Return of Close Friends Part 7
So after reading a bunch of romance and drama fanfictions, I decided to make my first long chapter. It took me about a week to finish it. If you like it, then please review. Anyway, if you're interested in what kind of romance fanfictions I'm interested in, then look at the bottom of this chapter. And, I'm a writer in fanfiction that likes to leave cliff hangers at the end of chapters. If you haven't noticed yet, then keep reading.
The top deck was then flooding with a group of small people, who obviously felt the flooding water in the low deck. There were about 3 people on the deck, who apparently tried to find a better exit then the side doors.
It was difficult to tell who they were over the noise, and the top deck was 30 feet off the ground. People were waving arms and calling out to the group.
Dawn made it to the dock along with Piplup and Buneary. Ash and the rest of the group made it, too. Emboar and Escavalier got up from the junk rainfall. They started firing at the doors, with flamethrower and hyperbeam, but by doing so they exploded open the doors, setting them on fire. It was hard to so, since the water from the giant hole on the ship was flooding halfway now, tilting the ship effectively. Not only that, but the doors Bianca's pokemon fired at were filling up with water, flooding even faster and more dangerously. But two figures that were still at the side doors (that were blasted open) managed to jump off safely, onto the dock next to Bianca's pokemon.
They were obviously an adult couple, because they held hands the whole time, rummaged each other extremely for even the slightest cut or gash, and they both had marriage rings. The woman had light, navy blue hair, a simple yellow dress and a sunhat. The man had a tan, handsome-like face, a Hawaiian shirt that matched the ship's style, and dark blue hair perfectly brushed to one side. Ash had met those people before. They were…
"Claire! Kain!" Ash cried, surprised to their arrival.
Claire and Kain turned surprisingly to his voice. Ash remembered now. Claire had been engaged to Kain while she met Ash and his friends in the Hoenn region.
"Ash, hon!" Claire called.
She and Kain walked across the dock to the group.
Claire smiled excitingly, completely ignoring the fact that the ship was sinking. "Hi, Ash! How has it been since you left Hoenn? It's been great for us! We were married on a beach like this! This island is so nice by the way. So much plants everywhere that it almost looks tropical. But enough about us. How has the Unova region been treating you? Have you gotten stronger? You look taller. Are these your friends? Do you have a girlfri—"
"Claire!" Kain gripped her hand. "Where's Spinda?"
Her face turned serious again. "Spinda? Wasn't he with you?"
"He was… until… the ship exploded, then we ran for the doors."
"Where's the last time you saw him?"
"Back at the ship, on the top deck—" He stopped himself, looking back at the ship.
"Wait." Iris said, her expression turning hard. "There's more friends that Ash has coming?"
Brock scoffed and looked away, remembering what happened between him and Claire back in Hoenn.
The people on the top deck, screaming and waving at them wildly. The hole on the ship was ¾ full. The tilt was taking effect, and soon it wouldn't be tilting. Ash knew that they had to save those people.
An idea was sent to his head. He took three pokeballs from his pocket. That's all he needed.
"Go!" he tossed them in the air. "Snivy, Scraggy, and Unfezant!"
All three pokemon were ready for action. Ash turned to Dawn.
"Dawn, use Buneary and Piplup to slow down the water. Take out your Togekiss, too. We'll need her to help Bianca and her pokemon. We'll get those people off the ship."
Dawn understood and Togekiss was summoned.
Then Ash turned to Iris. "Sorry to say this, but you need to leave Axew here."
"What?!" She looked completely offended.
"We need him. Gothorita will stay too and take care of him. Won't you, Gothorita?" Ash looked at her.
Gothorita blushed, having to be the center of attention, especially right next to Axew, who was burning up even more, but she slowly nodded.
"Alright." Iris said glumly. "We'll leave and get help. But if Axew gets hurt, I'll burn your hat along with your head!" She yelled, then her expression turned soft when she looked at Claire and Kain. "I'll take you guys to Lewis' cabin. Ash and his friends will rescue your Spinda, I promise." Iris said and took off with Claire and Kain behind her.
Dawn let out an awkward cough.
Ash realized everyone was staring at him got back to the matter at hand. "You guys try to get help. And quick. That boat's about to sink!"
They all agreed. Lewis, Luke, Lyra, Khoury, Cilan, Liligant and Brock caught up behind Iris. Ash, Bianca, Dawn, Pikachu, Axew, Buneary, Piplup, Gothorita, Snivy, Scraggy, Togekiss, Emboar, Escavalier and Unfezant were left the fate of people's lives on a sinking ship. It was risky, but they've been through worse.
