Hello FanFic Fam, King J here. I'm writing this little author's note to let you all know how much I appreciate you all reading my story. This is my first fanfic so I wasn't sure how it was going to be and I've been procrastinating with writing the chapters. But when I saw that it had almost 1700 views I felt so happy and appreciative that people are actually reading my story.
I'm going to try start updating a lot quicker than I have been in the past. You guys have been faithful to my story so it's only right that I be faithful to you and give you all what you so rightfully deserve… More chapters! I'm also going to put an Author's note at the beginning of each chapter now. Mainly because I haven't been communicating with you guys like I should be.
Now, I never thought I would be the guy to ask this but I would appreciate it more if you guys would leave me a review after each chapter to let me know if I'm doing good or bad or even to leave me some ideas of what you want to happen or what you think should happen. I may use your idea in an upcoming chapter. I never knew why authors ask their readers to write reviews so much until I actually wrote a story. We want to know from you guys if we're doing good or bad and if the story is even worth continuing.
Another note, this one pertaining to the story, is I realized that in chapter 5 I gave Rico Gigalith and Rex Darmanitan and in chapter 6 I reversed them. To clear up all confusion there may or may not be, chapter 6 is the way it's supposed to be. I don't know what happened in chapter 5 but just try to ignore it. It's just a minor mistake.
Well, I think that's about enough ranting from me. Let's get to the story now.
Oh, one more thing. Since I didn't put this in the first 6 chapters, I should probably do it for this chapter. Everyone's favorite part of any story on FanFic….. The DISCLAIMER! I DO NOT OWN POKEMON IN ANY WAY! I do, however, own all rights and privileges to the smoothie place, Shack Smoothie and the characters Rico and Rex. ;)
OK…. Onward with the story! Oh, and don't forget to please, please, PLEASE, write a review. Thanks. Ok now on to the story, for real this time….
{Chapter 7}
Drew P.O.V.
Jimmy and I were having a conversation about how we think we did on our finals.
"I think I did pretty well on all my exams," Jimmy stated. "Well, all except Pokemon Psychology."
"Pokemon Psychology?" I asked with a confused expression on my face. "Dude, why did you take that class?"
"Well, if I take it and pass it now I won't have to take it in college," he explained simply.
"You want to be a Pokemon Psychologist?" I asked in disbelief. "Wait, you want to go to college?" I asked in even more disbelief.
"Yeah, of course I do!" he exclaimed. "I mean, Misty says that she doesn't want a dead-beat guy. She wants a good looking, intelligent, reliable man that can hold a job. So, if I want to be that man, I need an education."
"Hold on," I said, bringing him to a halt. "Since when are you into Misty?"
"I don't know," he replied. "I guess as the years went by, I've gotten more and more attracted to her. She's my soul mate."
"Yeah? Well your 'soul mate' is on her way to go talk to Richie."
"What? That bastard." We both watched as Misty made her way over to Richie. We sat and watched the m converse, not knowing what the hell they were talking about.
"Ok, that's it! I've had enough," Jimmy blurted out. "I'm gonna walk over there and find out what the hell they're talking about." Just as Jimmy got up to go over there, we saw Richie stand and start to walk away from Misty.
"Hey! Where are you going?" I shouted over to Richie while walking towards him.
"To go look for Ash and May," he shouted back. "They should've been here by now. Somethings gotta be up."
I couldn't stand the thought of something happening to May. I needed to know she was alright. "I'll go with you!" I impulsively shouted.
"Uh… ok?" Richie said, sounding like he couldn't care less whether I came or not. "If we're not back in 10 minutes come looking for us," he told Misty.
"Alright," she said nodding her head. Then, she did something that shocked both me and Jimmy, and even Richie. She wrapped her arms around his neck, engulfing him in a big hug while telling him to "Be careful."
"I will," he said while wrapping his arms around her waist, returning the hug. I looked at Jimmy and saw that he was fuming.
