A Journey Begins
Chapter 4:
Brendan: I'm gonna be the new host! Not Kikio Shiroshi! She's been treating me badly.
Kikio: (Gets Brendan plushie and rips head off.) Muhahaha!
Brendan: See? Well, Enjoy.
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That night, Brawly let Ash and Co. stay at his house with Brendan and Steven. It was dinnertime, but Brendan wasn't there. May looked around the table and he wasn't there. His Pokemon were though. "Steven, do you know where Brendan is?" she asked.
"I think he's outside, he said he'll eat later. He seemed to have something on his mind." Said Steven. May said thank you and went outside.
Brendan was on the shore standing on a bunch of rocks. He looked into the ocean, thinking about his sister Mikuru. 'Damn Team Magma, why did they take my sister?' He picks up a rock and throws it to the water. 'Mikuru, I'm coming, and I'm going to do it alone.'
"Brendan?"
Brendan turns and sees May walking towards him. "May? Hey, what's going on?"
She looked nervous. "W-why aren't you eating with us?"
He smirked. "I should ask the same, you're not at the table either."
'Is he toying with me?' thought May.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to toy with you. I just came here to think. Do you want to talk?" The two sat down, but it was silent, an awkward silence.
'I'm finally with him, but what do I say?' thought May.
'I'm finally with her, but do I say?' thought Brendan.
It was silent for a few minutes until May talked. "So you and Steven, does he always tease you like that?" that started up a huge conversation. First Brendan talked about he and Steven and how he became a Pokemon Trainer. Then May talked about how she met Ash and her adventure of being a coordinator. The talked for at least an hour or more.
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At Brawley's house, they were all washing the dishes, but Ash wondered where May was. "Hey Steven, May and Brendan have been gone for a while, what do you think they're doing?" asked Ash.
"Probably making out." Said Steven.
"What?!" yelled Ash and Max.
"Ha! Got you there!"
"Steven is always making jokes." Explained Brawly.
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"So that's why you were in the water." Brendan had just explained why he was in the water when they met.
"Yeah, sometimes I wish I didn't become the champion because of those fans. Last time one girl took my shoes." They laughed. Then May had just remembered the jacket.
"Um- Brendan, you know I still have you're jacket."
Brendan looked confused. "What jacket?" he asked stupidly.
"The jacket you gave me when I fell in the ocean!" she pulls out the jacket from her backpack. "This Brendan." She gives it to him.
Brendan smiles, but then puts his lip. 'That's when I had to do mouth to mouth on her. Is that considered a first kiss?' he wondered. "Now I remember. You can keep it, I don't need it." He says giving it back.
"Are you sure? It's yours." Brendan nodded. "But Brendan, I like you a lot, but I'm not like those fan girls!" she exclaimed. "At least I didn't steal it."
Brendan gives a smirk. "Oh? So you like me?"
'What?! Did I say that?' she thought 'Oh no, did I just-. "Um, I gotta-" May tried to run, but Brendan grabbed her arm.
"May wait, I like you too." May turns and looks at Brendan. Their eyes met. Then, they got closer together, close enough that their lips almost met. They could feel each other breath. Just when they were about kiss, they both pull back. "Um- did we almost?"
May nodded her head. They both turned away from each other. 'I can't believe it! I don't know him that well and I was about to kiss him! But I wanted to kiss him! My first kiss!' she screamed in her head.
'No! I was about to have my first kiss! Why did I ruin it?!' he yelled in his mind. They both sat down and each tried to change the subject. "So, you want to be a coordinator huh?"
She nodded her head. "I want to be the best coordinator."
He smiled again. "Just like my sister."
"Hm?"
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At Brawley's house, they were all about to go to bed, well, Brawly was already sleeping. But Ash wanted to stay up and ask Steven questions. "So why did you need to find that fire stone, Steven?" he asked.
Steven sighed. "It's actually about Brendan's sister."
"His sister?" this got Ash to shut up and listen. Max and Brock decided to listen too.
