she had seen the previous day. "Ash, yesterday, I saw Gary and Sydney in the hall after school, and they. they were kissing, Ash. Your girlfriend's cheating on you."
Ash turned and faced her, staring cruelly. "Yeah, just like she's only going out with me for my badges, right? Huh?"
Misty looked at him, hurt. "What are you talking about? I never-"
Ash quickly cut her off. "Yeah, that's just what you want me to think. I'll have you know that Syd phoned my last night and told me what you've been saying."
"Wh-what I've been saying?" she repeated. "I don't know-"
"Just leave me and my girlfriend alone, you hear me, Waterflower? Lay off."
Misty was about to protest, but bit her tongue at the last minute. 'What things have I been saying? I haven't done anything! What a liar!'
"Fine then, don't believe me." She walked away from him. "Your loss."
***
The school day went by quickly, and soon Misty found herself in the hallway again. But this time, there were other people there too. She was just putting some things back into her locker when she realized that she forgot her health book in her last class. Collecting the rest of her necessities, she hurried towards the currently unused classroom. 'I hope they haven't locked the door yet,' she thought, racing down the hall.
When she looked in the classroom, she saw, again, the sight she'd seen the previous day. Instead of making any noise, though, she ran back the way she came, only hoping Ash hadn't left yet. 'I guess they thought no one would see them in an empty classroom.'
She spotted the bright red of Ash's hat and, without speaking, began dragging him down the opposing.
"Hey, what do you think-"
This time it was her turn to cut him off.
"Shut up. I have proof now that what I said was true. Just look!"
She pointed her finger to the classroom of which she just recently left. They both walked up to the classroom, and peered inside.
The classroom clear in their sight, the two pokemon trainers had these two facial expressions; utter shock, and smug satisfaction.
***
TBC.
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~Violet Emeralds~
She found herself almost out of the school when she heard two voices of which she faintly recognized. She carefully peered around the corridor, careful not to interrupt their conversation. She recognized Gary right away, he was just about the only guy in the school who didn't wear jeans, but the other one she wasn't too sure on at the moment.
She had cherry red hair, and she wore deep green flared pants. Misty thought. 'Now where did I see deep green pants today?' Then it clicked. 'Sydney! But what would she be doing here with Gary?' Her eyes widened as she saw Gary step closer to Sydney and place his hands on her hips. They talked in hushed tones, Sydney giggling every once and a while. They got closer and closer. Misty was really starting to get worried. This was Ash's girlfriend, here! With his rival! She gasped as their lips touched. Hearing the gasp, Sydney shot her eyes open. Misty ducked behind the wall, holding her breath, hoping she never saw anything.
Misty rushed down the rest of the hall and out the door before they came looking for her, which she though they surely would do. She ran and ran all the way home, getting lost a couple of times. Finally standing safely at her doorstep, she put her hands on her knees and gasped for breath. How in the world was she supposed to break this to a guy she barely even knew?
Gary and Sydney broke apart, both slightly winded. She thought about the figure she saw spying on them. Smiling evilly, she just hoped that Misty would tell Ash the following day. 'This should be fun,' Sydney thought, broadening her smirk.
*~Anything But Ordinary~* *~Chapter Two - Shocking Revelations~*
**Just a note that in this fic, the only vid-phones are in pokemon centers**
***
Sitting upon her bed, Misty sighed unhappily, caressing the tender spot between Sparky's ears. He cooed up at her and she smiled faintly. The scene from earlier that day replayed itself in her mind. She knew that Gary and Ash weren't exactly on good terms, the incident in the hallway on the way to her history class proved that enough, but to actually sink low enough to steal someone else's girlfriend?
She looked at the blue cordless phone sitting under her lamp on her nightstand. Then she looked at her bag, lying on the ground beside her bed. The phone. The bag. The phone.