Buneary walked up next to Pikachu. "A rescue mission together again." She said a little dreamily.
"Typical." Pikachu smiled.
….
"Piplup, bubblebeam!" She pointed to the hole on the side of the the ship.
Skirting bubbles floated out of Piplup's mouth. They flew over to the boat's hole, slowly, but real soon about to pop at the sharp touch of broken metal.
"Now Buneary, ice beam!"
The rabbit inhaled a huge breath, and the air around her froze. A ball of freezing light shimmered between her lips, shaking with ice power. She exhaled, and the power was hurdled toward the ship, just as the bubblebeam reached the crack of the ship. The substances exploded and popped simultaneously, the bubbles spreading across the gap as they popped, and the ice hardened it, stopping the water from entering, but time wasn't on their side. The well… smaller group had their chance before the ice could melt.
"AHH!" Axew suddenly panicked and backed up to Bianca's legs. He seemed scared, of… Buneary.
"Iccceee…." Axew shuddered in fear.
Buneary was confused and a little offended from his reaction, until Pikachu spoke up.
"Axew's a little scared of ice-type pokemon and moves. He's a dragon, after all." Pikachu patted Axew on the back.
"Oh." Buneary blushed. "Sorry."
"C'mon guys," Ash said. "The side doors are still flooding. That ice won't hold that long."
"Don't worry." Bianca stood gratefully in front of Emboar and Escavalier. "We'll get the side doors closed. You guys get the tourists off of there."
"We don't know if they're tourists yet." Dawn said.
"Whatever!" Bianca ran toward the dock along with her pokemon. "Just hurry up!" Her Emboar started gathering the debris on the dock and placing them on the side doors, while her Escavalier used hyperbeam to blaze the door debris together.
Ash turned to Unfezant and Togekiss. "Guys, we need you to fly us up to the top deck."
Both girls agreed. They had to take the pokemon first with Unfezant carring Scraggy, Snivy, and Buneary. Togekiss carried Pikachu, Axew, and Piplup. Gothorita magically floated on her own behind Togekiss. They reached the top deck, and after most of the pokemon landed, Unfezant and Togekiss returned, or flew, back to their trainers. Ash and Dawn got on their backs and flew back up.
The boat slowed down from sinking. The ice gap held most of the water's entrance, and Bianca's pokemon were still working.
Unfezant and Togekiss touched down on the deck. Ash and Dawn got off their backs.
"Okay," Ash looked at who was on the deck. "Who's…" He was interrupted by something smashing against him.
Someone had their arms around Ash. He was dazed, but he could see features of who was hugging him. She had curly, light-brown hair, a red sleeveless sports shirt, black shorts, and black gloves. Her hair smelled like spring air.
"May?" Ash asked guessingly.
"May?!" Dawn seemed surprised.
"Ash!" May pulled away from Ash and then hugged Dawn, too. "Dawn!"
Ash looked around for the other people on the deck. He was right. They were people that he met before. They were all staring at them.
First was a young boy with big, circular glasses, long blue hair that now reached his shoulders, a green shirt, and long brown shorts. He had a small computer in his hand. May's little brother, Max.
Behind him was older girl that was chasing a pokemon around the deck. Her long purple hair whirled around in the wind. She had a pink skirt. A sky blue sweater was pulled over her pink shirt. Katherine was chasing a small pokemon with two bows on her head, a stripy belt, red lipstick, black hair and clothes. The pokemon was similar to Gothorita. It was her first evolutionary form. It was Gothita.
To Max's right, was an older girl. She changed her clothes style the last time Ash had seen her. She now wore a pink dress with a white belt, a silver necklace, and a yellow hair bead on her blue hair that matched her high heels. At her feet, stood a Vulpix. It was Suzy.
Standing next to her was a guy about her age, wearing a red jacket over his white v-neck, cream colored pants, and red-white striped shoes. His curly blonde hair was messy from the explosion, and he was brushing it furiously. At his feet, sitting next to Vulpix, was his Ninetales. It was Zane.
Ash stood amazed at the 5 people who had come all this way, on a damaged ship, to Unova region. Why? Still no idea. And they didn't have time to think about it.
A big CRACK was heard from below them. The ice and the bubblebeam had melted. Water came flooding in again through the hole, tilting the ship massively. The hole was completely underwater now. The other source of incoming water was the side doors.
"Bianca!" Ash yelled from the side railing.
Bianca and her pokemon had no luck closing the doors. Emboar got too little debris to stop the water. Escavalier wasn't strong enough to help him, and he was still weak from his battle with Krokorok. The side doors were pouring up, and at any moment could be underwater real soon. There was no choice but to abandon ship.