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"Yeah, my sister, she also wanted to become a coordinator, and she did. She won the Grand Festival. And when she did, she beat everyone who goes up to her. But about a week ago, she was kidnapped. Explained Brendan.
"Kidnapped?" asked Max.
"Yeah, by Team Magma."
Both Steven and Brendan talked about why they were at the Granite Cave and Mikuru. They explained what Team Magma has done to Brendan's house and what they did to Steven. They said they need the firestone to shape it like an orb to replace it with the real orb.
"I want to get her back." Said Brendan. "And get back at Team Magma. I can't forgive on what they have done."
"Then why don't we help?" asked May
"Steven, we'll help get her!" exclaimed Ash.
"No, I don't want you to get hurt May." Said Brendan. "They hurt Steven, and I'm scared to think what they will do to you!" Brendan started trembling.
"Absolutely not!" yelled Steven. "Team Magma gave me a huge scar on my back. I'm lucky that was just it. They're not playing, they can kill you guys."
May only stares at him. Her sapphire eyes caught his attention "Brendan, I want to help, even if it means getting hurt." She touches his cheek. "I said I like you a lot, and I would do anything to make you happy." She goes up to him and kisses him on the cheeks. Then she walks back to the house.
Brendan doesn't follow her, but stood there. He put his hand in a fist. "Sorry May," he whispered. "I'm going alone, and you can't stop me.
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"Oh." Sighed Ash. "But are you sure? We've been through a lot of dangerous adventures."
Steven nodded. "Once you have won the Dewford gym, we'll be leaving."
The door opened, with May's head low. "Hey May, what took you so long?" asked Ash. "You missed dinner. May?" He looks at her eyes. Ash could see pain. "May?"
"Huh? Sorry Ash, I'll just go to bed." She climbs into the bed and put the sheets over her head. 'Brendan…' she thought.
Everyone did the same, but Steven. He waited until everyone was asleep. When they were, he got out of bed and looked out the window and sees Brendan on the rocks. 'He's still awake?'
Out on the rocks Brendan was still awake. Then he sits down and starts drawing on the sand. It was a plan to escape from them! "Now, I can't leave now, I would have to leave after Ash wins his badge, and when they all sleep, I'll escape." 'Hm, Steven doesn't know I know he's watching me right now.'
Steven yawns. 'Hm, he can come here on his own. I'm sleepy.' He crawls back into bed.
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The next morning, Brendan was still at the rocks. He had just woken up. "Hm, did I sleep here last night?" he thought. He looks at the ocean and sees Brawley already surfing. "Brawley? He's already surfing, what time is it?
At Brawley's house, everyone was at the breakfast table, except Brendan and Brawley. Ash was bugging Steven if he would battle him for training. Brock was still making eggs and Max was helping. May have just gotten down.
"Hey, where's Brendan?"
"I think he's still outside." Replied Steven. "I don't think he ever came in since last night."
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This caught May's attention. Brendan wasn't at the rocks anymore, but instead went into the Granite Cave. He eventually found the waterfall and washed himself in it. He then got out and looked for some berries to eat. He didn't feel like going to the house and face May. He eventually found a berry bush with sweet pecha berries and ate those. It wasn't such a good breakfast, but it was decent. Once he was done, he climbed into a tree, lied down on one of the branches and started to think about his escape plan.
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At Brawley's house, everyone had just started breakfast, and Brawley had just come in from surfing. "Hey Steven, why don't you surf, the waves are great today!" exclaimed Brawley patting Steven on the back.
"You know I can't surf Brawley." Replied Steven.
"I know, I just love it when you say that!" Brawley said laughing. Everyone laughed, but Steven looked annoyed.
"Just eat already." He said.
"Hey Brawley, when you were surfing, did happen to you see Brendan on the rocks?" asked May.
"Actually, I did see some kid with white hair on the rocks and I thought it was Brendan, but when I went to the rocks, he was gone. I wonder what he was doing on the rocks." He explained.