She sighed again, and reached down for the bag. Sparky looked at her, noticing that she wasn't rubbing his head anymore, and cocked his head sideways in a very cute manner, saying "Pika pi? {What are you doing?}"
Misty smiled up at him, reaching into her bag at the same time. She didn't know how, but she'd been able to understand her Pikachu's thoughts from day one. Having it finally click in that he asked her a question, she replied "I'm just looking for a friend's number from school. I'm gonna give her a call." She pulled out a piece of paper from the bag, and tossed it to the side ruefully. "Where in the hell did I put it??" she asked herself out loud.
Sparky's cheeks sizzled as a couple of stray static waves emitted from it. "I'm sorry, Spraky," she said. He hated it when people swore. He glared at her, wondering whether to punish her or to let her off this time. He sighed and stopped the electricity in his cheeks. "Pikachu pi, pi pika! {You're off this time, but don't do it again!}"
Pulling her hand out from the bag yet again, she held a ruffled looking piece of paper with scrawled writing on it. "Got it," she cheered, petting the tuft of hair between Sparky's ears.
Walking over to the phone, she began to dial the number. "6..2!" she finished, pressing each button as she said it. She was met with the sound of ringing, and after three rings, she heard a gruff male voice answer the phone. "Hello?" he growled. Misty tensed up. "Um. hi, is Alyssa there?" Without saying anything back to her, Misty heard the guy yell out "Alyssa! Get your ass down here, someone wants you on the phone!"
She heard the phone click, signaling someone else picked up from somewhere else. "Shut your yap, Greg, I got it!" Alyssa then placed the phone up to her ear, waited for the click of her brother hanging up the phone, and said "Hi!"
"Hey Lyss, it's me, Misty."
"Oh, heya Misty! What's up?"
"Oh, nothing." she said. Misty thought back to another thing that happened earlier that day, where Alyssa gave up her seat to Aaron. Not wanting to be rude, she went around the subject carefully. "Well, ah, you remember when-"
Alyssa cut her off, knowing what she was going to say.
"Yeah, I'm sorry about that, Misty. The thing is that Rox has a thing for Aaron, and she was sitting in the seat one away from me, so when I saw Aaron coming, I didn't know what to do! Then, I saw Brock waving you down, and I knew that he'd never turn away a seat from any girl, so I kinda went with Aaron. I am so, so sorry Misty."
Misty thought for a minute. 'So, that's why she turned me away yesterday. And she's right, Brock wouldn't turn down any girl.'
Noticing the silence, Alyssa asked softly, "No hard feelings?"
"No hard feeling," Misty confirmed.
"MISTY!! Like, it's dinner time, so, like, you have to come down now!"
Misty sighed. "Well, I have to go now. My sisters are calling me."
"Oh, sure! I'll see you at school tomorrow?"
Misty smiled. Alyssa still was her friend, after all. "Yeah, tomorrow."
And with that, the two hung up and Misty made her way down the stairs to the dinner table, preparing for another meal with her three sisters.
***
Ash sat on him room floor, playing with his Pikachu. She'd been at Prof. Oak's all weekend, so this was the first time Ash had seen her since Friday afternoon. "How's my number one girl?" he asked her. She climbed up onto his shoulder and nuzzled his cheek. He laughed lightly, feeling Pikachu hop onto his head, pushing his red hat down over his eyes. "Hey, quit it!" he chuckled. Pikachu jumped down and playfully threatened him with a lightening bolt.
Ring. Ring. The two were disturbed of their playful atmosphere by the ringing of the phone.
Ash picked it up and placed it against his ear. "Hello? Ketchum residence, Ash speaking."
"Hi Ash!" a feminine voice sounded from the other line. Pikachu growled as soon as she heard the voice.
Ash shushed Pikachu with his hand and said "Sydney! How are you?"
She giggled. "I'm fine, Ash."
Pikachu clamped down on Ash's hand - hard.
"Ahh!" he screamed into the receiver.
"Ash!" Sydney yelled. "I'm gonna be deaf now thanks to you!"
