Hello again! Wow, okay I promise not to call the review button neglected anymore. You guys are great! Special thanks to my new reviewers: Sorafrosty, I really appreciate your review, and yes, I am having fun! Mystery umbreon, I'm glad you like it! I try. Anyways, if you're wondering why I didn't update yesterday, I'll say it here and on my profile. I can't update Saturdays, holidays, or days when I'm away for necessary things (like band leadership camp, I'm section leader! Woo!)
Alright, I don't own Pokemon, though I sincerely wish I did. And if I did, you guys wouldn't have to disclaim either!
After a couple of hours of complaining, and blaming Darian for being lost, Jenny finally "found" the Pokemon center. In truth, Darian asked somebody for directions and Jenny overheard, running down the correct streets with Darian in tow.
"We're here! We're finally here Darian!" Jenny exclaimed as they walked through the doors, acting as though it had been the ambition of their lives to reach this very Pokemon center. Surprisingly, a few of the trainers from earlier were still here, and while some of them immediately started giggling, one of them actually approached Jenny, who had marched triumphantly up to the counter, handing Nurse Joy Saur's pokeball, and showing off her shiny badge.
"You two are back it seems." The boy smirked. Well, "boy" was used loosely, because the person in question was older than Jenny by a lot of years. If she had to guess, she would say about seventeen. He was dressed in all black, and he had spiky black hair, which made his disarmingly green eyes stick out, even though they were half-lidded, either from force of habit, or boredom. There were many piercings in his ears and nose.
Jenny instinctively shrunk back from the Goth. He was scarier than Saur. "Yes, we are." she squeaked, to the boy's amusement. "Did you need something?"
"Oh nothing," the boy said offhandedly, "You just… caused quite a commotion back there and a couple of my friends and I were wondering where you went. I guessed the psychiatric institution."
"A what?" Jenny asked, unfamiliar with the big words. Darian, who had walked up behind them after chatting with another trainer, bristled.
"In other words, the crazy house." Darian said, glaring at the boy.
"Woah, chill. I just wanted to know where you guys went." he said, holding his hands up innocently.
"None of your business, but if it was, we would tell you that we won gym badges." Darian said, still glaring.
Jenny watched this whole exchange, glancing back and forth as if she were watching a tennis match. She sensed the tension and decided to make her leave.
"I just…remembered that I have to… call my mother!" she said pointedly, hurrying towards the videophones.
She rushed up to a green box and dialed her mother's number. However, when her mother picked up, she did not reply in the way Jenny expected.
"WHERE THE HECK* HAVE YOU BEEN?" her mother screamed, somehow loud enough for all the center to hear and fall silent, even though she wasn't on speaker.
"Mama, could you-"
"DON'T YOU 'MAMA' ME! YOU'VE BEEN MISSING FOR A WEEK! A WEEK! A WHOLE WEEK AND YOU DIDN'T CALL ME! YOU DIDN'T ANSWER YOUR PHONE! FOR ALL I KNEW, YOU COULD HAVE BEEN DEAD!"
Ariel Sage seemed to be getting more hysterical by the minute, and even though it humiliated Jenny, the rest of the center, even Nurse Joy, was captivated. Some people even had popcorn, for some strange reason.
"Mama…" she tried again weakly, but to no avail.
"DIDN'T I TELL YOU TO CALL ME ONCE YOU GOT TO VIRIDIAN? DIDN'T I? AND JUDGING FROM THE LOOKS OF THAT SHABBY CENTER YOU'RE IN RIGHT NOW, THAT'S DEFINITELY NOT VIRIDIAN!"
The center collectively groaned, and Nurse Joy clutched her hand to her heart as if mortally wounded. Jenny felt like dying.
"Well, I-"
"WHERE ARE YOU ANYWAY? I'M COMING TO GET YOU! IF YOU CAN'T EVEN HANDLE THIS SMALL RESPONSIBILITY, THEN THERE'S NO WAY YOU'RE GOING ON THIS JOURNEY! AND IF YOU THINK-"
"MAMA! I got a gym badge…"
This derailed Jenny's mother, even though her volume somehow mystically stayed the same. "Oh really? Sweetie that's great! From whom?"
"Brock." She said, and thankfully, people around her started to lose some interest.
"YOU'RE IN PEWTER CITY?" Just like that, the popcorn munchers were back.
"Yes Mama, I-love-you-Oh!-look-at-the-time-I-have-to-go-call-you-when-I-get-to-Cerulean-by-the-way-I-lost-my-phone-bye." With that, Jenny hung up, rather forcefully, whirling on her heel and facing towards the rest of the center.
"What?" Jenny asked, to a couple of giggles. "Never had an angry mother?"
"I think we all have. Just… not ones who were so public." Nurse Joy said, and most of the people nodded agreement as they turned back to whatever they had been doing.
Jenny, still blushing, walked back over to Darian and the Goth, who had resumed arguing.