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Brendan was on the tree humming the song 'boulevard of broken dreams'. "Hm, some time to myself, haven't gotten this much time since I became the champion. Nothing can ruin this."
"Hurry up James! Those twerps won't suspect a thing!" yelled a familiar harsh female voice.
"Oh what now!" said Brendan. He climbs to a higher branch to see what was going on.
"Do you really think this net would do us any good?" asked Meowth.
"Of course it would! This rope is made of nylon, it shouldn't break, and it's electric absorber, so we can't get hurt. We'll just catch Pikachu and their other Pokemon." Explained Jessie, tying the rope together. "Now all we need to do is wait, then we can get Pikachu!" Team Rocket cheered on.
Brendan looked at them. 'Hm, is this all they got? Should I do something about it, but I don't have my Pokemon.'
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Everyone was done with breakfast and cleaning up. With that done, they all went to the beach. Brawley was surfing, Max and May were in the water swimming, Ash and Steven were battling, and Brock was the referee. Brendan's Pokemon, however, went looking for him. They all went to the woods, because they were able to pick up his scent there.
'Brendan!' yelled Swampert.
'Castform, can you see Brendan from up there?' called Mightyena.
The Castform shook his head.
The Pokemon continued looking. Brendan was still up in the tree watching Team Rocket, hiding in a bush.
"Are you sure they're even coming this way?" asked James.
"Well they have too eventually, just shut up." Replied Jessie.
"Quite, I think I hear footsteps." Said Meowth. Brendan listened closely and there were footsteps.
'I think we're closer to Brendan.' Said Milotic.
'I hope so, we've looking for almost an – AHHH!'
All the Pokemon didn't see it, but they had just fallen into Team Rocket's trap. Brendan jumped from the tree to rescue them, but then once he landed on the ground, another net took him by surprised. "How did I not see that?" wondered Brendan.
'Hey, at least we found Brendan' said Swampert. Milotic smacked him on the back of the head.
"Yahoo! We got them!" yelled Team Rocket, holding a net. But they looked at the nets and it was Brendan and his Pokemon. "Aww man, it's that other twerp." Said Jessie.
"Who are ya calling a twerp you fat woman?!" yelled Brendan.
"I'm not fat!" screamed Jessie. "At least we got something for the boss."
"Yeah, won't he be happy that we gave him not only rare Pokemon, but a servant too?" said Meowth. "Once we deliver them to him, he'll be pleased that he won't have to get up anymore to get a drink of water at night, all he'll have to do is call his servant then he'll get it. Then he'll say, 'Meowth and his friends are geniuses to get me a servant always by my side.'"
"Then we'll be rich!" they all said in union.
"I'M NO SERVANT TO A STINKEN LAZY BUM!" yelled Brendan.
"But, we still need that Pikachu." Said James.
Just then Meowth thought of a plan, they'd use Brendan as a hostage then capture Pikachu, but still keep Brendan and his Pokemon. Then, they got out their hot air balloon and took Brendan and his Pokemon.
"Guys, I'm sorry I got you into this mess." Apologized Brendan,
'We forgive you, but how to we get out?' asked Castform.
'I'm way ahead of you.' Said Mightyena. He started to bite on the rope.
"I think we're going to need a better plan than that." Said Brendan.
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Over at the beach, it wasn't looking too good for Ash and his Pokemon. Steven was definitely winning. Everyone was out of the water to watch.
"Metagross, use meteor mash!" yelled Steven. His Metagross did so.
"Pikachu, dodge and use thunderbolt." Yelled Ash. His Pikachu dodge and hit Metagross with a strong thunderbolt. "Good, then use quick attack!"
Pikachu ran up to Metagross, but then, a long claw from the sky and grabbed Pikachu right before he attacked Metagross. "Pika, Pika!" he yelled.
"Pikachu!" yelled Ash.
"Hahahahahaha!" everyone looked up and saw Team Rocket.