Ash, rubbing his sore hand, replied "I just got bitten hard by my Pikachu, Syd, don't bite my head off.
She huffed on the other line. "You know that new Misty girl?" she continued, almost pretending that the whole yelling incident hadn't even happened.
"Umm, yeah." His mind switched back to the cafeteria this morning. "-but I don't like her or anything," he added quickly.
Sydney huffed. "Well, that's good, because she's just a little liar. You know what she said today?"
"Umm, what?"
Sydney broke down on the other line. "She- she."
"Sssh, it's okay," Ash verbally comforted, having no idea that this was all a scheme. Pikachu scoffed and left the room, deciding that if she stayed in ther eone more minute, she'd bite Ash's head off for being so stupid as to date someone like that.
Sydney 'composed' herself and continued. "She told." Sydney paused for a moment, racking her brain for someone who she'd seen Misty hang out with today. Ash assumed the slight pause was to collect herself. Whew, was he off course. Sydney then continued for the third time in this conversation. "Michelle. that the only reason I was dating you is. is because that you have eight gym badges, and you're going into the competition this summer, and. Oh Ash, you know that's not true!"
"It's okay, Syd, I know you're not using me," he said. Sydney smiled on the other line. 'Wow, I should be an actor!' she thought to herself. "Well," she sniffed one more time for good measure, "I'd better get going now. Thank you, Ash." And with those words, she hung up, leaving Ash no chance to reply.
". you're welcome."
Hearing that the conversation was over, Pikachu re-entered the room. "Pikachu pi, kachu pi chu pika? Chu ka pika? {What's wrong with you, Ash?? Can't you tell she was lying??}" Ash grumbled. "Listen, Pikachu. you've been on Syd's case ever since day one, so why don't you just drop it?"
Pikachu, now completely offended, raced up to the open windowsill. "Pikachu, wait!" Ash called, jumping up from his spot on the carpet. But it was too late, Pikachu had already jumped out of the open window and landed daintily on the grass-covered ground below. Ash sighed, head poking out of the window. "Fine then, go!" he shouted. When he pulled his head back inside the window, he whispered to the empty room, "Just be careful."
***
Misty looked up from her reading to a sound from outside of her room window. She peeked over the windowsill, still half laying down, to see a spot of yellow darting around from tree to tree. Before she knew it, Sparky hopped up beside her. She saw his gaze intently upon the moving critter, and upon closer inspection, Miaty recognized it as a Pikachu. She glanced sideways at her own pikachu and noticed the look in his eyes. "Oooh, Sparky, that wouldn't be a girl pikachu, would it?" she taunted.
Sparky turned and gave her a funny look, tail swishing back and forth behind him stiffly in annoyance. "Alright, alright. should I let you go say hi?" She smiled as she saw Sparky's cheeks go an even darker shade than they already were. She opened the window and watched happily as her pokemon made his way to the other pikachu. Wanting to give them some privacy, she laid back down on her bed and continued reading her novel. She sighed, 'Ah, nothing like young love.'
***
Ash whipped his head around as he saw his Pikachu walk in through the little 'Pika-door' in the main entrance. "Pikachu?" he asked her. She had a glazed expression in her eyes, and she kind of swayed when she walked. Ash walked up to his mom. "Mom, what's up with Pikachu? Is she drunk?"
Deliah took one look at the young rodent and abruptly laughed. "Drunk?? No, sweetie. she's not drunk!"
Ash looked at his mom strangely. "Then what's wrong with her??" he asked.
Deliah laughed again. "Nothing's wrong with her, Ash. Just let her be."
Ash sighed, totally confused. "Whatever mom, I'm going to bed."
"God choice," she said. "After all, you've got school tomorrow!"
He grumbled. "Don't remind me."