"Uh… Maybe we should get going," I said trying to relieve Jimmy of the awkwardness I knew he was feeling.
"Oh, right," said Richie. "Well then, we're off." And with that we started walking.
We'd been walking in silence for at least 5 minutes before I realized, we have no idea where to even start looking.
"Hey, Richie?" I asked
"Yeah?" he asked back.
"Do you have any idea of where to look for them?"
"Yeah, I do. Ash said something about him and May getting smoothies after school. So I figured, why not look there first?"
"… Makes sense," I said, clearly angry but not trying to show it. That's so typical of Ash to try making a move on my girl while I'm not there. To prevent myself from thinking of a montage of events that could be going on between the two of them, I decided to change the subject.
"So… You and Misty? What's going on there? Tell me everything." I realized after I said it that I sounded like one of the girls trying to get in on the latest gossip.
"There's nothing to tell," he said, obviously lying though his teeth.
"Oh, bullshit," I retorted. "I saw the way you two were looking at each other while you were talking. And that hug you shared… that was no friendship hug. It had meaning to it."
"Alright fine," he said finally giving in. "We've been talking for about 3 weeks."
"Now, when you say 'talking'…"
"I mean like… just… you know… talking. On the phone, through texts, hanging out at each other's houses, and just enjoying each other's company. I mean, yeah, I guess you could say we 'like' each other. But we're not a couple, just real close friends."
"Wow… and all this for 3 weeks," I said. "Well you should know -." Right when I was about to tell him that Jimmy liked Misty too, we heard an explosion and saw smoke in the sky.
"That looks like it's coming from Shack Smoothie's area," Richie announced.
"Yeah. We'd better hurry and get over there." And with that we took off at a full on sprint towards Shack Smoothie. We were both on the football team – Richie being a Wide Receiver and me being a Half Back – so we were both pretty fast, getting there in no time at all. When we got there, we saw smoke pouring out the windows.
"Oh man," said Richie worriedly. "We've gotta get in there." Just when we were about to go in, we saw Ash come flying through one of the windows.
"Ahhh… Shit that hurt!" Ash yelled. "I'm definitely gonna feel this in the moring," he complained before passing out.
"What the Hell!" Richie exclaimed. "He gets his ass tossed through a window and all he's worried about is feeling it in the morning?"
"Really?" I asked. "That's what you're confused about? Because I'm wondering who the hell tossed his deserving ass through the window, but more importantly, where the hell May is." Just then, we saw a big, muscular man jump through the window Ash was tossed through, followed by a Darmanitan. Richie quickly rushed over to retrieve Ash, who was bleeding due to a cut on the right side of his forehead.
"Alright who are you and where the hell is May?" I asked in a demanding tone.
"Are you Richie and Drew of Cornett Town?" the mysterious figure asked.
"What the... How the hell do you know that?" Richie asked while lugging Ash over to where I was standing.
"NO QUESTIONS! EVALUATION BEGINS NOW!" the mysterious figure yelled.
"Evaluation?" Richie asked in a confused tone.
"Darmanitan, Hammer Arm!" the mysterious man said. And with that Darmanitan charged towards us, its arms glowing bright white. Then, it collided with Richie, sending him flying into a nearby tree. Itbthen started charging towards me. I jumped out the way, but still got hit. Not as bad as Richie, but hit none the less. I tumbled and rolled across the ground and when I looked up, I was in in front of Shack Smoothie's door, so I went in to look for May in there.
May P.O.V.
"Now, use Stone Edge Gigalith," Rex shouted. Before I could react, hundreds of sharp rocks began circling around Gigalith before charging right at Leavanny and knocking her out.
"Oh no! Leavanny, return," I said returning Leavanny to its pokeball.
Now that Leavanny was knocked out, I had no other pokemon to protect me. I knew I was finished.