"Bianca, give those two a break and get out of there!" Ash ordered her.
She didn't argue. She returned Emboar and Escavalier to their pokeballs, who both looked relieved. Bianca ran out of the way just as the doors spilled water all over the dock. The side doors were overflowed.
Ash turned to May. "Is there anyone else onboard?"
"Yes!" she said quickly, "We saw Claire and Kain get off safely, but there's still—''
She got cut off by movement on the floor. The whole thing made a turn, and everyone was unbalanced off their feet. Ash was the first one on his feet. He helped Dawn and May up, and the rest of his pokemon. Everyone else got up.
The boat was on the edge of sinking, literally. The end side was sinking. Only about a minute left before the next Titanic story.
"Let's go!" Ash turned to all of them.
Suzy and Zane were the first to do so. Both of them hopped onto Ninetales' back, with Suzy holding Vulpix in her arms. Nintales made a huge leap, soared over everone's heads, and landed gracefully on the island ground.
Katherine finally got hold of Gothita, and she took her Mandibuzz out of her pokeball. She got on her back as well, but she was weaker than the others. They flew over next to Ninetails, while Gothita was still yelling and complaining about how their day was ruined.
The pokemon had taken their own actions. Snivy used her vine whip to pick up Scraggy and herself off the boat railing. Gothorita picked up Axew in her arms and floated off the boat. Pikachu took Buneary's hand, who almost fainted at his reaction, and they both leaped off the railing and safely on the ground, thanks to a catch from Zane.
"What about Max?" May asked Ash.
"Take out your Beautifly!" Ash told her.
She did. Beautifly appeared in the air.
"Wait," May warned. "There's me, you, Dawn, and Max. You guys have Togekiss and Unfezant, but Beautifly won't be strong enough to carry Max and me."
She was right. Beautifly was smaller compared to Unfezant and Togekiss. Each of them could handle only one person at a time, but even if the 3 of them got to the ground and one came back, Max wouldn't have enough time to escape before the ship sank. They could call their friends on the beach, but Ninetales didn't look like he was ready for another leap, and Mandibuzz would be a worse story. Gothorita and Gothita could psychically float them over, but psychics used emotion to do that move, and stress was all over everyone's faces. One of them had to stay.
"I'll stay." Ash said.
"What!?" May and Dawn screamed.
"I have an idea. Let Max ride with Unfezant. The 3 of you fly out of here. Once the boat is low enough to the water, I'll jump out in time to make it."
May hesitated. "But Ash, you don't get-"
Ash gripped her shoulders "Look, I know we all just met, but this is ergent. I'll be safe. I promise."
May looked more red than her shirt. She looked at Ash, like she wanted to tell him that there's a better idea, but there wasn't.
"Okay." She said at last.
Dawn and Max were watching the whole time, but Dawn seemed more concerned with Ash and May.
May grabbed on to Beautifly's legs, and Dawn and Max got on to Togekiss and Unfezant. The 3 soared off, to good, old, safe land.
Ash was alone on the boat. He insisted himself on doing this. He wished he at least told everyone else. Ash felt stupid. His plan failed. He planned to save the people on this boat. Iris would be made at him for putting Axew in danger. This was why she always called him a little kid. Ash always did stuff before he thought. Now he was paying the price for it.
The S.S. LUGIA made its final creak. The stairs on the deck exploded with water firing in the air like a geyser. The front of the ship was the only part not underwater, where Ash was standing.
Wait for it. Ash thought.
The water kept getting closer and closer. Ash had to grab on to the railing to maintain balance. Then, he backed up to where the water was rising, still holding the side railing.
At about 5 feet above sea level, Ash ran across the deck, risking everything. But he didn't make it.
The waves of the water smashed against the ship, pulling it dangerously into the ocean. Then that's when Ash made his mistake. Water reached the front of the deck, and the floor went slippery. Ash tried to keep balance, but a wave came out of nowhere and it overpowered him. His left foot slipped, and his body fell. His weight went all to his left foot, and he fell when it twisted.
Pain. Ash felt it in his ankle, and it was broken. He couldn't get up. He reached for the railing in front of him, but it was too far from reach. He tried to grab the floor, but water was everywhere. He started to slip. He started to sink along with the ship. Water reached his broken foot, and it started swallowing him up to his knees.