***
Misty smiled after the encounter Sparky just had. "Ah, it's nice to see him make new friends," she thought. "Or girlfriends," she reminded herself. The smiled then slid off her face. "Oh gosh, I still have to tell Ash about Sydney, don't I? Oh, this is going to be so hard."
Sighing, she rolled over in her bed, preparing for another long day of school tomorrow.
***
"Pika. CHU!!"
Ash was woken from his dreamless sleep by the electrifying jolt of one of Pikachu's lightening bolts. "Aaah, Pikachu! How many times do I have to tell you. that's what my alarm clock's for!"
He looked down at his toasted pyjamas and sighed. And his mother wondered why she spent so much money on him for clothes. He rubbed the burnt sleep out of his eyes and coughed, some black smoke emitting from his mouth. Walking into the shower, he muttered "If I get lung cancer, I'm blaming it on you." Pikachu just giggled at her trainer's antics.
***
"Ash!" Misty yelled, finally spotting him on the school grounds. Ash turned around to see who was calling him, and turned right back the other way when he saw who it was.
"Ash," Misty panted, now standing beside him. "What do you want?" he interrupted coldly. Misty looked at him, confused. 'Maybe he just had a bad morning,' she concluded. "Ash, I have to talk to you."
"Shoot," he said, his back still to her. Misty ignored it, and continued onto her confession on what she had seen the previous day. "Ash, yesterday, I saw Gary and Sydney in the hall after school, and they. they were kissing, Ash. Your girlfriend's cheating on you."
Ash turned and faced her, staring cruelly. "Yeah, just like she's only going out with me for my badges, right? Huh?"
Misty looked at him, hurt. "What are you talking about? I never-"
Ash quickly cut her off. "Yeah, that's just what you want me to think. I'll have you know that Syd phoned my last night and told me what you've been saying."
"Wh-what I've been saying?" she repeated. "I don't know-"
"Just leave me and my girlfriend alone, you hear me, Waterflower? Lay off."
Misty was about to protest, but bit her tongue at the last minute. 'What things have I been saying? I haven't done anything! What a liar!'
"Fine then, don't believe me." She walked away from him. "Your loss."
***
The school day went by quickly, and soon Misty found herself in the hallway again. But this time, there were other people there too. She was just putting some things back into her locker when she realized that she forgot her health book in her last class. Collecting the rest of her necessities, she hurried towards the currently unused classroom. 'I hope they haven't locked the door yet,' she thought, racing down the hall.
When she looked in the classroom, she saw, again, the sight she'd seen the previous day. Instead of making any noise, though, she ran back the way she came, only hoping Ash hadn't left yet. 'I guess they thought no one would see them in an empty classroom.'
She spotted the bright red of Ash's hat and, without speaking, began dragging him down the opposing.
"Hey, what do you think-"
This time it was her turn to cut him off.
"Shut up. I have proof now that what I said was true. Just look!"
She pointed her finger to the classroom of which she just recently left. They both walked up to the classroom, and peered inside.
The classroom clear in their sight, the two pokemon trainers had these two facial expressions; utter shock, and smug satisfaction.
***
TBC.
Oooh, cliffhanger! *ducks from people firing cans and other garbage* I'm sorry it took longer than the other one, and is shorter (I think.), and worst of all, it's a cliffy. Well, now to the reviewers.! (At least that's something you can look forward to, ne?)
NekoSan: I'm glad you liked it so much! Thanks for the review!
Crystal Arcanine: Well, you were right!! Sydney is causing trouble. Well, you've always gotta have a bad guy, eh? Lol. Yeah, I did update fast, and I'm hoping to keep up the pace!! (I have a habit of updating the first 3 or 4 chapters quickly, and then losing it from there. you should see my other account, not even half are finished, and I'm already starting on another one!!) Heh heh, thanks for reviewing the first and second chapters!
Childsnake: Thanks for the review!! Yah, and I know that the pokemon rule sucks.. But tell me which rules at your school do you think are 'fair'? Lol. Well, you've got your word fight, and many more to come! Thank you for your ideas and comments, and thanks for your email, too! I hope you'll stick with me as this story continues!