"Now Gigalith," Rex began. I closed my eyes tight and tensed my muscles, bracing myself for the worst when suddenly;
"Roserade, use Pedal Dance!" Just then, thousands of pink flower pedals came into direct contact with Gigalith catching it off guard and pushing it back. I looked over to where I saw the attack come from and I saw him. It was none other than Drew with Roserade here to rescue me. He then quickly rushed to my side.
"We've gotta hurry and get outta here while Gigalith's stunned," he said to me.
"Right," I replied as we both quickly rushed out the door, only to have Rico and Darmanitan waiting for us. Well, this day just keeps getting better and better.
Misty P.O.V.
We had been waiting for about 10 minutes for Richie and Drew to come back with Ash and May, but they weren't back yet. I was beginning to get worried.
"Ok that's it," I shouted.
"What?" asked everyone in a confused tone.
"It's been 10 minutes and Richie isn't back with the others. I'm going to go look for them."
"Just calm down," said Zoey.
"Yeah," Dawn cosigned. "I'm pretty sure they're fine."
"How can you guys be so calm?" I shouted. "Our friends are out there, possibly in danger, and you're just acting so….. Calm!"
"Look, relax alright," Gary said trying to calm me down. "What did Richie say before he left?"
"That if he's not back in 10 minutes to go look for him."
"And where did he say he was going?"
"To Shack Smoothie."
"Well then he's probably fine. I mean, it takes at least 10 minutes to get to Shack Smoothie from here. They're probably there already getting Ash and May and are on their way back here right now as we speak."
"But how can you be so sure?"
"UGH! Enough!' Paul shouted. "If it'll make you feel any better, why don't we walk and meet them half way. And if we get to Shack Smoothie before we meet up with them, then something's wrong."
"Alright, that sounds good," I said, releasing a sigh of relief before I spoke.
"But what if you guys don't come back?" asked Jimmy. "Then some more of us are gonna have to go looking for you guys. Pretty soon we'll all be gone."
"That won't happen," Paul said. "Look, I've got a fool proof plan to get us all back here safe and sound if something were to happen. Misty and Gary come with me. The rest of you just stay here and try not to do anything dumb while we're gone."
"Gee, nice pep talk," said Max sarcastically.
After Paul was finish we took towards Shack Smoothie, being sure to check out surroundings to make sure they didn't get mugged and thrown into an alley or something. We were almost at Shack Smoothie and there was still no sign of Richie or anybody else. When we finally reached Shack Smoothie, I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Ash was out cold, bleeding from his head; Richie was knocked out in front of a tree that had a huge gaping hole in it; I looked towards the entrance saw some guy with a Darmanitan that looked like it was about to attack May and Drew. Then some other guy with a Gigalith came out of the restaurant, leaving May and Drew trapped.
"Go, Lucario! Use Water Pulse on Darmanitan!" Gary shouted.
"Gyarados, come out and use Hydro Pump on Gigalith!" I shouted after Gary. Lucario then emerged from its pokeball using Water Pulse, and then Gyarados emerged with a roar, follwed by Hydro Pump with both attacks hitting their mark.
"Alright, it's time to put this plan into action," said Paul. "Go, Alakazam!" he shouted, releasing his Alakazam from its pokeball. "Now Alakazam, use Teleport to take us back to the Battle Park. Alakazam nodded and did as its trainer commanded. One moment we were standing in front of Shack Smoothie, then the next, we were staring in the faces of all our friends back at the Battle Park.
Everyone was happy to see us back safe. But then the happy turned to worry when they saw the conditions Ash and Richie were in.
"What the hell happened to them?" asked Zoey, her voice cracking and her eyes beginning to tear up.
"I've got a feeling we're about to find out," said Paul waiting for May or Drew to start talking.
Well, that's chapter 7. Sorry it took so long to post, but again I'm going to try and post more often. I'll try for once a week and see how that goes.
Before I officially end this author's note, I just want to sincerely thank you guys again. It really means a lot that people actually read my story. So I thank you once more from the bottom of my heart; thank you! And once more, PLEASE leave a comment and tell me what you think. Until next time, Arrivederci!