That's it. Ash is a goner. His ankle was broken. He was alone. The S.S. LUGIA went down with him. He was too far from the beach. None of his friends could probably see him. He couldn't reach for any of his pokeballs. His friends would be crushed to believe that Ash died. Ash couldn't imagine something like that happening. Especially to Pikachu. He just had a surprise arrival from his past friends, who came to reunite with him again. That was a failed trip. Ash was sinking. He almost drowned a few times before, but now he would feel the end of it. No future for him. At least he managed to save his friends.
The final breath was done, and Ash was underwater. He could see underwater, but not breathe. The boat descended below him. It disappeared in the darkness.
Ash's arms were too tired. He couldn't swim up. He saw his friends through the clear water. They were at the beach. They were yelling, hard to tell what they said, but he was sure they were yelling his name.
"AAAASSSSHHHHH!" A voice boomed over the rest. The water rippled. Standing in front of everyone was a figure that had half of her body in the water, while kneeling pleadingly. Her eyes were bloodshot. Tears rained down her face worse than the boat sank. She kneeled on the beach, pleading for Ash to come back. Iris.
How? When? Why? Still no idea. She said that she was taking Claire and Kain to Lewis' cabin, but she returned to the beach. Iris was mad at Ash. But, like always, she always forgave him. She probably saw him sink with the boat. She was there for him. Iris. Ash's friend. Friends. Friends always stick together. He was not gonna die.
That's when something swam over him. He was staring at it while sinking. It caught Ash's eye, and it swam towards him. It was a pokemon. A big, blue retillian-fish pokemon about ten feet long. Its jaw was as big as Ash. Its red eyes glowed in the water. Someone was on its back. That someone was riding and leading the pokemon towards Ash. They were rescuing him. It got close. The rider got off its back and swam towards him.
At first Ash thought she was a mermaid. Her long orange hair slowly waved in the water. Pearls were on her ears. Her bracelets were seaweed, but the kind that smelled good, even in the water. Her clothes were the most distracting. She wore a sparkling, diamond-incrusted, strapless bra. She had a dark-ocean colored swim skirt. She looked absolutely beautiful.
She grabbed Ash's arm, and was careful not to injure his ankle. But how did she know about that?
She pulled him up, onto her pokemon's back. She placed Ash on its back, and she held his waist with one arm behind him. He noticed that she was holding something with her other arm. It was something cream-colored and red spotted. Another pokemon. She ordered the pokemon to move forward, pointing her hand forward, toward the beach. The sea beast launched forward with great swiftness.
When the sea floor was close enough, the beast blasted upward. Then Ash could feel the fresh air again. The dusk sunlight touched his face. He saw his friends on the beach, stumbling back in terror at the sight of the sea monster. Iris was still there where she screamed Ash's name. She looked at him. Her brown eyes stopped tearing.
The mermaid girl ordered the beast to lower down to the beach. Iris was the first to reach them as they reached the beach. Mermaid girl got Ash off the monster's back, while still carrying the small pokemon. She placed him softly on the sand. Ash felt weak and wet. Iris kneeled by his left side. Everyone else arrived behind her. Ash could see the monster clearly. It was a pokemon that actually almost killed him and his friends before. It was a Gyarados.
The mermaid stood by his right side as he lay on the sand. Her face was also clear. She had a mad, infuriating face that Ash recognized. He definitely met her before. Her look was the same one she had when Ash first met her. He met her in the Kanto Region. The first girl he became friends.
"Misty." Ash said while his voice was raspy.
She smiled. Ash answered it right. Misty saved him from drowning from the sea, and from his death. Misty was the final person missing from the ship.
She still held the small pokemon in her arms. The red spotted pokemon had circles in his eyes. He was unconscious. Ash's heart almost stopped. The pokemon had rabbit-like ears and a heart-shaped spot on his forehead. It was Spinda. Claire's Spinda. How could Ash forget to rescue him? He was underwater, sinking, and drowning along with Ash, but Misty rescued both of them. Claire would be heartbroken if she found out that her Spinda almost drowned. Ash was terrible at plans.
"Ash,"
Ash turned to see that Iris was crying again. She seemed was so relieved to see Ash, well, alive. She looked like she wanted to give him a hug so badly.
Instead, she pulled her arm out, gave him a serious glare, and slapped him.
It was like she gathered all her hate, relief, anger, and most of all, extreme hate and anger into her palm, and she literally took it out on Ash's cheek.
That's all he remembered before he passed out.
Surprised? I hope you are. Anyway, here's the type of fanfictions I like. I might forget some but please give me ideas for future stories. FinnxFlamePrincess, SonicxAmy, PercyxAnnabeth, MordecaixMargret, BenxEster, ChowderxPanini, SamxFreddie, and AhsokaxLux.