Kasuka: Really? You think so? Well, thank you! Yes, I try to make my chapters better as they go along, but a lot of times it doesn't work out that way. heh heh. Thanks for your review!
LavenderEspeon: Yay! (lol) Here's your next chapter, and yes, as you already know, I did get the song from Avril Lavigne! (whoo, you kick ass, girl!) Heh. Anyway, I hope you like this chapter as well, my birthday friend! I shall see you in my future reviews then, huh? Thanks for reviewing!
Purrfect Kittie a.k.a Damita: You're welcome for the comment, and guess what? Here's another one! Thank you for liking it so much, and I hope that this chapter got your mind off of your flame! (I've never gotten one before, but I think they're really stupid, so don't worry, just remember that the person who gave it to you probably isn't smart enough to think of 'constructive critism', or probably doesn't even know what it means! ^.~) The review is greatly appreciated, you always give me lots to think about!
Chika: You really think it's one of the best ones? Oooh, I feel all happy inside!! Thank you so much! Wow, I'm in the top of someone's list! Heh, wow, I think I'm taking this a little too dramatically.. But I'm a romance writer, I thrive on drama! Heh heh.. thanks for the review, Chika! T'was greatly appreciated!
DeathAngelHell: Oh, the best school ficcie? Already?? With just 2 (3) chapters? I feel so honoured!! Oh, I think we must have been on the same wavelength, because about 10 minutes before I checked my reviews, I thought of the exact same thing! (About the Pikachus) But thanks for the idea, I have a feeling that if I didn't think about it beforehand, I would've used it for sure! Lol, I think the whole Brock/Misty bit is funny, too. I just can't help feeling that that's how Brock would react to Misty had they met under different circumstances. Well, I thank you greatly for the review, and I hope that this chapter is up to your standards as being 'the best school ficcie'!
Myst_Lady: Thanks for more reat ideas, Myst! Oh, you just made me realize that I totally left Brock/Tracey out of this chapter. well, I think that it's because of the Ash/Misty problem, and the pikachu bit! He he. And you bet Tracey's gonna be preppy. I mean, can you imagine him as a rebel? A class clown?? Well, I can't. so anywayz, thanks again for the ideas! I have a feeling I'll need them when I near my usual mid-fic slump! (he he, lol)
Suxie: *sigh*Mine is perfect. oooh, I'm getting an overload of compliments tonight!! Err, this morning. whatever. But thank you!! I'm glad I have the power to make you 'read without sleeping'.. You'll never sleep again!! HAHAHA!! Lol, actually, I think I'm the one who needs sleep, considering it's quarter after 3 in the morning. well, I hope you liked this chapter as much as the rest! (no matter how short.) Thanks!
________: ... you didn't leave a name, now I can't thank you properly!! Well, I hope you know who you are, and if you're reading this, thank you! Don't worry, I'm not planning on abandoning this fic this early. so you'll be getting lots more!!
Virgo Writer: Well, you may not think that it's long now, but later on when this story isn't as new, you'll have a lot longer wait!! (and especially if this continues on into the school months!!) Thanks for reviewing both chapter two, and the Prologue!
Well, that's all of the reviewers of chapter 2 as of 3:19 AM Est., so a big round of applause goes to all of them!! Now, the Best Reviewer for chapter 2!!
The winner is...
LavenderEspeon!! This wonderful reviewer has taken the initiative to email me. several times!! Thanks to those emails, I've found out tonz about her, and the fact that we have the same birthday and favourite singer! Let's give her a big round of applause for being friendly, and noticing the origin of my title!! Get writing your reviews now, and maybe you'll be the next chapter's winner!!
Thanks for reading all of my rants, they're practically half of the story itself!! (Hey, stuff it, I like to talk, okay?) Lol. Thank you for all of your constant support!!
~Violet Emeralds~