"What kind of name is Farrkquad anyway?" Darian was asking.
"A good one. One that defies convention and shows originality and unwillingness to conform." the Goth said calmly.
"You two still at it? I mean really now! And do you have to use such big words?" Jenny said, trying to sound confident.
"Fine with me," Farrkquad said, "I just wanted to know how his weakling Charmander beat an Onix. Even if Brock was distracted, that seems almost impossible."
"Because, if you must know, Darian didn't fight an Onix; he fought a Geodude. Char is really strong, and to say Brock was distracted would be implying that he was still able to fight! He couldn't stop looking at Karen's-"
"Hey now! That Geodude was just as strong as the Onix! You just had a type advantage with Saur!"
Farrkquad laughed. "So that's how. Chill little dude, I just wanted to know. Coulda told me, and I'd of been off your case." he sauntered off to where his gothy friends sat. "Besides," he called over his shoulder. "My Koffing and I totally beat Brock without him being distracted."
"I don't like that boy. At all." Darian stated, crossing his arms.
"Me neither." Jenny agreed. She sighed. "I wish we had some money."
Darian turned to her. "Random much?"
"Well, you know what they say! Shopping is very therapying- I think that's the word, and we only have one outfit each, both of which are totally destroyed right now."
"And whose fault is that?'
"Shut up." Jenny slapped him over the head. "Help me think of ways to make money."
Nurse Joy, who had -not- been listening from the counter hoping for another entertaining incident, spoke up. "You could always battle for money. Besides, didn't Brock give you money for winning?"
Jenny looked at Darian, who smiled sheepishly. "Well, I figured that if you knew, you would go off and spend it on the first shiny thing you saw. I guess we could spend it on clothes, since we need them so badly."
The only thing that stopped Jenny from hitting Darian again was her joy at the prospect of shopping, so instead, she asked Nurse Joy for directions to the nearest clothes shop and dragged Darian out the door.
When they walked into the 'Chic Jynx' , money in hand, they were immediately assaulted by several salespeople. Jenny, obviously experienced at this, glared at them icily and informed them that they already knew what they wanted. The salespeople quickly backed off, sensing a higher power among them.
Jenny then happily skipped off towards a section of the store that was swathed completely in blue, dragging Darian along unwillingly, alarmed by Jenny's unpredictable mood changes.
"We'll need summer AND winter wear, but since we're just launching into summer, we can wait for the winter stuff. Although, I have to have this hoodie now. And these shorts are cute. Oh yeah! I need shoes, I've been walking around all this time sans one shoe. Ooh, I need this shirt!" Just like that, Jenny had three things and was looking for another. Darian was frankly afraid of her shopping efficiency, and didn't even want to know how much experience she had with this. He wandered off to the yellow section, hoping to find something cheap enough and cool enough to match his previous outfit. He agreed with Jenny that the winter wear could wait, so he just walked straight past the gloves and scarves and picked up a pair of yellow shorts. They looked to girly for him however, so he moved on. Half an hour later, he still hadn't found anything, but Jenny had found him. To his surprise, she only had one bag in her hand.
When he asked her about it, she simply said, "There were so many things I wanted, but we don't have enough money." and with that, she rifled through the yellow clothes and picked out a pair of jeans and a yellow and black shirt.
Darian sighed. At least Jenny had learned moderation.
"Stay here." Jenny said, and she handed him her bag and dove into the rack of clothes. Seconds later, before he had a chance to look in the bag and see what she had bought, she was back out with the exact same clothes, only a size larger.
"Here," she said throwing the clothes at his head, "And don't look in there, you'll go blind."
He laughed and picked up a pair of yellow tennis shoes, but Jenny was already walking towards the register. "Hurry up Slowpoke!" she called back.
Darian wasn't sure he liked the monster shopping made Jenny become, but he followed anyway. At the register, he was shocked by the amount of money all his clothes cost, but Jenny seemed to take it in stride.
"Relax!" she said. "We'll still have plenty of money to get some food for Saur and Char, as well as us. Apparently, Brock was feeling generous today!"
"She's not kidding, buddy boy." the girl at the counter said. "Usually he gives out about two thirds of this. What did you guys do?"
"He was probably preoccupied with the substitute referee," Jenny said casually, "I think he likes her."
"Sounds like Brock," the girl nodded knowingly, "He likes to think he's a ladies man. Well, you two got some stylin' outfits thanks to him, so at least it did something productive. Enjoy your day." she handed Darian's bags to him, and the two thanked her and walked out onto the streets.
"Jenny…" Darian said hesitantly.
"Yeah?"
"Why did that girl have rainbow hair?"
And this chapter is complete! What'd you guys think? Wait, don't stalk me or anything to personally tell me, tell me in the reviews! By the way, if there's an * next to a word, it means the word was changed to keep the K rating safe! Must protect it!
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