"Team Rocket!" they all yelled.
"Hm, Prepare for trouble,"
"And make it double, "
"To protect the world from devastation,"
"To unite all peoples within our nation,"
"To denounce the evils of truth and love,"
"To extend our reach to the stars above, "
"Jesse,"
"James,"
"Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light, "
"So surrender now or prepare to fight,"
"Meowth, that's right."
"Wobbuffet!"
"Hey, give hi Pikachu back!" yelled Steven.
"Ha! Just try it!" yelled James.
"Pikachu, use thundershock!" yelled Ash. Once Pikachu did, Team Rocket didn't get hurt, instead, they laughed.
"Do you think we would fall for that old trick again?" laughed Jessie.
"We should show them where the current went." Said Meowth. Meowth pressed a red button. Then from under the hot air balloon basket, came out Brendan in a net, looking like he was in a lot of pain.
"Brendan!" screamed May.
Meowth explained how Pikachu's electric shock travels to the net Brendan were in. So Pikachu can't use any electric shocks unless he wants to hurt Brendan.
"Let him go!" yelled May.
"Yeah!" yelled Brock and Max.
"Only if you give us you're Pokemon." Said James.
Ash's face was angry, he couldn't let go of his Pokemon, but Brendan. "Don't worry about me Ash! You'll find out some way to save Pikachu!" yelled Brendan.
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In another compartment was his Pokemon trying to break free. 'This glass just won't break!' yelled Swampert.
'Yes it will! All we have to do is work together!' Said Milotic.
'Okay, now you sound like some kind of kid superhero like what Mikuru use to watch.' Said Mightyena. Milotic smacked him on the head with her fin.
'You know what I mean!' all the Pokemon used all their strength and hit the glass. It finally shattered, and they were all free! They all jumped down and landed on the beach.
"Ah! How did they escape?!" asked James.
"Just get them back!" yelled Jessie.
'You get Pikachu Castform, I'll get Brendan.' Ordered Mightyena. The Pokemon nodded and went off. Castform went up to Pikachu and started to use body slam on the claw until it set Pikachu free. Once Pikachu was free, he fell and Ash caught him. Mightyena used his claws to cut the rope, with that, Brendan broke out and started to fall. Luckily Steven ran and caught Brendan.
"Okay Pikachu, now use Thunder on Team Rocket!" Pikachu jumps up and hit Team Rocket with a huge thunder, sending them flying.
"Looks like Team Rocket is blasting off again!" they yelled.
Once they were out of site, everyone ran to Steven and Brendan. "Is he okay?" asked Brawley, Brendan was in a lot of pain. Brock went up and put his head on his forehead incase Brendan had a fever.
"No fever, he just need rest." Brock said.
Brendan opens his eyes and looks at Steven. "Steven?"
"Yes?"
"As much as I enjoy the comfort of your arms, can you put me down?" he asked.
Steven blushed and put him down. When Brendan sat up, May ran towards him and slapped him, with tears coming out of her eyes. "How can you do that to your self?" then she grabs him and hugs him tightly. "I-I was so worried!" Brendan sighed and hugged her too.
"Sorry about our battle Pikachu." Said Ash holding Pikachu in his arms. "I guess we'll try later."
"There's no need Ash, rest you're Pikachu and then go battle Brawley." Said Steven.
"But Steven…"
"I can see that you are a powerful trainer. I know you can win."
Ash smiled. "Did you hear that Pikachu? Steven said we could win!"
That afternoon Ash battled Brawley and won, just like Steven said. Even though Steven they would leave once Ash wins his badge, they both decided to say one more night. And that night was going to be Brendan's escape.
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A/N: Okay, that was chapter four. I know I didn't explain the battle between Ash and Brawley, but I'm too lazy too. And I know Brock didn't show up as much, so I'm sorry for that. I hate writing Team Rocket's motto! It's sooo annoying! Well, I hope you like it!
Brendan: Yeah, you better like it!